Igor Karpenko
MINSK, 18 September (BelTA) – The International Electoral Forum is underway in Minsk, BelTA has learned.
The International Electoral Forum will be running in Minsk from 18 to 20 September. The forum will open up new opportunities for exchanging best practices, expertise and ideas, and will become a platform for open discussions between professionals and all those interested in electoral law and technology. The forum will be centered around security and digitalization of the electoral process, civil society participation in elections, and legal education of young people.
“We will hold a general electoral discussion. In other words, our counterparts will share information about the electoral events that were held in their countries,” said Chairman of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) of Belarus Igor Karpenko. “We will discuss such an aspect of the youth policy as the electoral law and electoral technologies. We will map out our vision of how to improve election observation mechanisms. A Youth Council has been created under the Central Election Commission. Such councils were also set up by the central election commissions of our colleagues. We want to establish something like that under the CIS Advisory Council of Heads of Electoral Bodies. In addition, we will consider steps to improve election observation mechanisms,” he said.
According to him, the CIS Central Election Commission is interested in Belarus’ experience of holding early voting and the constitutional referendum. In turn, the Central Election Commission of Belarus is interested in exchanging expertise and knowledge in training of election organizers. “We are ready to discuss legal education of young people. This topic is also quite relevant today. In particular, this academic year we are launching a new project on electoral law and election technologies for high school students together with the Education Ministry. Guidelines for the implementation of this project have been developed. The necessary materials have been published. We plan to hold a seminar in the near future with the teaching staff who will implement these guidelines at the local level. And, of course, we will be interested in the topic of electoral sovereignty,” Igor Karpenko said.
On 18 September, the CEC of Belarus will host delegations from Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. The forum will include a meeting of the CIS Advisory Council of Heads of Electoral Bodies, and an international scientific and practical conference “International Standards in the Electoral Process: Experience and Development Prospects”. The forum will wrap up with the youth project Vybirai.BY in the Stolitsa Mall on 20 September.
The International Electoral Forum will be running in Minsk from 18 to 20 September. The forum will open up new opportunities for exchanging best practices, expertise and ideas, and will become a platform for open discussions between professionals and all those interested in electoral law and technology. The forum will be centered around security and digitalization of the electoral process, civil society participation in elections, and legal education of young people.
“We will hold a general electoral discussion. In other words, our counterparts will share information about the electoral events that were held in their countries,” said Chairman of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) of Belarus Igor Karpenko. “We will discuss such an aspect of the youth policy as the electoral law and electoral technologies. We will map out our vision of how to improve election observation mechanisms. A Youth Council has been created under the Central Election Commission. Such councils were also set up by the central election commissions of our colleagues. We want to establish something like that under the CIS Advisory Council of Heads of Electoral Bodies. In addition, we will consider steps to improve election observation mechanisms,” he said.
According to him, the CIS Central Election Commission is interested in Belarus’ experience of holding early voting and the constitutional referendum. In turn, the Central Election Commission of Belarus is interested in exchanging expertise and knowledge in training of election organizers. “We are ready to discuss legal education of young people. This topic is also quite relevant today. In particular, this academic year we are launching a new project on electoral law and election technologies for high school students together with the Education Ministry. Guidelines for the implementation of this project have been developed. The necessary materials have been published. We plan to hold a seminar in the near future with the teaching staff who will implement these guidelines at the local level. And, of course, we will be interested in the topic of electoral sovereignty,” Igor Karpenko said.
On 18 September, the CEC of Belarus will host delegations from Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. The forum will include a meeting of the CIS Advisory Council of Heads of Electoral Bodies, and an international scientific and practical conference “International Standards in the Electoral Process: Experience and Development Prospects”. The forum will wrap up with the youth project Vybirai.BY in the Stolitsa Mall on 20 September.
Follow us on:
