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A Political Approach to Preventing and Responding to Electoral Violence
An online programme designed to enable UN staff to assess the risk of election-related violence and adopt a political approach to prevent the violence or mitigate its effects.
Together with the Electoral Assistance Division of the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA), UNSSC has decided to deliver one virtual edition annually in addition to the two foreseen in-person trainings, in response to the current COVID-19 situation.
Upon successful completion of the virtual training, you will be able to:
- Adopt a more comprehensive and political approach to prevent and mitigate election-related violence.
- Learn from real examples and interact with practitioners.
- Identify gender dimensions of political participation and election-related violence.
- Benefit from peer knowledge and experience.
This virtual training will be conducted over five half-day sessions on March 28, March 30, April 1, April 4 and April 6. Participation in all five half-day sessions is mandatory to obtain the certificate.
The sessions will be delivered as follows:
March 28 from 09:00-12:00 NY time
- Introductions and Overview
- UN electoral assistance
March 30 from 09:00 -12:00 NY time
- Political approach
- Conflict Analysis and cognitive biases
April 1 from 09:00 - 12:00 NY time
- Preventing Violence against Women in elections
- Electoral timeline and inclusive elections
April 4 from 09:00 - 12:00 NY time
- Reflections on politically challenging elections
- Social media and disinformation
April 6 from 09:00 - 12:00 NY time
- Accepting election results
- Closure
UN staff working on electoral and political affairs, good offices and mediation as well as related peace and security issues. After signing up to this programme, you will be requested to submit your Personal History Profile (PHP), on the basis of which UNSSC and DPPA will carry out a selection process.
Thanks to generous support from the Department of Political Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA), there are no fees for this programme.
