To the attention of heads of regional organizations of political parties!!!

Project “Promoting the Organization of Elections in Ukraine”, implemented with the assistance of the United States Agency for International Development, within the framework of the Cooperation Plan signed by the Central Election Commission and the United States Agency for International Development on December 13 in the premises of the Regional Educational and Methodological Center of Trade Unions, at the address: Lutsk, pr. Vidrodzhennia, 24 for territorial election districts Nos. 20 (center – city of Volodymyr-Volynskyi), 22 (center – urban-type settlement Lokachi), 23 (center – city of Lutsk), 25 (center – urban-type settlement Manevychi), and on December 14 in the premises of the Central District Library, at the address: Kovel, vul. Nezalezhnosti, 73 for territorial election districts Nos. 21 (center – city of Liuboml), 24 (center – city of Kovel) and 26 (center – city of Kamin-Kashyrskyi) is conducting a training seminar under the program “Training of Members of District Election Commissions for Conducting Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine”.

The purpose of the seminar is to train representatives of political parties and election blocs of political parties who will work as members of district election commissions in the 2006 elections of People's Deputies. Invited to participate: • representatives of political parties and election blocs of political parties that in the current composition of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine as of September 15, 2005 have their own factions – one person from each territorial election district; • representatives of other political parties – one person per seminar.

Seminar participants who successfully pass testing at the conclusion of the event will have the right to receive a corresponding certificate. These certificates will be forwarded by the Project “Promoting the Organization of Elections in Ukraine” to the governing body of the party (bloc), and subsequently will be taken into account by the Central Election Commission when determining persons to be appointed to leadership positions in district election commissions.

We invite representatives of political parties to take part in this event.

The organizers provide all participants with training materials, meals, and also reimburse travel expenses to the city where the event is held.

For all questions regarding participation in the seminar, please contact the organizers by phone 2-71-27 (Olha Latsenko), 78-82-89 (Mykhailo Nakhod), or by email centre_paec@yahoo.com