Training of observers to monitor the Kurdistan Regional Parliament elections
Tammuz Organization for Social Development trained observers to monitor the Kurdistan Regional Parliament elections on Tuesday and Wednesday, October 16th and 17th, 2024. The trainings were held in Erbil, Sulaymaniyah and Dohuk.
More than 200 observers participated in the trainings, which included 9 trainings, 7 physical trainings and 2 virtual trainings. During the training, were explained the rights, duties of the observer and the rules of conduct, as well as the election procedures and stages. The observers were also trained on the opening, voting and closing monitoring forms and how to monitor violations and cases that accompany the election process in general.
It is worth noting that the Tammuz Social Development Organization’s network of observers is monitoring the special voting process with more than 200 observers distributed by the polling stations. The monitoring is taking place within the framework of the Alliance of National Networks and Organizations to Monitor the Kurdistan Regional Parliament Elections, and within the Democracy and Transparency Project” Enabling Civic Participation and Media Freedom” in partnership with the Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) and with the support of the European Union. It is worth noting that the monitoring is carried out on a long-term basis, starting from the stage of approving the election law and continuing until the day of the general vote on October 20th, monitoring the counting, sorting and auditing, and reaching the final announcement of the election results. October 20th, 2024
