2012 LOCAL ELECTIONS – ANALYSIS OF ELECTORAL PROCESS

Sarajevo, April 10, 2013– The BiH Central Election Commission again this year organizes a Conference under the title “2012 Local Elections – Analysis of electoral process”. The two-day conference will be held on Jahorina, April 12-13, 2013 and will gather around 150 participants (members of local election commissions, representatives of political parties, elected officials and foreign guests).
The work of the conference is planned through workshops with active participation of all attendees. The topics of the workshops will assist the election commission in conducting electoral activities, and will enable the BiH CEC to improve the technical aspects of the election process, based on their experience, as well as to initiate improvements of the electoral legislation in BiH.
The member of the Republic Election Commission of Serbia, Mr. Milorad Gašić will also participate in the work of the conference, where he will present his work on “Position of national minorities in the electoral system of Republic of Serbia, with special focus on local elections on the territory of the AP Vojvodina, held in 2008 and 2018”.
Ambassador Fletcher M. Burton, head of the OSCE Mission to BiH and Mrs. Mary Ann Hennessey, head of the CoE Office in Sarajevo will also address the gathering.
The conclusions of the conference will be distributed, as a final document, to all election management bodies in BiH and other interested participants of the election process, and they will also be available on the web site of the BiH CEC, www.izbori.ba .
The BiH Central Election Commission organizes this conference in cooperation with the OSCE Mission to BiH, Council of Europe and Association of Election Officials BiH.