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Fiji Capacity Building

FEO launches training of trainers’ workshop

articipants of the training of trainers’ it is upon you to ensure that this trust is maintained
workshop by the Fijian Elections Office at the highest level,” he said.
P (FEO) for the 2022 General Election were It is very important to take ownership. Take
reminded that honesty, integrity and being apolitical strong ownership of this process and ensure that
form the cornerstone of any independent election the people you train are well trained to deliver as we
management body. expect.
Supervisor of Elections, Mohammed Saneem “We expect nothing less from you because you
said there are strict requirements when it comes to have been recruited through a merit process. We
working in the Fijian Elections Office. anticipate you are the best of the lot that applied”
“A general election is conducted by people who he emphasised.
work on the day of the election, people who work in The training attracted 100 plus applications
counting, who work in the results centers, who work and 83 participants were trained during different
in the pre-poll areas, who work in the logistics’ and sessions held in Suva as well as in the western and
so forth,” said Saneem. northern divisions to deliver a good, credible, fair
“You will start a training in which you are going and free General Election in 2022.
to train all these people who will work in the next Saneem also said that for the first time, they
general election as election officials. We command would be using the FEO’s online learning platform
the trust of thousands and thousands of Fijians and E-Vuli to supplement the trainings.

Talebula Kate
The Fiji Times

Credit: The Fiji Times
Link to the original article: https://www.fijitimes.com/feo-launches-training-of-trainers-workshop/

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