= Election officials from Timor-Leste took part in training about the Korean election system =

The National Election Commission (NEC) of the Republic of Korea announced that, in cooperation with the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), ran the ‘Seminar for the Improvement of Election Laws and Systems’ at the Korean Civic Education Institute for Democracy (KOCEI) and the KOICA training center for election officials from Timor-Leste from October 28 to 30. 

As part of KOICA’s program for strengthening governance in Timor-Leste (together with UNDP), this training was arranged by KOICA and the UNDP (United Nations Development Program) after receiving a request for ‘training on the operation and experiences of the Korean election system’ ahead of the first nationwide simultaneous local elections in Timor-Leste.

The training program covered the following areas:

• Civic education for democracy

• Overview of the election system, voter’s list and candidates

• Korean early voting system and overseas voting

• Voting and counting, elected candidates and election litigation

• Election campaigning, restrictions and prohibitions and punishments

Since 2010, the NEC has invited a total of 103 election officials from 11 countries to hold the Seminar for the Improvement of Election Laws and Systems, and Timor-Leste has participated since 2016.

The NEC said that "we hope this training program will help share our election management knowledge and experience, and contribute to the successful management of the local elections in Timor-Leste scheduled for 2021."