Second electoral seminar for Kosovo's Serb community
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo regularly organizes seminars on democratization and election issues. (Lubomir Kotek/OSCE) Photo details
PRISTINA, 9 May 2001 - The second meeting with leaders of the Serb communities of Kosovo takes place in Gracanica on Thursday, 10 May 2001. It follows a similar seminar held in Leposavic last month. Once again, the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Daan Everts, will welcome the participants and chair the meeting, which is being organized by the OSCE departments of elections and democratization.
The seminar is part of an on-going process to explain the electoral system to both the Serb and the Albanian communities in Kosovo. For the Serb communities, special emphasis is being placed on how the electoral system, which will be used for the forthcoming Kosovo-wide central elections, will help ensure minority representation on the body, will be elected. Representatives of the Serb communities from all over Kosovo have been invited to attend.
Also under discussion at the Gracanica event will be the practicalities of compiling the voter lists for eligible voters from Kosovo's Serb communities, who are currently living inside Kosovo as well as outside.
The OSCE is preparing to begin the process of incorporating eligible voters from within the Serb communities onto the Kosovo voters' list this summer.
Towards the end of this month, a series of smaller seminars for Kosovo Serb representatives will take place at several locations around Kosovo.
These seminars are being organized by the OSCE and the OSCE-supported Department for Democratic Governance and Civil Society. They will provide an opportunity to look at the technical issues of party registration, ballot certification and candidate registration in more detail.
For further information, contact Claire Trevena, Spokesperson, OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Pristina, tel: (+381-38) 500-162 x260 / mobile: +377-44-500-150; e-mail: [email protected] / website: www.osce.org/kosovo
The seminar is part of an on-going process to explain the electoral system to both the Serb and the Albanian communities in Kosovo. For the Serb communities, special emphasis is being placed on how the electoral system, which will be used for the forthcoming Kosovo-wide central elections, will help ensure minority representation on the body, will be elected. Representatives of the Serb communities from all over Kosovo have been invited to attend.
Also under discussion at the Gracanica event will be the practicalities of compiling the voter lists for eligible voters from Kosovo's Serb communities, who are currently living inside Kosovo as well as outside.
The OSCE is preparing to begin the process of incorporating eligible voters from within the Serb communities onto the Kosovo voters' list this summer.
Towards the end of this month, a series of smaller seminars for Kosovo Serb representatives will take place at several locations around Kosovo.
These seminars are being organized by the OSCE and the OSCE-supported Department for Democratic Governance and Civil Society. They will provide an opportunity to look at the technical issues of party registration, ballot certification and candidate registration in more detail.
For further information, contact Claire Trevena, Spokesperson, OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Pristina, tel: (+381-38) 500-162 x260 / mobile: +377-44-500-150; e-mail: [email protected] / website: www.osce.org/kosovo