Family name: Wally First name: Manuel Joachim Date of birth: 20/11/1967

mboecken@googlemail.com

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  Participated in two-week intensive seminar on new ideas about the nature and purpose of constitutions and constitution-making, constitutional solutions to contemporary problems, and the proper role of international actors.
  

mparry@ifes.org

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  Advised the constituent assembly’s Enrichment Atelier on international and regional obligations
  
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  Advised participating civil society on entrenching of independent administrative agencies
  

smaghoub@ifes.org

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  Collaborated with Libyan election judges on designing manual on EDR procedures
  
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  Advised EMB on draft referendum and parliamentary election law
  

Delphine.skowron@eeas.europa.eu

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  Researched critical aspects of voter registration processes and outcomes
  
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  Drafted methodology on observing voter registration exercises and on analyzing voter registers
  

Gilles.Saphy@eods.eu

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  Presented modules on the level playing field and on UN HR enforcement mechanisms
  
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  Moderated discussion and presented UN jurisprudence
  

Christophe.guilhou@francophone.org

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  Assessed needs of, and formulated technical assistance to electoral institutions
  
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  Drafted proposed amendments to electoral law
  

dlaurent@ifes.org

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  Drafted opinion on validity of interim instruments
  
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  Moderated stakeholder forum
  

mparry@ifes.org

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  Drafted electoral law amendments
  
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  Moderated stakeholder forum
  
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  Presented findings at int’l offsite meeting
  
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  Formulated TA through operational plan drafting
  

chloe_messenger@dai.com

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  Revised outputs
  
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  Provided input on methodology
  

t.bittiger@democracy-reporting.org

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  Draft workshop syllabi
  
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  Analysis of conflicts between draft constitution and 1991 Political Party Law
  
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  Advised on harmonization measures in line with ICCPR commitments
  

Zahra.Kamil@francophonie.org

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  Drafting workshop syllabus
  
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  Identifying legal framework vulnerabilities
  
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  Drafting action points of consensus with stakeholders
  

Serena.bertaina@eeas.europa.eu

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  Drafted methodology
  
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  Drafted inception report
  
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  Translated Identification Fiche into Project Action Fiche for 11^th EDF allocation/bridging facility
  
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  Drafted project budget/evaluation logframe
  
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  Designed modules to involve civil society in election monitoring and early warning mechanism
  

Lorena.ELVIRA-AYUSO@eeas.europa.eu

cziru@pmc.gov.sb

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  Drafting of Political Party Finance Regulations and Political Party Integrity Standards
  
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  Holding of consultations with political parties, women candidates, media and civil society
  
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  Advising the Office of the Prime Minister on political finance regulation and transparency
  
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  Drafting Q&As for newspaper publication on the scope and effect of political party regulation.
  

Lora.BORISSOVA@eeas.europa.eu

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  Preliminary statement drafting; core team evaluation; assessment of electoral rights of women and of persons with disabilities.
  
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  Organization of stakeholder roundtables to launch follow-up on recommendations; and general follow-up methodology on recommendations.
  

Anna.constantini@eeas.europa.eu

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  Drafted Instrument for Stability Concept Note for funding of legislative/local elections
  

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  Formulation of Logistical and Technical Procurement Needs 2014-2016 under IfS and 11^th EDF
  
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  Designed and held three stakeholder roundtables
  
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  Drafted new Electoral Code and amendments to Law on the Constitutional Court
  

mcohen@ifes.org

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  Analysis of the new Code electoral, NGO/Political Party legilslation
  
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  Assessment of the framework compliance with the ICCPR, the African Charter for Democracy, Elections and Governance, and the African Charter for Human and Peoples’ Rights
  

The Carter Center, Atlanta

d.tuccinardi@idea.int

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  Redefined international benchmarks for the conduct of democratic elections in line with recent treaty law, including on political rights of civil society organizations, women, minorities, persons with disabilities and migrants.
  

Lora.borissova@eeas.europa.eu

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  Assessed the framework for Egypt’s draft referendum against international norms, as well as against its predecessors
  
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  Assessed draft NGO law against international norms
  
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  Analyzed Egypt’s draft Constitution against international and regional human rights obligations
  

Gilles.Saphy@eods.eu

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  Discussion with representatives of the EU Parliament, the European External Action Service, Foreign Policy Instrument, DevCo, European Council Regional Working Groups CoLAT and CoEST, as well as the EC’s Election and Democracy Support Project.
  

v.pran@democracy-reporting.org

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  Assessed the Pakistani national framework for elections in terms of harmonization with legal and regulatory competences of Pakistan’s Election Commission, as well as against fundamental rights and freedoms enshrined in ICCPR
  
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  Assessed the Punjab Local Elections Act against Pakistan’s commitments under CEDAW
  

enrico.sborgi@eeas.europa.eu

mpaternotre@gmail.com

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  Evaluated PAPEN, the UNDP electoral assistance project for Niger’s electoral cycle 2011
  
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  Assessed regularity of the EMB procurement procedures
  
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  Assessed of reforms to the legal framework against Niger’s constitutional, international and regional commitments, as well as against recommendations issued by international and national election observation missions
  
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  Drafted proposed amendments to bring in line Niger’s framework for elections with international and regional obligations, specifically under the African Charter for Democracy, Elections and Governance
  

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  Drafted working document that recapitulates and compares recommendations issued by civil society stakeholders and international observers in the course of Senegal’s electoral cycle 2012
  
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  Moderated round table discussion, drafting conclusions for EUD report to COAFR one year following deployment of an EU EOM
  

Abigail Wilson

awilson@ifes.org

Amb. Pierre Claver Ndayicariye

Président CENI

pcndayicariye@yahoo.fr

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  Assess pending amendments to the electoral code against electoral frameworks of Burundi’s EAC peer countries and emerging regional commitments for EAC-wide election observation
  
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  Analyzed the level of compliance with international obligations and develop recommendations for revising the legal and regulatory framework governing NGO and political party registration
  
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  Assessed the electoral law to determine its effect on gender dynamics in the electoral cycle
  

Domenico Tuccinardi

d.tuccinardi@idea.int

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  Lead author of the update of International IDEA’s 2002 Guidelines for the Review of Legal Frameworks for Elections
  
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  Cross-reference original 2002 assessment checklist with applicable international and regional obligations and commitments, as well as relevant UN Human Rights Committee jurisprudence
  
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  Research relied on consultations with members and the President of the UN Human Rights Committee in Geneva
  

caroline.monmarchon@ec.europa.eu

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  Conducting assessment of the usefulness, advisability, and feasibility of deploying a full-fledged EU Election Observation Mission to the 2013 Parliamentary Elections in Egypt
  
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  Analysis of the legal framework for elections against international obligations and commitments, EMB preparedness, procurement status, the political environment, and respect for fundamental rights and freedoms necessary for the conduct of democratic elections.
  

lynns.abafiji@gmail.com

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  Assessed Decree 4 against the international framework on the freedom of association, including against ILO instruments, and UN Human Rights Committee jurisprudence applicable to the registration and regulation of political parties
  

malgorzata.wasilewska@eeas.europa.eu

sean.dunne@undp.org

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  Held roundtable for national stakeholders to help mobilize preparation for Malawi’s 2014 general elections, which for the first time combine local government elections with presidential and parliamentary elections
  
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  Assessed current law reform processes against the legacy of EU Commonwealth and EISA recommendations, as well as against Malawi’s international and regional obligations and best practices
  
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  Advised the EU Delegation on suitable electoral assistance initiatives and programmatic priorities
  

anete.bandone@europarl.europa.eu

Emilia.gallego@europarl.europa.eu

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  Discussed Recommendation formulation, and follow-up
  
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  Analyzed of the status of EOM recommendations vis-à-vis the key EU policy documents, including EU Council Conclusions on democracy promotion (2009) and their implementation, review of EU human rights policy (2011), and review of the European Neighborhood Policy (2011); and positions taken by the European Parliament with regard to the follow-up to EOM recommendations
  
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  Reviewed of EOM and EEM methodology for drafting of recommendations
  
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  Proposed monitoring and reporting mechanism on EOM recommendations and their implementation
  

Michal Golabek, EEAS

michal.golabek@eeas.europa.eu

Xavier Noc, Team Leader

Senegal@xaviernoc.net

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  Analysis of the first application of Senegal’s gender equity law, of its incorporation into the electoral Code, and of its application on the composition of proportional and majoritarian candidate lists.
  
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  Analysis of Senegal’s legal framework for elections and for political party and NGO registration and finance against UN, AU and ECOWAS obligations and political commitments
  

HE Mme Dominique Dellicour

Head of EUD, Dakar

dominique.dellicour@eeas.europa.eu

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  Held in the wake of the EUEOM return visit to Dakar
  
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  Recommendations were aired for discussion and an up-or-down vote by 24 national stakeholders, including representatives of all pertinent institutions involved in the electoral process, as well as civil society and eminent academics
  
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  Key national electoral actors moderated discussions, while EUEOM electoral and legal experts presented and defended the recommendations
  
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  Event pioneered stakeholder polling by secret ballot to sound out the acceptance, but also the pertinence of the EUEOM’s recommendations
  
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  Overall, recommendations met an 85 percent outright acceptance and a 10 percent consideration by debate.
  

Domenico Tuccinardi, project director

Domenico@needsprojects.eu

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  Capacity of balanced judgment, ability to work in teams, ability to cope with difficult situations, respect for local attitudes, good communication skills, readiness to work in a multicultural environment, leadership capacity)
  
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  Ability to maintain professional independence and strict impartiality in the conduct of duties in the host country; Knowledge of human rights and democratization issues; good knowledge of institutional aspects of the EU
  

Dennis Drakes, instructor

dendrakes@gmail.com

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  Examination the fundamental features of a registration system, whether it is periodic, continuous or derived from a civil registry; or whether registration is automatic or self-initiated
  
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  Constitutional, legislative, and regulatory provisions that must be in place to form a legal basis for voter eligibility with its rights and responsibilities
  
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  Planning, budgeting, organizational structures and staffing necessary to conduct and maintain a voter registration system
  
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  Registration of marginalized electorates, voter registration technologies, including biometrics, and monitoring and observation of voter registration
  
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  The course concluded with the participant drafting a strategic and operational plan for the conduct of a voter registration process.
  

Tommaso Caprioglio, DCO

tommasocaprioglio@gmail.com

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  Analysis of the Conseil constitutionnel’s decision to accept the outgoing President’s bid for a third term, despite the two-term-limit introduced by the constitutional reform in 2001
  
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  Detailed analysis of the Conseil constitutionnel’s decision to reject Youssou N’Dour’s candidacy
  
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  Drafting of detailed recommendations to harmonize the Code electoral, which has been revised 40 times since 1992, with the Constitution, which was amended 37 times since 1963
  

Vahram Abadjian, Chief-Technical Advisor (CTA)

vahram.abadjian@undp.org

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  Analysed recent electoral law reform, specifically provisions governing Voter Registration Procedures, issued by the 2006 EUEOM, as well as political party and NGO legislation
  
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  Prepared curricula for the training of judges in electoral dispute resolution mechanisms
  
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  Analyzed constitutional mandates on the relationship of census data, boundary delimitation and voter registration
  

Gillian@needsproject.eu

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  Presented case study on the effectiveness of EUEOM Recommendations, issued by the 2006 EUEOM, on the Yemeni electoral reform process to the NEEDS Deputy Chief Observer Training on EUEOM Methodology, specifically arguing for uniform standards of EUEOM Recommendations to facilitate meaningful and effective implementation
  

Mark Gallagher, EEAS

Mark.gallagher@eeas.europa.eu

Eng. Dr. Badru Kiggundu, Chairperson, UEC

bmkiggundu@ec.er.ug

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  Analysis of the legal framework, of civic and political rights, including freedom of expression, of movement, and of association
  
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  Analysis of the complaints and appeals procedures, building case tracking databases, drafting the electoral dispute resolution section of the final statement
  
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  Providing legal analysis of electoral disputes to the EU Delegation and to the EU HoMs. Analysing Uganda’s Supreme Court decision to dismiss a challenge to the integrity of the Voter Register.
  

Mats Liljefeld, Desk Officer mats.liljefelt@eeas.europa.eu

M Antoine Adou, executive director CEI, Commission electorale independante, Abidjan a_adou@yahoo.fr

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  Tracking complaints and appeals, prosecution of electoral offences. Assessing the capacity of the EMB and of the judiciary
  
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  On behalf of the European Commission External Services (DG Relex), drafting of bi-lingual analysis of the Ivorian Constitutional Council’s decision, which reversed the results announced by the CEI.
  
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  The European Parliament formulated its position drawing on this legal opinion, which led the EP to pass its unanimous resolution: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+TA+P7-TA-2010-0492+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN&language=EN
  

Owen McDougall, Programme Manager omcdoug@emory.edu

David Carroll, Program Director dccarroll@emory.edu

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  Analysis of the electoral and legal framework
  
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  Analysis of the complaints and appeals procedures, building case tracking databases
  
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  Analysis of disputes and objections on the integrity of the Voter Register
  
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  One week field training on Carter Center methodology for observing voter registration, as well as tracking challenges to the voter register
  

Franck Balme franck@needsproject.eu

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  Facilitated, moderated and reported on the Election Domestic Observer Forum organised by the EC, with participation of more than 80 representatives of civil society organisations from Africa, Asia and Latin America
  
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  Co-moderated the working group on “Observing Voter Registration and Empowering Civil Society to Conduct Independent Audits of Voter registers.”
  

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  Drafting funding proposal for start-up civil society organization in the field of civic education, political advocacy, and developing tools for political accountability of local and regional governance
  

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  Developing strategies to promote voter registration, educating voters about the deceptive interface of the Deneher voting machine, monitoring accuracy of the voter lists, engaging voters door-to-door. GOTV (Getting-Out-The-Vote)
  
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  Relaying claims of voter disenfranchisement to DNC legal counsel
  

NValance@aol.com

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  Compiling mailing list of EU and US legislators for targeted lobbying and mailing campaigns to compel Dow Chemical to compensate victims of the Bhopal toxic spill. Drafting advocacy letters.
  

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  Planning, organizing and implementing programs in support of urban teenagers, in collaboration with local CSOs
  

Eric_Avram@clintonforsenate.org

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  Organizing call-parties, bring-out-the-vote drives, analyzing voter lists for late turn-out mobilization, fund-raising
  
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  Door-to-door voter registration drives, on-and-off-college campuses. Extrapolating potential abstentionists from Voter Registers for mobilization through GOTV. Hosted call banks
  

David Braun, braunworks@earthlink.net

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  Political advocacy, formulating legal strategies to amend the US Constitution to limit the influence of money in politics
  
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  Developing strategies to promote voter registration for first time voters.
  
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  Establishing call-banks to mobilize voter turn-out
  
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  Lobby Congress against authorizing the Iraq Invasion in 2003
  

Chairperson tfarley@nycschools.gov

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  Coordinating civic education in public elementary schools
  
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  Conceiving discussion fora with public school teachers and students in the aftermath of 9/11
  

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  Accountable governance, including an expansion of New York City tenant protection for artists. The law was finally amended in 2010 after 11 years of intense lobbying effort, design of an online portal page that drew 5000 members.
  

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  Analyst for international translation and film rights, editing and drafting reports, narrative statements, analysis of intellectual property rights, ancillary and subsidiary licensing, compilation and analysis of corporate intelligence in publishing and entertainment. Attended international conventions.