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Why Guinea’s Runoff Continues to be Delayed
After decades of dictatorship and military rule, Guinea is on the verge of becoming a true democracy. The last remaining hurdles on its path to legitimate elections are corrections that must be made to the electoral system before the presidential runoff.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Campagne nationale d'education electorale
“Campagne nationale d’education electorale” is a pamphlet from May 2005, available in French, which educates readers about their right and responsibility to vote. The document, published with the help of IFES, prepares citizens for the 2005 Presidential Election in Guinea where they are strongly encouraged to vote. Additionally, the pamphlet provides information about voter registration and what to look for in a candidate.
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Guinea: Technical Assistance to the 2000 Elections, IFES Final Report
This report summarizes IFES on-site technical assistance provided in Guinea. The report details IFES efforts with various political parties, civil society and the international community. The report is specific to Guinea’s June 25, 2000 municipal elections.
October 31, 2000
Publication
Report/Paper
Guinea Pre-Election Technical Assessment, December 7-21 1997
This report summarizes IFES efforts in Guinea towards establishing a legal framework for the 1998 presidential elections.
April 30, 1998
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Participar, Y Votar, la Decision es Nuestra
“It is Our Decision to Participate and Vote” is a civic education discussion guidebook, available in Spanish, believed to be issued in the 1990s by the National Registrar of Civil State, Colombia. The guidebook encourages citizens to participate and vote while offering various options for participation. Additionally, the guidebook includes surveys and an evaluation.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Comunicado de Prensa
“Press Release” is a press statement, available in Spanish, issued in 1996 by Orlando Abello Martinez-Aparicio from the National Registrar of Civil Status, Colombia. The press statement comes to inform about a civic education program involving a youth initiative proposal by the Electoral Organization of Colombia.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
El Mandato Nacional de los Ninos por la Paz
“Children’s National Mandate for Peace” is the resume of a youth participation work booklet, available in Spanish, issued in 1996 by the National Registrar of Civil Status, in Colombia. The informational workbook is intended to guide youth towards becoming conscientious and responsible citizens in a democratic society. The workbook puts a great emphasis on the importance of rights and the need for young people to grow up in the spirit of respecting each other’s rights as a prerequisite for the existence of a peaceful and democratic society in Colombia.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Un Pais mas Seguro para Todos
“Building a Safer Country for All” is a civic education discussion guidebook, available in Spanish, issued by the Department of Political Science within the University of the Andes, Colombia. The guidebook is intended to encourage community participation in the effort to reduce violence and crime in Colombia through various means such as increasing the programs of social development, educating people in the spirit of civic and moral values, to stimulate young people to take part in community activities and/or to strengthen the judicial system and reform the police. Additionally, the guidebook contains some surveys.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Que Dieu protege la Guinee
“Que Dieu protege la Guinee” is a September 1993 memo, available in French, which addresses religious citizens of Guinea and summarizes a disastrous situation in which Guineans no longer care for each other, resulting in violence and chaos. The document, published by the Muslim and Christian religious leaders of Guinea, states that the upcoming 1993 Presidential Elections could be a turning point for the country if national unity can be preserved through social justice and freedom.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
La Guinee, une famille a Construire
“La Guinee, une famille a Construire” is an August 1993 essay, available in French, which states that Guinea currently finds itself in a divided state where anarchy is becoming the mode of society – the essay urges citizens of Guinea, instead of spreading violence while waiting for the authorities to react, to take part in politics and make the upcoming 1993 Presidential Elections a turning point for the country. The document, published by the Episcopal Conference of Guinea, expresses the belief that if people follow the route of democracy, that society will settle itself and national unity will be achieved.