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Serbia and Montenegro: Poll worker Training Voter Awareness Assessment Legal Review
This report summarizes IFES’ pre-electoral assessment regarding the parliamentary and presidential elections in Serbia from 1997. The report analyzes the internal strengths and weaknesses of Serbian election law and administration, and identifies and examines where the process was vulnerable to external influences and where it was open to independent monitoring.
April 30, 1998
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Republic of Serbia: Poll worker Training, Phase I, Aug-Oct 1997
This report summarizes IFES’ poll worker training program in Serbia from 1997. The report discusses Serbia’s electoral environment, project implementation and evaluation before concluding with recommendations for future programming.
November 30, 1997
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Truth Talk
This November 1997 edition of South Africa’s “Truth Talk” addresses the work of the "Truth and Reconciliation Commission." The magazine specifically looks at the Commission’s five point plan for reparations and rehabilitation. Furthermore, the implication, facilitation and future of reparation, rehabilitation and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission programs for South African’s are also covered.
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Republic of Serbia: Pre-Election Technical Assessment
This report summarizes IFES’ pre-election technical assessment in Serbia from April 1997. The report analyzes the internal strengths and weaknesses of the electoral laws and administration in Serbia, including the appeals process. The report also discusses indirect impediments to free and fair elections.
May 31, 1997
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Citizenship and Democracy
“Citizenship and Democracy” is a training manual published in 1997 by the Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDSA). The manual provides a guide for lesson plans that educators can use to teach about citizens' rights, the South African bill of rights, and how citizens can play a role in their own democracy.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Truth Talk
This is the November 1996 edition of South Africa’s “Truth Talk,” a publication of the country’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The magazine focuses on reparations for civil rights violations of the past and includes a piece by Arch Bishop Desmond Tutu, the Commission’s chairperson. There is also a section on individuals’ reactions to the work of the Commission. A second topic of this magazine was the granting of amnesty to South African’s who had perpetrated human rights violations while under orders. This piece was published two years after the 1994 elections in South Africa, the first to feature universal adult suffrage.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Juluka
This April/May 1996 issue of “Juluka” focuses on the link between turbulence in South Africa’s economy and its uncertain political landscape. Anxieties regarding the health of President Mandela and trepidation towards the fiscal policies of his potential successor, Deputy-President Thabo Mbeki, have been cited as possible reasons for the economic struggles. This issue of “Juluka” also focuses on South African youth and the Orlando West community center.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Democracy in Action
Democracy in Action is the Journal of the Institute for Democracy in South Africa. This volume published in March 1996 includes articles on local government, democracy, and human rights.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Local Government Elections in the Metro & TLC Areas
This flier informs citizens in South Africa about the 1996 local government elections in the metro and TLC areas. It addresses what citizens are voting for in the local elections, what they need to vote, and how to vote in both English and Zulu.