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Mauritania Youth Receive Leadership Training

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Dozens of youths from different parts of Mauritania gathered in Nouakchott to attend a three-day leadership and communication training workshop focusing on public policy.

The training ended on Saturday (January 18th) and was organised by an NGO called "Citizens Standing" (CCD) in partnership with the Cultural Co-operation and Action Department (SCAC) of the French embassy in Mauritania and the US National Democratic Institute (NDI).

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Press release announcing a Dutch embassy-funded skills-building workshop for first-time domestic monitors ahead of Nov. 23 legislative and municipal elections. Workshop sessions focused on: fundamental principles of free, fair and transparent elections; the role of domestic observers in the electoral process; election-day procedures and reporting; and, recruiting and deploying observers. 

Press release to share the achievements of NDI's French embassy-funded intensive pre-electoral citizen engagement program. Major program activities included: a national telephone survey to determine voters' policy priorities; a national roundtable with civic activists to formulate policy recommendations on key issues; the development of a political party platform comparison tool; a national voter education and engagement campaign; and skills-building and planning sessions for a newly-formed citizen election monitoring network.

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