Regional officials gather here for electoral workshop

UNDP Resident Representative, Khadija Musa and Deputy Secretary-General, CARICOM Secretariat Manorma Soeknandan with the participants. (GINA photo)

  Senior electoral officials, experts from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and representatives of other regional organisations have gathered here for a three-day discussion aimed at sharing of experiences and good practices on election observation, GINA said.

About 40 participants from CARICOM member states, the CARICOM Secretariat, United Nations (UN), as well as other organisations are attending this electoral event co-organised by the CARICOM Secretariat and the UN. Hosted on the theme “Building Resources in Democracy, Governance and Elections” (BRIDGE), the workshop opened this morning at the Marriott Hotel, Georgetown, GINA said.