FORTALECIMIENTO DEL SISTEMA DE REGISTRO Y VOTACION ELECTR

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CIVIC EDUCATION AND VOTER TRAINING
JAIME BARAJAS ORTIZ ELECTORAL CONSULTANT
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PREMISES The electoral system is a basic
mechanism for democratic functioning. Well
qualified agents who carry out the political
process functions contribute to better
functioning electoral systems and democracy.
Informed citizens who are conscious of their
rights and responsiblities for society are
guarantors of democratic society.
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Concept

• Civic and democratic education is conceived as a
  structured and intentional learning process,
  oriented to acquiring knowledge, abilities,
  skills, and values (competencies) that are
  required for an optimal realization of a
  societys democratic life.
• Electoral training refers to the specific
  competencies for carrying out functions entrusted
  to each of the actors in the electoral process.

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Implications

• Education is a necessary but not sufficient
  condition for strengthening democracy.
• There must be congruence between what is learned
  and what is lived.
• They should be provided with tools to build and
  improve democratic processes in different areas
  family, school, work, community, country, planet.
  
• Democratic education is a requirement for the
  exercise of rights political, economic, social,
  and cultural.

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It is directed at

• Permanent and temporary electoral organism
  employees.
• Agents that collaborate in electoral processes
  judges, witnesses, observers, poll workers, etc.
• Candidates and their organizations parties,
  movements, organizations, and significant groups
  of citizens.
• Public institutions and civil society
  organizations.
• Organisms that oversee the electoral process.
• The media.
• The general citizen population.

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PRODUCTS

• Recommendations for the organization or a
  Training System that ensures the quality and
  coverage of citizen training required by the
  electoral process and democratic development.
• Elements for the definition of the systems
  general structure
• Characteristics and conditions for the training
  system.
• Pedagogical platform bases.
• Methodology for the curricular design.
• Functions of the Training Unit.
• Guidelines for the systems progressive
  development.

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FACTORS FOR BUILDING THE MODEL

• Precedents and national experiences (visits,
  interviews, and meetings with national and
  municipal electoral employees).
• Comparative international experiences.
• Analysis of the institutional context (shrinking
  the State, strengthening civil society)
• Development of information and communication
  technology ICT applied to education virtual
  education
• Others...

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DIAGNOSTIC ELEMENTS

• Sporadic actions in function of electoral events.
  There is no continuity in training. (similar to
  information campaigns).
• Scarce coordination with the educational sector
  that is responsible for training citizens and
  other entities with functions aimed at civic
  training.
• The cascade training method is vulnerable to
  distortion of the message.
• Budgetary conditions are always difficult.
• Changing norms, which is very marked in the
  Colombian case.

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DIAGNOSTIC ELEMENTS

• Committed human resources.
• Broad spectrum of democratic training experiences
  with national coverage carried out by public and
  private institutions, universities, research and
  study centers, NGOs, individuals, and community
  leaders.
• Development of educational methodologies based on
  ICT- virtual education.

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MODERNIZACION

• A true modernization consists in radically
  increasing the educational capacity of the entity
  through the configuration of a training system
  where inter-institutional efforts and resources
  from the public and private sector are gathered
  and modern methodologies and technologies are
  incorporated to assure quality and coverage
  according to the presented needs.

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• ELECTORAL AND CIVIC TRAINING SYSTEM
• System articulated, permanent, based on ICT
  Internet.It operates with inter-institutional
  alliances with the public and private sectors.
• Educational protal with two-way communication,
  attended by an inter-disciplinary team (UC),
  supported by regional teams (capitals and
  intermediate cities), tied to an
  inter-institutional training network,
  Universities, educational institutions, NGOs.
• Utilizing multiple modalities and pedagogical
  methodologies based on local conditions.
• Progressive development to expand in accordance
  with connectivity conditions of the
  municipalities and the information technology
  culture of the target population.

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• Portal functions
• Offer self-training expansion modules
• Personalized tutoring
• Expert and advisory consultation
• Chats and discussion and exchange forums
• News
• Participatory bulletin board for student and
  virtual community exchanges.
• Expert banks by topic
• Successful experiences bank
• Virtual library, videos, interactive CDs and
  general educational materials.
• Updated information conferences, readings,
  reportings on current issues.
• Email.
• Evaluation, certification, validation.
• Educational administration functions (intake,
  selection, follow-up, certification, graduation).

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• Training the trainers
• El sistema requiere contar con un equipo de
  formadores con presencia en todas las regiones,
  pleno dominio de competencias pedagógicas,
  tecnológicas (TIC), tutoría en educación a
  distancia, solvencia en el tema cívico y
  electoral.
• Quienes pueden ser formadores (de acuerdo con
  el grado de dificultad del módulo de formación)
• Funcionarios de la OE interesados, que cumplan
  los requisitos y competencias.
• Formadores de otras instituciones vinculadas al
  sistema
• Universidades profesores de áreas afines,
  estudiantes practicantes.
• ONG y otros operadores de formación.
• Estudiantes de último grado debidamente
  preparados.
•  Otros.

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Diseño de módulos Los temas de formación se
desarrollan en unidades llamadas módulos. Estos
se están desarrollando y actualizando
permanentemente para ampliar la oferta educativa,
actualizarla y mejorarla. Para esto se
conforman equipos interdisciplinarios entre
expertos en el tema, pedagogos y diseñadores
gráficos o comunicadores que se encargan de
diseñar el proceso de enseñanza aprendizaje,
preparar los materiales y experiencias educativas
(textos, cuadros, gráficos, videos, cd
interactivos, audio. visitas, entrevistas,
observaciones, análisis, ejercicios, etc. . )
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UNIDAD DE CAPACITACION Funciones

• Establecer alianzas interinstitucionales para el
  montaje y funcionamiento del sistema.
• Promoción, coordinación, y administración del
  servicio
• Captar y actualizar las necesidades de
  capacitación de los grupos de usuarios.
• Planear y actualizar el currículo (Ej. Cambios de
  tecnologías en los procesos, cambios en la
  normatividad, desarrollos teóricos, etc)
• Desarrollar los procesos de formación en alianza
  con otros operadores.
• Fomento de la investigación y desarrollo de
  metodologías pedagógicas aplicadas al tema
• Divulgación de información
• Seguimiento y evaluación de los procesos
  educativos de su responsabilidad.
• Bancos de expertos y entidades especializadas
• Banco de materiales de capacitación.
• Otras
• Captación de la cooperación internacional

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Promoción de la cultura democrática. Estrategi
a de medios masivos de comunicación radio,
prensa, TV, Páginas Web. Noticias, reportajes,
experiencias, controversias, opiniones sobre
temas de actualidad relacionados con la
democracia y el proceso electoral. Busca
apoyar los procesos de formación mediante
mensajes de refuerzo en medios masivos.
Igualmente estos contribuyen a posicionar el tema
en la sociedad y darle la importancia que se
merece en la agenda pública.