The Public Outreach & External Relations Department of the high National Elections Commission conducted a training course in the headquarters of the Commission for the purpose of capacity building of the department’s cadre and outreach coordinators at the level of Electoral Administration Offices in the field of media & news industry.

The course, which lasts for five continuous days, provides training of the targeted individuals on news making, mobile journalism, and the use of modern technologies in image acquisition, and how they serve for the benefit of electoral awareness.

The course comes as part of a series of training activities that the Public Outreach Department has been implementing in the context of the (Comprehensive Journalist) program. The second phase of the program will be launched with the participation of outreach coordinators of the Electoral Administration Offices in the eastern region of the municipality of Benghazi.

The High National Elections Commission had announced earlier that it would complete its capacity building program for the year 2020, to enhance the performance of its technical staff in preparation for the implementation of the upcoming elections scheduled for December 24th, 2021.