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<h2> ERIS continues its support for civic education in Tunisia</h2>
<h3>September 2013</h3>
<div id="newstext"> In continued collaboration with the Tunisian Ministry of Education, ERIS is providing additional training to Ministry officials, teachers and students in secondary schools across Tunisia to sustain the established national civic education campaign ahead of anticipated elections. <br/><br/>The project will build on the achievements of the 2012 civic education project, which conducted cascade training at every level within the Tunisian educational system. The aim is to further enhance the capacity of the 56 previously trained school inspectors and counselors on the <a href="http://www.bridge-project.org/">BRIDGE (Building Resources in Democracy, Governance and Elections) methodology </a>and relevant electoral context in Tunisia. These trainers will then go on to train an additional 504 teachers, who will in turn teach 25,200 final year students on the electoral process and voter information to promote wider political participation. <br/><br/><img width="370" height="246" src="../images/userfiles/Image/Tunisia elections.jpg" alt=""/><br/><br/>A coordination group within the Ministry of Education will work on developing a sound civic education module to support these trainings. In addition, ERIS will be conducting citizenship activities to students and launching for the second year the ‘Civic Engagement Youth Day’ across schools in Tunisia. Updates on the project can be found on the project website which will resume shortly following commencement of activities. <br/><br/>Once again, the project is funded by the FCO Arab Partnership Fund (APF) Programme and is scheduled to last until the end of the year. <br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold;">Other projects in Tunisia</span><br/><br/>As well as its work with the Ministry of Education, ERIS has run a <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="../news/index_id_534_year_2012.html">rural outreach voter education programme</a> </span>in central and southern Tunisia, organised <a href="../news/index_id_464_year_2011.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">election training for police</span> </a>and held <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="../news/index_id_527_year_2012.html">electoral dispute roundtables</a></span> for participants including magistrates. <br/><br/><font size="1"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/european_parliament/6266091288/sizes/m/in/photostream/">Photo: <span style="font-weight: bold;">European Parliament</span> under a Creative Commons licence</a></font></div>
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