The Election Observation and Democratic Support project (EODS) is organizing a training for potential long-term observers in EU Election Observation Missions from Monday 13 until Friday 17 April 2015. The training is for a maximum of 20 participants, and will take place at the EODS office, located at 82 Rue de la Loi, 1040 Brussels, Belgium.

Thistraining is intended for participants with some long term election observationexperience in international organisations or with substantial STO experience in EU EOMs only, who have not yet undertaken any other long term observer training, and who are fluent in English and at least in one other EU EOM language.

• The language of the training is English. However, some of the exercises during the training can be completed in French or Spanish by participants fluent in any of these two languages.
   
• The EODS project will cover the travel and living expenses attached to participation in the training.
   
• Candidates for the LTO training are selected ONLY from proposals submitted by the national focal points for election observation through the roster.
   
• Applicants must fulfil the general and specific criteria specified in the Requirement for application to be considered for the training.  Please read them here
   
• Interested individuals fulfilling the requirements for application should contact their national focal point to express their interest to participate in the training, and follow their procedures for application. A list of the national focal points is available here.
   
• EODS will not consider individual applications for this training.