[ Elections ] Participants in an OSCE/ODIHR workshop on election observation and human rights for Egyptian NGOs, Warsaw, 27 July 2011. (OSCE/Jens Eschenbaecher) Election Department staff provided training at centres in a number of participating States: the German Centre for International Peace Operations (ZIF), the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (NORDEM), the Russian Diplomatic Academy, the Austrian Study Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR), the London-based Electoral Reform International Services (ERIS) and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), as well as at the European Commission’s Network of Europeans for Electoral and Democracy Support (NEEDS). ODIHR also extended its co-operation with the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation by providing training to its staff in election observation methodology. Support for OSCE Partners for Co-operation in Warsaw, for Egyptian Human Rights and Election Observation NGOs to familiarize the 17 participants with ODIHR election observation methodology, including that related to media monitoring. On the sidelines of the OSCE Mediterranean Conference, which was held from 12 to 15 October in Budva and focused on the topic of democratic transformation, ODIHR organized a workshop on election observation methodology for 14 participants from Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia. Electoral practice was also the focus of one of the three working groups at the civil society conference for Mediterranean partners, organized in co-operation with the OSCE Chairmanship and held on the eve of the OSCE Ministerial Council on 4 and 5 December in Vilnius. Joint recommendations from the group were among those handed over to the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office at the end of the conference. ODIHR stands ready to continue its support for OSCE Partners for Co-operation, in particular Afghanistan, following the deployment there of an Election Support Team for parliamentary elections in 2010. In 2011, ODIHR’s election department participated in assessment visits to Tunisia and Morocco, which resulted in an outline of possible activities in support of democratic development in these countries. The Office also organized a three-day workshop, from 27 to 29 July ODIHR Annual Report 2011 17