Turkmenistan, Ashgabat, October 2/ Trend H. Hasanov /
On October 1-2 Ashgabat hosts a seminar, organized with the assistance of the United Nations Development Programme on "Enhancing the electoral system and processes in Turkmenistan", a statement of the event organizers said on Wednesday.
The project is a part of a joint project with the Central Commission for Elections and Referenda (CEC) in Turkmenistan.
"The objectives of this meeting are to provide expert support to professionals and members of the electoral commission on issues of administration and technical procedures of the electoral process, as well as advice on preparing plan to monitor the elections," the information said.
After the seminar, UN consultants will submit to country's CEC guidelines for the use of the international standard of election observation in accordance with national legislation.
Turkeminstan's CEC plans to hold the elections on December 15, 2013. It is expected that the elections will be observed by local observers and invited international experts and observers from many foreign countries and major international organizations, first of all, the European Union, the CIS and the OSCE.
The term of office of Turkmen MPs is five years. The current senior composition was elected in December 2008.