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Workshops at the Training School of the Central Electoral Board.
Thousands of young people and adolescents, students from different public and private schools , have participated in the workshops “My identity and our democracy”, offered by the Central Electoral Board (JCE), through its National School of Electoral Training and Civil Status (EFEC) in all the country’s municipalities.
The workshop “My identity and our democracy” It is part of a training program, designed by the academic body of the JCE, so that young people between the ages of 14 and 17 have concepts and clear ideas about the importance of democracy, identity and the quality that electoral processes should have.
The director of the program, Felipe Carvajal de los Santos, who leads the activities, reported that the purpose of these workshops is to inform the role of the Central Electoral Board as the institution that guarantees their right to legal identity and access to democracy.
This Thursday, May 26, the team of teachers and facilitators traveled to the municipality of Villa La Mata, in the Sánchez Ramírez province, where around 250 young people attended the workshop.
As detailed The State body, the Board has among its priorities the training of young people in electoral issues, democracy and political rights, knowledge that will serve as support for their democratic integration into society and so that they can serve in the future as professionals in the electoral system.
“In the last two months, workshops have been held at the Crossover Educational Center, of Las Palmas de Herrera, in the public high school of Las Matas de Farfán, Sabana Perdida of the National District, Luperón, Puerto Plata; in the Dominican School of La Salle, in the capital; Villa La Mata de Cotuí, among other municipalities. The workshops will continue throughout this year 2022” The document. .