So there I was.sitting quietly in my office on the morning of October 5, faintly nervous.There was no committee of briefers; you put it together.

(i)ensuring publicity for the programme, including through the national rural network, by informing potential beneficiaries, professional organisations, the economic and social partners, bodies involved in promoting equality between men and women, and the non-governmental organisations concerned, including environmental organisations, of the possibilities offered by the programme and the rules for gaining access to programme fundin ...[+++]g as well as by informing beneficiaries of the Union contribution and the general public on the role played by the Union in the programme.

ensuring publicity for the programme, including through the national rural network, by informing potential beneficiaries, professional organisations, the economic and social partners, bodies involved in promoting equality between men and women, and the non-governmental organisations concerned, including environmental organisations, of the possibilities offered by the programme and the rules for gaining access to programme funding a ...[+++]s well as by informing beneficiaries of the Union contribution and the general public on the role played by the Union in the programme.

1. To help it carry out its tasks, the Institute shall cooperate with organisations and experts in the Member States, such as equality bodies, research centres, universities, non-governmental organisations, social partners as well as with relevant organisations at European or international level and third countries.

Lyn Elliot Sherwood, Executive Director, Heritage, Canadian Heritage: We have worked with a steering committee of non-governmental organizations to identify organizations to be invited to the meetings.

2. The purpose of the Electoral Unit will be: (i) to consult with the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) on the nature and scale of the European Union's support for the election process; and, in particular, what direct involvement, if any, the European Union should have in the IEC itself or on the International Advisory Committee; and to consult with the IEC on the proposed guidelines and Code of Conduct for observers; (ii) to make available to the IEC advice and, where requested, technical assistance in the planning and running of the electoral process - such assistance might include the support for training of IEC personnel and ...[+++]election officials; (iii) to consult with the United Nations and the other multilateral organizations on the co-ordination of the international election observer presence in the country; (iv) to advise on the number and co-ordinate the deployment of European Union election observers, through the joint operations room; (v) to provide assistance, under the authority of the United Nations, for the establishment of a national and regional joint operations room to manage the deployment of international observers; (vi) to provide support to the associative structures to mobilize and co-ordinate local non-governmental organizations; (vii) to advise and, where requested, to provide support for the monitoring of the security forces responsible for the elections process; viii) to advise and, where requested, to provide support for the monitoring of the media.