Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung@ 40 in Ghana Day. For instance, in the 2008 Elections, CODEO trained and deployed 4000 observers to observe the December 2008 polls. Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung and EC Partnership As Ghanaians prepared for the return of the country to constitutional rule after the 1992 referendum, the INEC was tasked to organise the first presidential and parliamentary election in the Fourth Republic. The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung became the first development partner to collaborate with the INEC in its preparation for these general elections. Since then, the collaboration between the Electoral Commission and FES has continued in a manner of mutual trust.. The focus of FES and EC collaboration has varied over the years; in general the following areas have been the focus of collaboration: Training Training of key election stakeholders such as election officials(permanent and temporary), leaders of political parties and their agents and observers is critical to the conduct of free, fair and transparent elections. Between 1992 and 1996, FES with funding from the Electoral Commission trained over 140,000 persons involved in the electoral process: 40,000 polling assistants, 17,500 registration assistants, 6,000 party observers and 80,000 party agents for the 1995 voter registration exercise. Other beneficiaries of the training programmes have been regional and district electoral officers, researchers at the Commission and High Court Judges on dispute adjudication in the electoral process. These training programmes have improved the capacities of the Commission and other stakeholders, notably political parties. Publication of Election Educational Materials Effective voter education is contingent on the timely provision of election education 13