Focus 4 Preparation of electoral agents To increase the chances that electoral agents are well prepared, a certain number of measures ought to be taken. We can cite for instance: 1. Put in place, preferably, a permanent committee so that it can have enough time to prepare elections, including the training of electoral agents 2. Set in advance clear criteria of eligibility for electoral agents 3. Ensure that the agents are trained in time to adequately accomplish the tasks entrusted to them 4. Make the legal framework available early enough to enable electoral agents to be trained accordingly. For instance, avoid frequent amendment of the electoral code and especially avoid the adoption of it only some weeks before the election 5. Adopt a pertinent method of training for the electoral agent. One can for instance have a reserve or a pool of electoral agents who are already trained in the basics of their functions Organize a retraining at the coming of any election to take into consideration any eventual amendment of the juridical framework of the elections 136