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Hannah Roberts, Project Director: since February 2007 Hannah has been the Director of NEEDS. Before this she had worked extensively for NEEDS, in election observation and also in technical assistance and election administration.

Hannah has conducted many NEEDS training seminars as well as other trainings with domestic observer groups and with political parties. She has participated in a variety of Core Team and field roles on observation missions with the European Union, OSCE/ODIHR, and with the Council of Europe. This has included work in the US, Africa, Asia and Europe. In addition to this she has undertaken a variety of technical assistance tasks, including most recently on restructuring and strategic planning for the National Elections Board of Ethiopia. She was the Deputy Head of Country for the 2005 Iraqi Out-of -Country Voting in Syria. She has also written polling manuals, voter education materials and observation resources.

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Anders Eriksson, Training Co-ordinator: Anders has been involved with election observation since 1989 and has worked on some 35 missions in total, as Head of Misison, Election Analyst and Statistical Analyst. For OSCE and UN Anders has carried out technical assistance in several countries.

Anders is an election official in Sweden and was the Co-ordinator of the earlier EU Election Observation Project, which also provided training for EU observers.

Anders was also the Editor of the EU Election Observation Handbook and Benchmark for Electoral Standards