About Me

Serge Pacôme KAHOUME

25 BP 123 ABIDJAN 25
Phone : (225) 57743631/01580810
Email : [email protected]

Married, 3 children

Driver’s license

40 years old
WORK EXPERIENCE
June 2018 – February 2019: Electoral Liaison Officer MONUSCO (United Nations

Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo)

–       Supported the Implementation of the MONUSCO technical assistance to the CENI Provincial Executive Secretariat (Secretariat Exécutif Provincial/SEP);

–       Assisted the SEP in planning and implementing the electoral material deployment from the sub hub to the Voting centres and polling stations;

–       Provided support to the management of the warehouse at the provincial level;

–       Supported the CENI provincial office for the realization of the electoral material tracking;

–       Provided support to the development of the electoral material packaging and retrieval plan

–       Assisted in the implementation of the retrieval plan;

–       Assisted in the implementation of the electoral staff training and deployment throughout the province;

–       Undertook capacity building and coaching, mentoring and formal on-the-job training, when working closely with CENI teams, for contribution to the organization of free, fair and transparent elections

–       Contributed to effective coordination between CENI and MONUSCO electoral integrated team when required, at the provincial level;

–       Monitored the electoral operation in coverage zones, provided information and draft reports on the progress of operations to the MONUSCO provincial electoral office coordinator;

–       Supported the SEP for a better coordination in the execution of operational activities, and in dialoguing with the election stakeholders;

July 2015- June 2017: Regional Electoral Coordinator MINUSTAH (United Nations

Stabilization Mission in Haiti)

–       Participated in the drafting and updating of Departmental electoral materials deployment and recovery plans, calendars and operational coordination plans, and monitored and supervised their implementation in the field;

–       Monitored the electoral results recovery activities at the departmental tally center;

–       Participated in the organization of the delivery, transport and storage of electoral materials;

–       participated in the management of the warehouses;

–       Conceived and implemented logistic plans at any stage of the electoral process;

–       Liaised between the Electoral Assistance Section (EAS), the Joint Logistics Center (JLOC), UNPol, UN Military and national regional electoral authorities (BED/BEC offices) on all matters related to electoral operations;

–       Provided daily/weekly/ad hoc reports to EAS on the development of electoral operations and any other relevant issues;

–       Prepared and regularly updated different databases (electoral employees, Voting Centers, etc.);

–       Counseled and trained regional national counterparts on electoral activities;

–       Participated in voter education and sensitization activities;

–       Participated in national electoral security meetings with national Police authorities, UNPoLs, UN Military, the Haitian Provisional Electoral Council members, UNOPS and other electoral stakeholders;

–       Participated in the Electoral Assistance Section’s meetings related to proposals for the revision of electoral legislations (The Electoral Decree and other electoral related legal texts);

–       Monitored the electoral dispute resolution (EDR) processes for the Presidential, Legislative and local elections;

–       With a view of transferring knowledge and competencies to national counterparts (BED/BEC staff), I shared EAS’s expertise and worked to ensure sustainable Haitian capacities to handle future electoral operations without support from the Mission;

April 2008 – July 2015

HEAD OF REGIONAL OFFICE of the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) of Côte D’Ivoire.

I successfully carried out the following activities:

–       Recruitment, training and management of field staff;

–       Electoral staff management;

–       Participated in voter registration related activities (Information, monitoring of voter registration activities, treatment of double registrations and registration disputes, voter cards distribution);

–       Management of electoral equipment and the preparatory phases of elections ;

–       Organization, supervision and monitoring of activities related to polls;

–       Electoral logistics (deployment and recovery plans design and implementation at the regional level);

–       Monitored Electoral Dispute Resolution (EDR) activities;

–       Participated in meetings related to electoral activities with regional administrative authorities, civil society organizations and political parties;

–       Provided daily/weekly/ad hoc reports to the hierarchy on the development of electoral operations and administrative issues;

–       Compiled statistics related to all the phases of the electoral process.

Project manager at the NGO PROSAF (Women Health and

Promotion)

–       Project design, Implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
Nov. 2002 – June 2005      Translator for the NGO PROSAF

ELECTIONS
·         PRESIDENTIAL AND LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS (NATIONAL AND PROVINCIAL) 2018 IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO (DRC)

·         PRESIDENTIAL, LEGISLATIVE AND LOCAL ELECTIONS 2016-2017 HAITI

·         PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS AUGUST 2015 FIRST ROUND HAITI

·         PRESIDENTIAL AND LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS 1st AND 2nd ROUND: OCTOBER 2015 HAITI

·         LOCAL ELECTIONS : APRIL 2013 COTE D’IVOIRE

·         LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS:  DECEMBER 2011 COTE D’IVOIRE

·         PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: NOVEMBER 2010 (FIRST AND SECOND ROUNDS) COTE D’IVOIRE

TRAINING
Jan 23, 2019: United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Certificate on

Electoral Security and Conflict Prevention

Dec 28, 2018: EUROPEAN COMMISSION AND UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

eLearning Certificate on Youth Participation in Electoral Processes

June 3, 2016: EUROPEAN COMMISSION AND UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

eLearning Certificate on Electoral Results Management Systems

March 2, 2016: EUROPEAN COMMISSION AND UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

eLearning Certificate on Sustainability in Electoral Administration

Dec 23, 2015:  EUROPEAN COMMISSION AND UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

eLearning Certificate on Effective Electoral Assistance

2015: Certificate: Operational Logistics Support to Peacekeeping Missions: Intermediate

Course (Peace Operations Training Centre POTI)

2007

2005
Advanced Studies Degree (DEA) in English at the University of Bouake (Cote d’Ivoire)

Master degree in English, University de Cocody Abidjan ( Cote d’Ivoire)
LANGUAGES
–       English: fluent   – German : Notions

–       French : Native  – Haitian Creole

INTERESTS
 

Computer science
Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet, Outlook