After the initial lockdowns of the Spring 2020, the large-scale adoption of contact-tracing apps was endorsed in many countries as a means to facilitate the tracking of transmission chains and the early detection of outbreaks, and thus to minimize the resurgence of Covid-19 contagions. However, centralized approaches, where data captured by the app are all sent to a nation-wide server, raised important concerns about citizens’ privacy and needlessly strong digital surveillance, alerting researchers and policy makers to the importance of limiting personal data collection and avoiding location tracking

Sant’Anna School will hold its first online Master Program in Electoral Policy and Administration in Arabic language this fall. This first level master’s  program aims to provide advanced learning on electoral processes for current and aspiring election professionals by drawing on the expertise of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) through a network of field practitioners and world-leading academics and electoral experts

The Delpa program offers 120 hours specialist modules supported by experts and tutors from January 14 to February 20, 2021, and 120 hours internship programs from March to September in a national and international work environment. The course is organized in partnership with Caritas Internationalis. The application deadline is December 1, 2020