The empowerment of election officials and executives is usually overlooked, understated or simply ignored; yet elections cannot be conducted without plans in place to improve their efficiency and effectiveness; especially through training. As one of the foremost mechanisms for improving elections, training is crucial to organizational performance enhancement.

The United States International Center for Electoral Support (USICES) training programs are uniquely designed initiatives that hope to provide senior officials of electoral management bodies with expert-based skills necessary to contribute to improving the quality of election administration in their respective countries.