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Electoral Assistance Division

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The EC-UNDP partnership in electoral assistance is unique for its scope, for its achievements and ambitions. It builds on a history of sector experience, specific attention to the lessons learned in previous projects and a mutual understanding of each other’s approaches, roles and capacities.

The partnership is proving to be of increasing value to electoral assistance operations to the beneficiary countries, as it allows to rationalize interventions in the area and leads to better and timelier formulation, implementation and monitoring of projects, and is in line with the concepts of enhanced donor coordination from the March 2005 Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness. The resulting projects are consequently more effective, sustainable and in harmony with overall EU and UN objectives.

The EC and UNDP have been collaborating in the field of electoral assistance since 1997 but it is since 2004, with the implementation of the project in support of the electoral processes in the Democratic Republic of Congo that the collaboration was  strongly intensified, leading to the signature, in 2006, of the "Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of Electoral Assistance Programmes and Projects".

The EC-UNDP partnership in electoral assistance relies heavily on the strong cooperation between services at the level of headquarters for the quality support mechanisms available. These can include, through a Joint Task Force, formulation and monitoring missions, support for the selection of experts and procurement of election material, joint trainings, development of guidelines, gathering of lessons learned and participation to specialized electoral networks.

This partnership also contributes to the better comprehension and improvement of the management of the complex set of interactions among EC and UNDP services, Electoral Management Bodies, other electoral assistance providers, multilateral and bilateral development agencies, partner countries’ governments, civil society organizations, political parties, media and service providers. The appreciation of the sensitiveness and the proper management of this delicate relationships is one the core issue for the provision of effective electoral assistance and require the development of specific skills that go well beyond the pure technical advice on electoral matters and financial support.

 

Electoral Assistance - Voting Keyboard - Brazilian EVM 2002    Electoral Assistance - Ballot Boxes - Indonesia    Electoral Assistance - Ballot Boxes Tanzania    Electoral Assistance - Ballot Notice    Electoral Assistance - Casting the vote in PNG    Electoral Assistance - Casting the vote    Electoral Assistance - Choosing a Candidate    Electoral Assistance - Counting the Votes    Electoral Assistance - Delivery of Ballots    Electoral Assistance - Electoral Campaigning (1)    Electoral Assistance - Electoral Campaigning (2)    Electoral Assistance - Electoral Campaigning    Electoral Assistance - Electoral Material Distribution Zambia    Electoral Assistance - EVM Venezuela    Electoral Assistance - Identification of Voters    Electoral Assistance - Ink Marker man    Electoral Assistance - Ink Marking    Electoral Assistance - Instructing the Voters     Electoral Assistance - Media Monitoring    Electoral Assistance - Observation    Electoral Assistance - Polling Station - Zambia    Electoral Assistance - Polling Station open air    Electoral Assistance - Preparation 5    Electoral Assistance - PS Temporary Shelter    Electoral Assistance - Recycling Electoral Material (1)    Electoral Assistance - Recycling Electoral Material    Electoral Assistance - Screen and Voting Keyboard - Brazilian EVM    Electoral Assistance - Secrecy of Voting    Electoral Assistance - Training of Electoral Officials (1)    Electoral Assistance - Training of Electoral Officials   

UNDP Implementation Guide on Electoral Assistance EC Methodological Guidelines on Electoral Assistance

Download here the main two reference-tools for the formulation and implementation of Electoral Assistance Projects of the EC and UNDP.

 

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