The European Centre for Electoral Support is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation based in Brussels with a global scope.

ECES promotes sustainable democratic development through the provision of advisory services and operational support in favour of electoral management bodies and national, regional and international organisations dealing with the implementation of the different steps of an electoral process.

Capacity development, as one of ECES’ main activities, is provided at country, regional and global levels through the facilitation of peer reviews, exchanges of experiences, south-south collaborations and leadership development.

BURUNDI’S 2010 ELECTIONS: DEMOCRACY AND PEACE AT RISK?

Eva Palmans, Senior Elections Advisor at ECES, published a paper focussing on the 2010 elections in Burundi as part of the debate on elections as a means of securing democracy and peace. When viewed against the literature on the self-reinforcing power and the self-improving democratic quality of successive elections, these so-called second post-conflict elections supposedly signalled a potential for a step towards consolidating democracy and peace.

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One Voice - Multiple Interpretations: Definitions, Characteristics and Voting Paradoxes

For a democracy, the choice of an electoral system is one of the most important institutional decisions. However, it is rarely a conscious and deliberate one. It often turns out to be purely accidental, the result of a contest of uncommon circumstances, a passing fad or a quirk of history. This is how the ECES Chairperson, Prof. MaluMalu, and Kamal el Feghali open their new book, Une Seule Voix – Plusieurs Interpretations.
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Earth Charter

ECES endorsed the Earth Charter and embraced it's spirit and aims. ECES pledged to join the global partnership for a just, sustainable, and peaceful world and to work for the realization of the values and principles of the Earth Charter.

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