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Article regarding women participation in Electoral Process
18 Jun 2018

Article regarding women participation in Electoral Process


More than half of the worlds population is women, so how can there be real development if we do not include women in development projects? For this reason the 2018 European Development Days (EDD) were focused on the empowerment of women and girls in all aspects of life worldwide. Participants at th...

01 Jun 2018

ECES @ EU Development Days


ECES @ EU DEV DAYS 2018 ECES is participating for the third year in a row to the European Development Days (EDD 2018). Since 2006, the EDD has established itself as a key event in the world's development calendar and is now widely considered as the 'Davos of Development'. Like previous...

ISO Training in Jordan - 19.04- 2.05.2018
25 Apr 2018

ISO Training in Jordan - 19.04- 2.05.2018


Within the framework of the Project ‘ EU Support to Jordanian Democratic Institutions & Development, EU-JDID’, the Independent Election Commission (IEC) holds its first ‘Introduction and Interpretation of the Standard ISO 9001/17582-2014 (ISO technical specifications for qualit...

International Conference for EMBs in ECOWAS and SADC regions
16 Apr 2018

International Conference for EMBs in ECOWAS and SADC regions


Within the context of our EU funded Support for Democratic Governance in Nigeria (EU-SDGN) programme - component 1, managed by ECES in Nigeria, ECES organised an international conference on: "Opportunities and challenges in the use of technology in Elections - Experiences from West and Southern...

6th Int'l Seminar of Exchanges of RECEF
21 Mar 2018

6th Int'l Seminar of Exchanges of RECEF


6th INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR OF EXCHANGES OF RECEF   Madagascar, 20-21 March.   Mr. Fabio Bargiacchi (ECES Executive Director), Mr.Jose Lambiza (ECES Finance Director), Mr. Gorka Gamarra (ECES Representative in Comoros) and Ms Eva Palmans (ECES Representative in Madagascar), took part in ...

EU-SDGN Programme Launch
19 Feb 2018

EU-SDGN Programme Launch


EU-SDGN Programme Launch The European Centre for Electoral Support (ECES) in partnership with the European Union yesterday, 1 February, 2018 launched the European Union Support to Democratic Governance (EU-SDGN) project in Nigeria. This programme is funded under the 11th European Development Fund...

 Technical Committee on INEC Communication Policy
14 Feb 2018

Technical Committee on INEC Communication Policy


On 13-14 February 2018, ECES supported the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in organising a two-day technical Committee meeting on INEC Communication Policy. The workshop which took place at the Le’ola Hotel, Maryland, Lagos was a follow-up to a review meeting the Commission ha...

Study Trip in Senegal -February 2018
07 Feb 2018

Study Trip in Senegal -February 2018


Study Trip in Senegal STUDY TRIP IN SENEGAL   In the context of its Project in Support of the prevention and management of potential election related conflict and violence in Madagascar (PEV   Madagascar), ECES has organized a study trip for a delegation of 5 persons representing...

MoU ECES-IEC-SSSA
15 Jan 2018

MoU ECES-IEC-SSSA


MoU ECES-IEC-SSSA   On 15th January 2018, the European Centre for Electoral Support (ECES), represented by the President Ms. Monica Frassoni; the Independent Election Commission (IEC) of Jordan represented by HE the Chairman Dr. Khalid Kalaldeh and the Sant’Anna Sch...

15th Electoral Symposium
22 Dec 2017

15th Electoral Symposium


This Brochure of the 15th Int'l Electoral Symposium outlines the event's agenda and speakers' profiles.   Under the patronage of His Majesty King Abdullah II Ibn Al Hussein, the Independent Election Commission (IEC) along with the International Centre for Parliamentary Studies (...

Book Launch: Citizen Participation
30 Aug 2017

Book Launch: Citizen Participation


  Book Launch “Mechanisms of Citizen Participation: A Global Experience” We are delighted to invite you to the book launch and debate on a collection of essays entitled “Mechanisms of Citizen Participation: A Global Experience”, edited by the Electoral Institute of the...

ECES Seminar
17 Jul 2017

ECES Seminar


ECES Seminar 12 & 13 July ECES seminar on “Preventing election related violence: what role for political mediation and dialogue? Launch of ECES’ Election Conflict Prevention Handbook on Southern Africa”   ECES in collaboration with Directorate for Democracy Support of t...

Group on Gender Comoros
09 Jun 2017

Group on Gender Comoros


Group on Gender Comoros On the 8th of June, 2017 in Moroni (Union of the Comoros), the National Commissariat for the promotion of gender in the Union of Comoros, successfully launched the Thematic Group on Gender in the presence of more than fifty Comorian participants at local and national le...

ECES @ EU Development Days
09 Jun 2017

ECES @ EU Development Days


ECES @ EU DEV DAYS 17   During the European Development Days 2017 that took place in Tour&Taxis in Brussels on the 7th  and 8th  of June 2017, the European Centre for Electoral Support  ECES (www.eces.eu) and the European Partnership for Democracy EPD (www.epd.eu) were pres...

Jordan project launch
24 May 2017

Jordan project launch


Jordan launching On the 24th of May 2017, the EU funded programme “Enhanced Support to Democracy Governance in Jordan” has been officially launched at the Amman Hall, Al Hussein Youth City with the presence of HE Andrea Matteo Fontana, Ambassador of the European Union to ...

Senegal voter registration outreach
23 Apr 2017

Senegal voter registration outreach


Awareness Caravans of the General Direction of Elections (DGE) in collaboration with the PAPE Senegal project, implemented by the European Centre for Electoral Support (ECES) and financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany were held on 21th, 22th and 23th April 201...

PAPES Seminar - 06.04.2017
07 Apr 2017

PAPES Seminar - 06.04.2017


On 06th April 2017, a training-seminar on the constitution and submission of candidature dossier has been organized in Dakar. The training was realized in the framework of the Project in Support of the Electoral Process in the Republic of senegal (PAPE Senegal, www.papesenegal.eu), financed by ...

PAPES Sensitisation 01.04.2017
03 Apr 2017

PAPES Sensitisation 01.04.2017


The project in Support of the Electoral Process in the Republic of Senegal (PAPE Senegal, www.papesenegal.eu) implemented by ECES and funded by the Federal Republic of Germany launched on Saturday 01st April 2017 a campaign focused on the raising awareness for the partial revision of the electoral l...

Lessons from SADC
14 Feb 2017

Lessons from SADC


This research paper sums up some of ECES’ most valuable lessons learned in the SADC region.   The European Centre for Electoral Support is honoured to present the paper “The potential of EU Funded electoral assistance to support the prevention of election related conflict and viol...

LEAD in Mexico
25 Nov 2016

LEAD in Mexico


Within the framework of the Memorandum of Understanding  signed, in August 2015, between ECES and the Mexico City's Electoral Institute - Instituto Electoral del Districto Federal (IEDF), the European Centre for Electoral Support is currently carrying out 3 LEAD - Leadership and Conflict Ma...

EDD 2016
15 Jun 2016

EDD 2016


  European Development Days 2016 IMPLEMENTING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL 16 FOR PEACEFUL AND INCLUSIVE SOCIETIES Opportunities and challenges in the security and development nexus   Around 50 % of the world's poorest currently live in conflict affected and fragile states. By 2...

Roundtable Senegal
21 Apr 2016

Roundtable Senegal


NEXT GENERATION DEMOCRACY (NGD) SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA ROUNDTABLE ECES, represented by Fabio Bargiacchi, Executive Director, and Eva Palmans, Head of Programmes, are honoured to be part of the Next Generation Democracy (NGD) Sub-Saharan Africa Roundtable, organised by the Club de Madrid in Dakar, Sen...

LEAD Benin - 15.04.2016
15 Apr 2016

LEAD Benin - 15.04.2016


Within the framework of the Technical Assistance project in support to the Autonomous National Electoral Commission (CENA) of Benin, funded by the EU, the European Centre for Electoral Support (ECES) organised a LEAD training from April 11th to 13th, in Cotonou.   The training aimed to stren...

LEAD Seoul
22 Mar 2016

LEAD Seoul


Leadership and Election Management training session in the frame of the capacity building programme organised by the Association of World Election Bodies   Today, 22 March 2016, the European Centre for Electoral Support (ECES) started its Leadership and Election Management training session in...

INCIPALS project launch
02 Jul 2015

INCIPALS project launch


The   Project “Citizens' Initiative for Peace Building, Leadership and Stability (“Initiative Citoyenne pour la Consolidation de la Paix, Leadership et Stabilité”) or INCIPALS (www.incipals.eu) funded by the European Union, was launched on July 2, 2015, in An...

LEAD Zanzibar - June 2015
15 Jun 2015

LEAD Zanzibar - June 2015


Throughout 2014 and 2015, ECES conducted a series of five-day training on Leadership & Conflict Management Skills for Electoral Stakeholders (LEAD) in Zanzibar. Participants included representatives from the Electoral Commissions of Zanzibar and Tanzania, ECES, along with representatives of the ...

Cooperation with St Louis University
03 Feb 2015

Cooperation with St Louis University


On Tuesday, the 3rd of February 2015, the Institute of European Studies of the University of Saint-Louis Bruxelles held in Brussels its annual conference organized in collaboration with the European Centre for Electoral Support, the Egmont Institute and the Institute for Prospective and Se...

ACEEEO 23rd Annual Conference
10 Sep 2014

ACEEEO 23rd Annual Conference


ECES is participating in the 23rd ACEEEO Annual Conference taking place in Bucharest, Romania from 4 to 6 September 2014 On behalf of the Association of European Election Officials (ACEEEO) and the Permanent Electoral Authority of Romania, ECES was invited to its 23rd Annual Conference of the Assoc...

ECES in DRC
10 Mar 2014

ECES in DRC


The work on the Master in Electoral Cycle Management, developed by the EFEAC (Central African School for Electoral Administration) and ECES, has taken a new turn. On Wednesday 12th March of 2014, five ECES experts arrived in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, to develop the...

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