Electoral assistance newsroom
ElecData, new Compendium of Electoral Data
ElecData is a compendium of electoral data from the 47 member states of the Council of Europe. This tool gathers the specificities of each electoral system of the Council of Europe. It allows to consult the electoral data via: Individual cards for each country, including the minimum age for...
Work on conceptualisation and drafting of the Strategic Plan for the Central Electoral Commission of the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauz continues
Drafting group on development of the strategic plan for the Central Electoral Commission of the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauz (CEC ATUG) continued on 20-22 August 2019 in Comrat and in Chisinau. This work is being conducted in cooperation with the CEC of the Republic of Moldova. Ivan...
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Kick-off meeting of the drafting group on the Strategic plan for the Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Moldova
The launching meeting and expert discussions on developing of the new Strategic Plan for the Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Moldova takes place on 1-2 August 2019 in Chisinau. The new strategic plan will be developed on the basic of the CoE unique and highly advanced URSO...
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40 young Ukrainian leaders made their first steps in politics
Studying in summer? – Definitely! – Answered more than 110 pro-active and motivated students from all over Ukraine and submitted their applications for the Council of Europe and DRI Summer School “First Steps in Politics”*. After thorough consideration and a range of personal interviews with...
The Central Election Commission of Georgia launches Election Development Schools for a fifth year in a row
On 15 July the Central Election Commission of Georgia (CEC) launched the project “Electoral Development Schools” that it implements with the support of the Council of Europe (CoE). The project objective is to stimulate increased civic engagement and better election turnout among Georgian youth....
Training on Monitoring of Political Activity in Social Media
On 10-11 July the Council of Europe supported the State Audit Office of Georgia to train its Political Finance Monitoring Department and Public Relations Division staff on monitoring political activity in social media. The Council of Europe national consultants developed training materials and...
Study visit of the Central Election Commission of Georgia to Norway
In the framework of the Council of Europe project on « Reform of the electoral process in Georgia », the Division of Electoral Assistance organised a study visit for the Central Election Commission of Georgia to Norway from 2 to 5 July 2019. This study visit was the opportunity for the CEC of...
Workshop on Participatory Gender Audit for Election Administration of Georgia
On 20 June 2019 the Council of Europe organised a workshop on Gender Participatory Audit (PGA) for the Election Administration of Georgia. The workshop was steered by International Labour Organisation (ILO) accredited facilitators, who presented the main findings and recommendations of the PGA...
Workshop on Gender Participatory Audit
On 9-10 May 2019 the Central Election Commission of Georgia organised a workshop on Gender Participatory Audit (PGA) with the support of the Council of Europe. The seminar was conducted by Council of Europe experts, ILO accredited facilitators, who are in the midst of implementing PGA of the...
First-time voters enhanced their knowledge of electoral and voting procedures, political party systems and media coverage of elections on the eve of 2019 Presidential Elections in Ukraine
Throughout March – April 2019, 128 first-time voters from Kyiv, Severodonetsk, Starobilsk, Zaporizhzhia and Lviv regions took part in joint Council of Europe and Democracy Reporting International workshops “Your first vote” aimed at engaging youth in political and electoral processes in Ukraine....
