Election observation as a tool to engage young people in democratic processes
In the run-up to the Swedish 2022 general elections, the election observation alliance VOS conducted trainings for students at Stockholm University and Kista Folkhögskola to engage young people in the electoral process. The collaboration is foreseen to be continued throughout the following years in preparation for the European parliamentary elections. VOS providing a training at […]
Call for trainers: ISFED, EPDE member, is looking for experts for training election observation organizations
EPDE member ISFED is looking for trainers. Deadline for application is 20 September 2022. Please see their job posting below: “The International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) is looking for trainers to provide training on relevant topics to representatives of election organizations from the EU’s Eastern Neighborhood and some EU Member States. […]
New tool to help understand and track the use of public money in Romania
Bucharest based Expert Forum recently presented its interactive guide “Public Money Detector” during an online event (in Romanian). The integrity of public procurement is not only a matter of how public money is spent, but can also put people’s lives in danger, as demonstrated by the case of a bridge collapsing due to its poor […]
Viasna statement in connection with the sentencing of Marfa Rabkova and Andrei Chapiuk
STATEMENT ON THE VERDICT OF MARFA RABKOVA AND ANDREI CHAPIUK On September 6, 2022, the judging panel of Minsk Municipal Court Read the full statement here https://spring96.org/en/news/108947
International human rights organizations: Release Marfa Rabkova and Andrei Chapiuk immediately
JOINT STATEMENT Paris-Geneva, September 5, 2022 – On September 6, Minsk City Court will pronounce the verdict in the politically motivated and harrowing case of human rights defenders Maria (Marfa) Rabkova and Andrei Chapiuk, in a climate of sweeping repression of civil society in Belarus. The signatory organisations call for their immediate and unconditional […]
OPEN LETTER: No European politicians to whitewash Kremlin’s fraudulent elections or pseudo-referenda
To: Members of National and Regional Parliaments of the EU Member States, Members of the European Parliament In light of the Kremlin’s statements on preparations for conducting so-called “referenda” on territories occupied during the military aggression against Ukraine, the European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE) calls on all national and regional Parliaments of the […]
Pseudo-referendums in the invaded territories of Ukraine: what Russia plans to do and how to disable them
Russia is preparing to hold pseudo-referendums on Ukrainian territories. The results of these false referendums will create “legal grounds” for Russia to annex Ukrainian territories and demand that the world recognize the annexation or, at last, accept it, also possibly by resorting to nuclear blackmail. The results of the “vote” will be null and void […]
Open Election Data & Disinformation Academy
The Civil Network OPORA, with support from the National Democratic Institute, is pleased to announce a call for participation in a four-day training program within the ‘Open Election Data & Disinformation’ Academy! The Academy will take place in Warsaw from August 1-4. Deadline: July 6, 2022 The program is tailored for citizen election observation leaders […]
French election candidates whitewashed fraudulent elections
In recent years, EPDE witnessed the increasing phenomenon of politically biased, or fake, observation, a form of politically-motivated election observation whose chief objective is to mislead the public regarding the regularity of political processes or the legitimacy of an election result. Based on the evidence collected by EPDE throughout the years, the practice of […]
Not free or fair? Rethinking election observation in the EU – Unhack Democracy Conference ’22
(The full conference livestream is available here) Summary of conclusions and recommendations Over the course of two days representatives of pro-democracy groups from over 20 countries across central and eastern Europe, the Black Sea region, Balkans, Belarus and Russia joined activists, journalists, academics, politicians, diplomats and policy makers to discuss the most pressing problems […]
