2018 Presidential Election: Attacks on NGOs and Campaign Violations in ISFED’s 2nd Interim Report
On October 8, the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) presented the second interim report of monitoring the pre-election period of the 2018 presidential election of Georgia. The document mainly covers the period of September 9-30 but it also summarizes certain events that affected the electoral process beyond the reporting period. Through the […]
Regional elections 2018: Politically biased election observation
Source: omskportal.ru Executive summary The Russian organisation National Social Monitoring (NSM) coordinated by Roman Kolomoytsev invited 10 international experts to attend the regional elections in several Russian oblasts during the so-called single voting day. They were not officially accredited by Russia’s Central Election Commission (CEC) as election observers, but the Russian media and individual […]
Stefanie Schiffer was denied a Russian visa
Stefanie Schiffer, EPDE chair and since 2015 member of the board of the German-Russian high-level conference “Petersburger Dialog” was denied a Russian visa to attend the 17. annual conference of the Dialogue in Moscow on 7th and 8th October 2018. German mass media report critically on this decision. Schiffer claims that EPDE should be removed […]
160 observers to participate in the public oversight of Yerevan city council elections
The “Akanates” (Eyewitness) election observation mission will engage around 160 observers to participate in the public oversight of Yerevan city council elections on September 23, 2018. The observation mission will cover 80 precincts in all administrative districts of Yerevan. All observers underwent trainings and are bound by Code of conduct for election observers to provide […]
EPDE Policy Alert – Electoral Reform in Ukraine #8
Photo: Unian EDPE Policy Alert – Electoral Reform in Ukraine #8 The European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE) monitors the progress of electoral reform in Ukraine. Issue no. 8 of the “EPDE Policy Alert – Electoral Reform in Ukraine” concerns the increase of the composition of the Central Election Commission to 17 members and […]
EPDE calls on Russia: Remove the listing
Photos: OSCE/Piotr Dziubak On 10 September, at the OSCE-ODIHR Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) in Warsaw, EPDE Chair Stefanie Schiffer called on the Russian Federation to withdraw the listing of EPDE and its Lithuanian member IESC as “undesirable organisations”. The listing had been imposed by the Russian Prosecutor General on 13 March 2018. Ms […]
Worldwide cooperation of citizens’ election observers
The European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE) was represented by its Chair of Board, Stefanie Schiffer, at the annual conference of GNDEM (the Global Network of Domestic Election Monitors) in Colombo, Sri Lanka on August 25-26, 2018. The global network of citizens’ election observers discussed the improvement of cross-boarder cooperation of citizens’ election observers worldwide. EPDE contributed to the better detection […]
ISFED Evaluates the Pre-Election Environment Ahead of 2018 Presidential Elections
On August 30, the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) presented its assessment report of the pre-election environment at the start of the pre-election period for the 2018 Presidential election. In the document, ISFED provides an overview of electoral legislation, political and media pluralism situation, as well as important political and social developments […]
HDIM side event on electoral law reforms in Eastern Europe
We are happy to invite you to our Side Event at the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting 2018 (HDIM) in Warsaw, which will take place on Monday, 10 September 2018 from 13:15-14:45. The Side Event will focus on electoral reform in Eastern Europe, where changes to electoral laws are widely demanded by the citizen observers […]
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: TRAINER ON EU LEVEL ADVOCACY
Terms of reference for the conduct of a training on the EU level advocacy to be held in Georgia between 22 and 24 August 2018. Background One of the leading CSOs in Georgia, International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) is an independent, member-based, non-partisan, non-for-profit, non-governmental organization. Since 1995, ISFED carries out a mission […]