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Ukraine EPDE Policy Alert - Electoral Reform in Ukraine #8

September 21, 2018

On 20 September 2018, the Ukrainian Parliament appointed 14 new members of the Central Election Commission (CEC) and, thus, all nominees proposed earlier by the President. At the same time, the Parliament dismissed 13 CEC commissioners whose terms formally expired already in 2014 (one member’s term ended in February 2017). The new CEC members are appointed for seven years.

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HDIM EPDE calls on Russia: Remove the listing

September 13, 2018

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 organisation”. She also condemned "fake" observation missions in Azerbaijan and Russia.

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New EPDE booklet on biased observation

July 13, 2018

In recent years, we have witnessed the increasing phenomenon of “biased observation”. EPDE reacts to this trend with the new publication "Politically biased election observation—a threat to the integrity of international institutions". The booklet comprises analyses and recommendations that help to identify and react to any kind of politically influenced election observation.

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SRI LANKA Worlwide cooperation of citizens' election observers

Chair of Board Stefanie Schiffer represented EPDE at the annual conference of GNDEM in Colombo, Sri Lanka

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Georgia ISFED Evaluates the Pre-Election Environment Ahead of 2018 Presidential Elections

The organization highlights election administration composition process and challenges associated with the conduct of election campaign on social media as main issues of attention.

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Poland HDIM side event on electoral law reforms in Eastern Europe

The Side Event will focus on electoral reform in several European countries. EPDE is worried by the “comeback” or perpetuation of the mixed electoral system, which is prone to vote-buying and the misuse of administrative resources when control mechanisms are weak.

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Georgia CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: TRAINER ON DEVELOPING COMMUNICATION STRATEGY FOR CSOs

ISFED aims to recruit an expert or a team of experts to deliver a training on Developing Communication Strategy for CSOs during August 20-22.

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Georgia CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: TRAINER ON EU LEVEL ADVOCACY

ISFED aims to recruit an expert or a team of experts to deliver a training on the EU Level Advocacy for civil society organizations during August 22-24.

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