ECONEC AND INTERNATIONAL IDEA TO HOST A REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON PROTECTING ELECTIONS IN THE INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT
The ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions (ECONEC), in partnership with International IDEA is organizing a regional workshop on protecting elections in the information environment from 27–28 August 2025 in Abuja, Nigeria.
The objective of this workshop is to facilitate peer-to-peer exchanges between participating Electoral Management Bodies (EMBs) representatives to compare the electoral information environment across countries in the region and with global experiences.
The workshop will create awareness about the International IDEA’s developed methodology for protecting electoral processes in the information environment. The workshop will have in attendance representatives of the AU, EMB networks, and EMBS holding Elections in 2025 and 2026.
The ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions( ECONEC) is the umbrella organization for electoral management bodies (EMBs) in West Africa. The network was created in February 2008 to promote free, fair and credible elections. Its creation was inspired by the ECOWAS Declaration of Political Principles, which was adopted by the ECOWAS Conference of Heads of State and Government in 1991.
