ECONEC DEPLOYS A POST-ELECTION FOLLOW-UP AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT MISSION TO THE GAMBIA
The ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions (ECONEC), in accordance with its mandate to promote free, fair and credible elections in West Africa, is deploying a post-election follow-up and need assessment mission to Banjul, the Republic of the Gambia, from 14 to 18 April 2025.
The objective of the mission is threefold: to assess the extent of implementation of the recommendations made by the ECOWAS and African Union Election Observation Missions to the 2021 Presidential election; identify possible areas of support needed for the full implementation of those recommendations; and, to conduct a technical assessment of the legal and operational aspects of the upcoming electoral process in order to identify the capacity needs of IEC as it prepares for the 2026 electoral cycle.
The mission comprises of the chairmen of the Nigerian and Sierra Leonean electoral commissions and supported by ECONEC's permanent secretary, and experts from International IDEA and EISA.
The delegation will hold working sessions with the various stakeholders in the Gambian electoral process, including the electoral commission, civil society organisations (CSOs), political parties, the Gambia Union Journalists (GUJ) and international partners involved in the electoral assistance.
The ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions (ECONEC) is the umbrella organization for electoral management bodies (EMBs) in West Africa. Founded in February 2008 to promote free, fair and credible elections, the Network draws on the 1991 ECOWAS Declaration of Political Principles on Freedom, Peoples' Rights and Democratization to strengthen electoral processes in West Africa.
