As part of its mandate to promote free, transparent, and credible elections in the West African region, the ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commission (ECONEC) is deploying a hybrid post-election follow-up and needs assessment mission to Cotonou, Benin, from September 15 to 21, 2024.
The Mission is comprised of the President of Senegal's Autonomous National Electoral Commission (CENA), a representative of Côte d'Ivoire's Independent Electoral Commission (CEI), the Head of ECOWAS' Electoral Assistance Division (EAD), who is also ECONEC Permanent Secretary, and three experts from ECONEC Permanent Secretariat, IDEA and EISA.
The mission aims to assess the state of implementation of the recommendations of the last ECOWAS electoral observation mission during the April 2021 Presidential Election and the technical and material needs of stakeholders in the run-up to the 2026 presidential election.
To this end, the mission will hold meetings with the Autonomous National Electoral Commission (CENA), the administration, political parties and civil society organizations to understand their views and commitment to implementing the recommended reforms.
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.
In keeping with its mandate to promote free, transparent and credible elections in West Africa, the ECOWAS network of Electoral commission (ECONEC), one of whose means of action is the implementation of capacity-building programs, is organizing a BRIDGE facilitators' training workshop (TtF) from August 20 to 31, 2024 in Lagos, Nigeria.
The workshop brings together training directors from election management bodies (EMBs) in ECOWAS member countries, electoral experts from across the West African region, staff from the ECOWAS Electoral Assistance Division (EAD) and the ECONEC Permanent Secretariat.
The aim of the workshop is to equip EMBs in ECOWAS member states with sustainable training capabilities, and to help develop an easily accessible pool of BRIDGE-accredited trainers in the West African region.
The workshop will follow the BRIDGE training methodology, which combines interactive discussions and practical group exercises. The various sessions will be interspersed with ice-breakers and reminders.
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.
In line with its mandate to promote free, transparent and credible elections in West Africa, the ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions (ECONEC), has deployed a peer support and learning mission to Senegal ahead of the 24 March 2024 presidential election.
The ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions(ECONEC), in line with its mandate to promote free, fair and credible elections in West Africa, is organizing its annual symposium and 9th General Assembly on the theme of institutionalizing learning processes to improve electoral management from November 20 to 21, 2023 in Abidjan, Republic of Côte d'Ivoire.
Organized into round-table discussions, the symposium focuses on specific themes designed to help Electoral Management Bodies (EMBs) undertake effective learning processes. The General Assembly, meanwhile, will enable ECONEC members to evaluate all their activities during 2023, and to elect a new steering committee.
The ECONEC 2023 symposium brings together the presidents of ECONEC member EMBs, the ECOWAS Commission, the secretaries-general of ECONEC member EMBs, thematic experts, civil society organizations and development partners involved in electoral assistance to EMBs, including UNDP, IFES, EISA and IDEA.
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 was inspired by the 1991 ECOWAS Declaration of Political Principles on Freedom, Peoples' Rights and Democratization.
ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions (ECONEC) is deploying post-electoral follow-up
