The ACE Regional Electoral Resource Centres enhances the quality, value and use of the outputs generated by the ACE Practitioner’s Network. These Regional Centres, located in geographically strategic places around the world, act as regional hubs collecting and processing election-related information. The Regional Centres provide up to date information on elections and electoral processes, identify experts in the region, identify needs and interesting electoral topics in of the region, update, input and quality control data relating to electoral events in the region, and ensure effective dissemination of the knowledge that exists within ACE.

The Regional Dimension of ACE

 

• ACEEEO

  Eastern and Central Europe

• CENI

  Central Africa

• CETRO

  South-East Asia

• EISA

  Southern Africa

• Goree Institute

  Western Africa

• IED

  Eastern Africa

• IFE

  Central America

• JNE

  South America

• RBI

    South Caucasus and

    Central Asia

• UJRC

  Arab World

The Regional Centres make up the regional dimension of ACE and are part and parcel of a decentralization process with a twofold purpose. On the one hand, they ensure that the electoral expertise that exists within the regions is included in ACE and shared between countries and practitioners rather than kept isolated from the rest of the world. On the other hand, they make sure that the knowledge available within ACE is disseminated and applied where it is best needed, keeping in mind the specific needs and peculiarities of their respective regions  The Regional Centres are responsible for updating the country specific information available on ACE (see the Regions & Countries section), sharing information about electoral events in their regions, identifying experts in the region for assignments worldwide, and identifying and collaborating with other relevant networks in the regions to further develop a beneficiary-led approach to future electoral assistance initiatives in their respective regions.

For more information about the ACE Regional Electoral Resource Centres and their work, please contact the ACE Facilitators.

The Regional Centres

The following organisations constitute the Regional Centres of ACE:

• The Association of European Election Officials (ACEEEO) – A Hungary based association which promotes the institutionalisation and professionalisation of democratic processes and procedures primarily in Central and Eastern Europe.

• Commission Electorale Independante (CENI) - The electoral commission of the Democratic Republic of Congo, with a regional focus on Central Africa.

• The Centre for Electoral Reform (CETRO) – An Indonesia based institute promoting the strengthening of electoral processes.

• EISA – a South Africa based non-governmental organisation, already a full ACE partner, working to strengthen electoral processes and good governance in Africa through research and capacity building.

• Goree Institute - A Senegal based independent, Pan-African, Public Interest Organisation (PIO) promoting electoral reform and peace building in Africa.

• Institute for Education in Democracy (IED) - A Kenya based institute that promotes democracy through programmes in the electoral process, voter education, research and dissemination programmes.

• Instituto Federal Electoral (IFE) – The Federal Electoral Institute of Mexico, the body responsible for organizing and overseeing federal elections in Mexico, already a full ACE partner, very active in capacity development activities for emerging EMBs

• Jurado Nacional de Elecciones (JNE) – The national electoral management body in Peru.

• Resource Building Institute in Democracy, Governance and Elections (RBI) is a non-governmental organisation in Armenia. RBI facilitates and contributes to the sustainable state building and civil society building efforts through dialogue and policy development in the South Caucasus region.

• Al Urdun Al Jadid Research Centre (UJRC) - An independent and non-governmental organization working for sustainable democracy in Jordan and the Arab world.