Links Relevant to Effective Electoral Assistance
The following list provides some useful references relevant to the topics analyzed in this “Focus On….”
I. ELECTORAL ASSISTANCE
IDEA
- Effective Electoral Assistance: Beyond Election Day
- Ottawa Conference, May 2-4, 2006
- Effective Electoral Assistance 4 Day Training Course for Donors
UN/UNDP
- UNDP Electoral Assistance Implementation Guide
- EC-UNDP Partnership on Electoral Assistance
- UNDP and Electoral Assistance - 10 years of experience
- UNDP Essentials: Electoral Assistance
- UNDP Electoral Systems and Processes Practice Note (2004-01)
- UNDP Practice Meeting on Electoral Assistance, Manila 2004
- UN Department of Political Affairs/Electoral Assistance Division: Types of Assistance
- UN Volunteers and Electoral Assistance
EC
- European Commission Electoral Assistance and Observation
- European Commission Methodological Guidelines on Electoral Assistance
- Governance and Democracy on External Cooperation Programmes
- Development Policies and relations with African, Caribbean and Pacific States
AusAID
CIDA
DFID
Sida
USAID
NED
World Bank
Research Articles
- Elklit, Jorgen and Reynolds, Andrew, A Framework for the Systematic Study of Election Quality (2005-04), in: Democratization, Vol. 12, April 2005
- De Zeeuw, Jeroen, How to make democracy assistance more effective? Recommendations for doing it differently, Conflict Research Unit, Clingendael Institute, The Hague
- Diamond, Larry, Advancing Democratic Governance; A Global Perspective on the Status of Democracy and Directions for International Assistance,
- Perlin, George. International Assistance to Democratic Development, Institute for Research on Public Policy
- Reilly, B., 2003, 'International Electoral Assistance: A Review of Donor Activities and Lessons Learned', Working Paper 17, Democratic Transition in Post-Conflict Societies Project, Netherlands Institute of International Relations, The Hague
- Santiso, Carlos, Democracy Assistance : Untying the Gordian Knot, IIG
II. DEMOCRACY SUPPORT AND ELECTORAL PROCESSES
Civic Education
- IDEA: Initiatives for Encouraging Higher Voter Turnout (2006)
- UNDP: Civic Education – A Practical Guidance Note
- USAID: Approaches to Civic Education
Cost of Electoral Processes
- CORE: A Global Survey on the Cost of Registration and Elections, is a step-by-step guide to election processes around the world. It explains what measures need to be in place, from voter registration to ballot-box security, and at what price, before the first ballot is cast.
Democracy Building and Conflict Management
- IDEA Constitution Building Processes
- IDEA : Democracy, Conflict and Human Security : A Policy Summary (Fall 2006)
- IFES : Election Violence Education and Resolution (EVER) Project
- EISA : Conflict Management, Democracy and Electoral Education
Disability and Elections
Domestic Observation
Electoral Management and Institution Building
- Electoral Management Bodies as Institutions of Governance, UNDP
- Electoral Management Design Handbook, International IDEA
Electoral Standards
Electoral Systems
External / Out-of-Country Voting
Gender and Elections
- ACE: Women and Elections: Guide to Promoting the Participation of Women in Elections (2005)
- IDEA: Designing for Equality: Best Fit, Medium Fit and non favourable combinations of electoral systems and gender quotas, 2006
- ISA: Gender Checklist
- iKNOW: International Knowledge Network of Women in Politics
- Win With Women
- OSCE/ODIHR: Handbook on How to Monitor Women’s Participation in Elections
- UNDP: Gender and Electoral Assistance Factsheet
- UNDP: Enhancing Turnout of Women Voters - REVISED (2004-05)
Governance and Democratisation
- IDEA Handbook on Democracy Assessment
- UNDP: Governance Indicators: A User’s Guide
- UNDP, Oslo Sources for Democratic Governance Indicators:
- USAID: Promoting Democratic Governance
Legal Framework
- IDEA: Guidelines for Reviewing a Legal Framework of Elections
- OSCE/ODIHR: Guidelines for Reviewing a Legal Framework for Elections
Media Development/Media Monitoring
Parliamentary Development
Political Parties
- IDEA: Funding of Political Parties and Election Campaigns.
- IFES: Ensuring Equal Rights in the Elections Process.
- NDI: Political Parties and Democracy in Theoretical and Practical Perspectives
- UNDP: Handbook on Working With Political Parties
Procurement
UNDP-IAPSO Procurement Guide
Professional Development
The BRIDGE Project
Regional Focus: International Organisations
- African Union: Establishment of an Electoral Assistance Unit
- Asia Foundation: Elections
- EISA
- OAS: Supporting The Electoral Process
- OSCE/ODIHR: Elections
Technology
- Presentation, ICT and Elections, UNDP Global Practice Meeting on Electoral Systems and Processes, Manila 2004.
- ACE Focus On E-Voting
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