ACE Electoral Knowledge Network

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Título	Descripción
Caribbean Elections	CaribbeanElection Community where you can join and start the conversation on politics, democracy and related areas.
Costa Rica: Final Text of CAFTA-DR, Office of the US Trade Representative (2007)	Contents of the Central American Free Trade Agreement.
AfghanistanVotes.com	AfghanistanVotes.com is an independent website that offers election-related information. It contains accurate, up-to-date information about the electoral process, political parties, and candidates. A section is devoted to civic education. It will also provide election results. The website is written in English, Dari, and Pashto. The website is sponsored by IFES.
United Arab Emirates: Website of the Federal National Council	The Federal National Council is one of the Five Federal Authorities provided for in the U.A.E. Constitution, namely, the Federal Supreme Council, the President of the Union and the Vice President, the Cabinet, the Federal National Council and the Federal Judiciary.
Enitiatives - an internet tool for the promotion and facilitation of popular initiatives (Switzerland)	This is an online tool to promote and facilitate popular initiatives. Behind this project is Nicolas Durand, who wants to accelerate the process of direct democracy globally and to spread the Swiss political model to other countries.
Enitiatives - an internet tool for the promotion and facilitation of popular initiatives (Canada)	This is an online tool to promote and facilitate popular initiatives. Behind this project is Nicolas Durand, who wants to accelerate the process of direct democracy globally and to spread the Swiss political model to other countries.
Funding of Parties and Election Campaigns (2003)	This link leads to the IDEA publication "Funding of Parties and Election Campaigns" edited by Reginald Austin and Maja Tjernström and published in 2003. The role of money in politics is an issue of daily debate in old and new democracies alike. The ways that parties get access to money can influence the outcome of elections, determine the relationship between party leaders and members, affect the number of women elected and condition the level of public trust as a whole. The IDEA Handbook is designed to encourage informed public debate. It looks at the strengths and weaknesses of the different national laws and regulations from a regional perspective. It analyses the problems of enforcement and the opportunities for effective public disclosure of funds.
United States: Government Auditing Standards	Government Auditing Standards contains standards for audits of government organizations, programs, activities, and functions, and of government assistance received by contractors, nonprofit organizations, and other nongovernment organizations. These standards, often referred to as generally accepted government auditing standards (GAGAS), are to be followed by auditors and audit organizations when required by law, regulation, agreement, contract, or policy. These standards pertain to auditors' professional qualifications, the quality of audit effort, and the characteristics of professional and meaningful audit reports. January 2007 Revision
Ukraine: OSCE/ODIHR Observation Mission Final Report (2005)	This link leads to the OSCE/ODIHR's website about Ukraine's 2004 Presidential Election
Elections in Fragile States: Between Voice and Violence, Timothy Sisk (2008)	What factors generate election-related violence in fragile states? How can the international community address these? This study from the University of Denver suggests that social structure, political competition, the competence of the electoral administration and the degree of professionalism in the security sector contribute to election-related violence. International influence at mid-rank levels among the perpetrators of violence is limited. Donors therefore need to take a pragmatic approach by working with parties to develop pre-election peace pledges and by tracking violent incidents.
Online calculator for d'Hondt system	An online calculator for allocation of seats according to the modified d'Hondt system
Money and Politics (IFES)	MoneyandPolitics.net provides information on political finance and public ethics initiatives around the world and offers opportunities for experts to contribute their knowledge and share best practices in IFES’ efforts to set global standards in transparency and accountability.
Australia: Electoral Roll Review	Information about Electoral Roll Review published on the Australian Electoral Commission infocenter's Website.
Bulgaria:Political preference on-line test (2005)	Glasovoditel is an educational tool. It has the potential to to better inform citizens about parliamentary elections , teach voters about the programmatic differences between the contesting parties and to increase the voter turnout. This site is available in Bulgarian. For information in English about similar tools please click on http://www.votematch.net/.
Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy	The NIMD is an institute of political parties for political parties. In line with the development cooperation policy of the Dutch Government and as a response to international requests for support by political parties and groups abroad, the Dutch political parties PvdA, VVD, CDA, D66, the Green-Left party, the Christian Union and SGP decided to set up a new foundation: the Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy (NIMD). This foundation was established on 18 April 2000.
Ballot papers of the world	This website contains samples of ballots from various countries of the world. Click on each flag to access the ballot samples.
Association of African Election Authorities - AAEA	The AAEA is an professional Organization of African Electoral Management Bodies. The organization is dedicated to the professionalisation of election administration. A large focus of the Association is information exchange, technical assistance and participation in various activities including pre-election assessment and election observation.