Electoral Assistance

Essentials: Electoral Assistance - UNDP Evaluation Office (2003)

A review of lessons learned in the filed of electoral assistance. The ESSENTIALS series summarizes and synthesizes main lessons learned and recommendations made by UNDP and other development agencies on selected subjects. It is designed to provide UNDP country offices and headquarters easy access to lessons learned from evaluations.

UNDP and Electoral Assistance: 10 Years of Experience

The assessment "UNDP Electoral Support Retrospective: Ten Years of Experience" aims at offering a comprehensive set of electoral assistance lessons learned and recommendations to UNDP country offices.

United Nations Electoral Assistance: Main Types of Assistance

This document, from the United Nations Electoral Assistance Division- Department of Political Affairs home page- illustrates the two main categories of the United Nations electoral assistance: (i) standard electoral assistance activities, and (ii) major electoral missions which are normally conducted within the context of comprehensive peace-keeping operations.

Effective Electoral Assistance - IDEA Conference Report (2006)

The final report on the results of the "Effective Electoral Assistance Conference" organised in Ottawa, Canada, in May 2006, by International IDEA with co-funding from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).

European Commission Methodological Guide on Electoral Assistance (2006)

This report sets out the framework within which electoral assistance is provided, lessons learned from previous experience, and the new “Electoral Cycle Approach” and also introduces cross-cutting issues and the factors to be considered when embracing technology for electoral processes; It presents activities that can be implemented in support of Electoral Cycles, indicating potential benefits and risks, and also picks up on the wider, cross-cutting effects arising from these suggested activities. It also deals with issues relating to EC internal procedures for Programming, Identification, Formulation and Implementation and also provides operational advice relevant to the specific phases.

EC-UNDP Operational Guidelines on Electoral Assistance (2006)

Within the framework of the Strategic Partnership between EC and UNDP, a specific document on Electoral Assistance activities was signed in April 2006 – the Operational Guidelines on Electoral Assistance. This document rationalized an existing de facto partnership on the ground and aimed at clarifying implementation aspects, tightening up and improving the EC/UNDP collaboration on electoral assistance and providing for more concrete involvement and influence of the EC in the preparation of projects. In practical terms, it provides Delegations with a centrally agreed operational framework for the implementation of electoral assistance projects; and is applicable only when and if a Delegation decides to contribute to UNDP managed project of assistance.

UNDP Electoral Assistance Implementation Guide (2007)

This guide is designed to assist Country Offices (COs) in the planning, formulation, monitoring and implementation of Electoral Assistance activities. Using the concept of the Electoral Cycle, it incorporates the view of elections as a long-term process rather than a one-off event, drawing on the extensive knowledge of individuals with vast experience of electoral administration and electoral assistance as well as the organisational knowledge of UNDP and other institutions.