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• Strengthening Ties: Regional Cooperation with BRIDGE At the beginning of July at a conference in Senegal, the ACE Project met with BRIDGE to develop an institutional framework for further cooperation at the regional level.

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• 2008 IFES Buyer's Guide is a comprehensive online directory of companies selling electoral equipment, supplies, and services.

• The Hidden Costs of Clean Election Reform reveals how changes to the electoral process can negatively affect democratic ideals and offers new ways to help prevent future harm to democracy in the name of reform.

Elections Today provides latest news from the ACE Electoral Knowledge Network, election related articles, events and an electoral calendar for upcoming and past elections around the world.

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• Assisting Elections in Georgia - UNDP project for fair electoral processes and active civil participation

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• ACEEEO 17th Annual Conference of the Assocation of European Election Officials: Ensuring Security of Elections will be hosted 11-13 September 2008 in Constanta, Romania. Topic of discussion is slated to be the role of local law enforcement bodies and the best methods by which to ensure the security and accuracy of voting materials.

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• The electoral calendar has been brought to ACE through a partnership with an internationally recognized source of information on upcoming and past elections at ElectionGuide.org that also provides timely content from major news sources, such as the BBC, Reuters and the Associated Press.

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