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
• Lessons Learned: Integrated Electoral Assistance in UN Mission Settings (2013)

EC

• EC-UNDP Partnership on Electoral Assistance

• 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

• Good Governance

CIDA

• IDRC – International Assistance to Democratic Development : Some Considerations for Canadian Policy Makers

DFID

• Elections and The Electoral Process: A Guide to Assistance
• Guide to Political Systems and Elections
  

Sida

•  Democratisation and Armed Conflicts, 2003

USAID

• Managing Assistance in Support of Political and Electoral Processes

NED

•  Backlash Against Democracy Assistance

World Bank 

• Assessing Governance: Diagnostic Tools 

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

• ACE Focus on Disability
• IFES: Global Initiative to Enfranchise People with Disabilities

Domestic Observation

• OSCE/ODIHR: Handbook for Domestic Election Observers

Electoral Management and Institution Building

• Electoral Management Bodies as Institutions of Governance, UNDP
• Electoral Management Design Handbook, International IDEA

Electoral Standards

• Inter-Parliamentary Union: Free and Fair Elections

Electoral Systems

• Electoral System Design Handbook, International IDEA

External / Out-of-Country Voting

• Voting from Abroad, Handbook on External Voting, International IDEA

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

• NDI: Media Monitoring to Promote Democratic Elections

Parliamentary Development

UNDP: Practice Note

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