This is the first paper in the “Operational Paper Series”
published by the Joint EC UNDP Task Force on Electoral Assistance (JTF). It was
prepared in collaboration with the International Institute for Democracy and
Electoral Assistance (IDEA) and the ACE Electoral Knowledge Network (ACE). It
is therefore also published as ACE Focus On.1 This paper is the result of
operational lessons and best practices learned since 2004 through the
partnership between the European Commission (EC) and the United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP). The collaboration between the JTF and International IDEA
since 2004 has enabled continual support to the ACE Project using materials and
tools derived from: EC–UNDP projects, UNDP and IDEA Guides on Electoral
Assistance/Electoral Administration and Joint EC-UNDP-IDEA face-to-face
Training and eLearning Course on Effective Electoral Assistance.
The paper aims to provide a resource for
stakeholders contributing to or benefiting
from electoral assistance. While focusing
primarily on UNDP rules, its major aspects
involved in the procurement and the application
of ICTs solutions in voter registration,
of interest to: electoral management bodies
(EMB) local civil society organisations (CSO)
involved in elections; political parties; media
actors; EU Delegations and headquarters;
UNDP Country Offices and headquarters;
the wider community of development partners
and donors; as well as service providers
and vendors.
The issues outlined in this paper, will be elaborated
further in a handbook on “ICTs civil/
voter registration and data transmission”
and an “eLearning Course on ICTs in Electoral
Processes and Electoral Procurement” currently
being finalised by the Joint Task Force
and IDEA in the context of the ACE activities. In addition, these aspects are regularly addressed in UNDP electoral assistance
projects as part of the work of the Joint EC-UNDP Task Force and the support of the UNDP
Global Programme for Electoral Cycle Support (GPECS).
