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Member of International Organization |
Staffan DarnolfStaffan Darnolf currently works as IFES’ Country Director in Pakistan. Darnolf previously worked as IFES’ chief of party in Nepal and spent two years in Afghanistan working as a senor advisor to the Interim Afghan Electoral Commission and as an international election commissioner seconded by IFES to the Joint Electoral Management Body. In addition, he served as an election adviser on IFES projects in Iraq and Sierra Leone. Darnolf has worked as an election specialist with the European Commission in Nigeria and Pakistan, with the United Nations and Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Kosovo and projects in Europe and Africa financed by the Swedish International Development Authority. In the course of his career, Darnolf has conducted election observation and electoral needs assessment missions in Botswana, Zimbabwe, Latvia, Serbia, Timor Leste, Pakistan, Nigeria and Ethiopia. Darnolf holds a doctorate in political science and a bachelor’s degree in public administration from Göteborg University in Sweden. Darnolf has authored and co-authored a wide range of articles and books on election administration, including Voter Registration and Election Costs in Afghanistan: The First Post-Taliban Presidential Poll (2005) and Twenty Years of Independence in Zimbabwe (2003) and Democratic Electioneering in Southern Africa: The Contrasting Cases of Botswana and Zimbabwe (1997). |
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Voter Education Civil Society and Elections Elections and Technology Elections Security Electoral Assistance Electoral Dispute Resolution Electoral Integrity and Dispute Resolution Electoral Management Electoral Observation Participation Electoral Systems Legal Framework Media and Elections Minority and Refugee Voting Voting from Abroad Parties and Candidates Vote Counting Voter Registration Voter Turnout Voting Operations |
