Dear Reader,
The November 2013 edition of the ACE Newsletter highlights:
- GEO 2013 Presentations now available on ACE
- New "ACE on" series: Electoral Costs and Sustainability
- Electoral Integrity and Results Management System updates published
- The latest questions and discussions on the Practitioners' Network
- New publications by ACE Partner organizations and members of the ACE Practitioners' Network
Best regards,
The ACE Secretariat
GEO 2013
The 6th GEO Conference and A-WEB Inaugural Assembly took place from October 14 to 17 in Incheon, South Korea. The theme of this year's GEO was "Sustainable Electoral Processes, Strengthened Democracy". An overview of the conference progam and objectives, including 62 presentations and speaking notes is now available on the ACE GEO section.
ACE on: Electoral Costs and Sustainability
ACE was present at the 6th GEO Conference with a booth and, reflecting the conference theme, we took this opportunity to prepare the first edition of the new "ACE on" series.
"ACE on: Electoral Costs and Sustainability" compiles a cross-section of content drawn from across ACE knowledge resources on the topic of cost and sustainability in electoral administration.
We are planning a for new "ACE on" to be released once every quarter. If you would like to see a particular topic summarized this way, please send your suggestions to [email protected].
Electoral Integrity and Results Management Systems Updated
In August two more updated Encyclopaedia Topic Areas were published: Results Management Systems and Electoral Integrity.
We would like to thank all authors as well as the members of the Practitioners' Network who provided their input and participated in the review process. All together eight topic areas with 1236 pages of ACE content were reviewed this year.
As with all updates the two topic areas are now also available in PDF format:
Currently we are working on French translations of all eight updated topic areas. Subscribers of our French Newsletter will be notified as soon as the translations are available online.
The Practitioners' Network
Successful EMB institutional development and capacity building
At the Independent High Electoral Commission of Iraq, we hope to prepare a round-table discussion on Electoral Management Bodies (EMBs) and institutional development, and we are searching for recent and relevant experiences from around the world regarding EMB institutional development and capacity building. I would therefore like to ask the members of the Practitioners Network:
- What recent case studies are available on successful institutional development and capacity building methodologies in EMBs around the world?
- How are successful institutional development programmes structured within these EMBs?
- Which are the most important best practices in institutional development programmes and what makes these programmes successful?
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Comparative examples of electoral procedures and legislation considering the customary laws of indigenous communities
We are in the process of developing procedures to codify customary law of indigenous communities used for the election of municipal representatives and members of the local legislative body. Taking that into account, I would like to know:
- What country examples are there where elections related procedures and legislation has made provisions for customary laws of indigenous communities when it comes to local level elections?
- Which customary laws have been considered in these country examples?
- Could you share those customary laws?
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Recent Publications by ACE Partners and Members of the Practitioners' Network
Financing Politics: The Middle East and North Africa
Financing Politics: The Middle East and North Africa is a collaborative effort between the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) and the Arab Region Parliamentarians Against Corruption (ARPAC). It represents a concerted attempt to better understand and document existing political finance regulations and experiences in five countries – Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Tunisia and Yemen. The availability of information on the funding of parties and campaigns is a first and significant step in enhancing transparency.
Promoting Local Election Management as Part of an Electoral Cycle ApproachThis is the first ever report to examine the different modalities used by various countries in Asia to administer local elections. It demonstrates the impact of local electoral management practices on the delivery of elections, the provision of electoral assistance and the relationship with an electoral cycle approached.
