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Conference on “Follow up to the recommendations of international Election Observation Missions in the countries of the Eastern Partnership”

In the context of the Programmatic Cooperation Framework and more specifically of the project on “Reforming electoral legislation and practice, and developing regional co-operation in electoral matters” the Division of Electoral Assistance and Census of the Council of Europe is organising a conference on the “Follow up to the recommendations of international Election Observation Missions in the countries of the Eastern Partnership”. The event will take place on 24 and 25 October 2016, in Venice, Italy.

The aim of the Conference is to take stock of the situation with regard to the implementation of the recommendations of international Election Observation Missions in the countries of the Eastern Partnership in order to identify a system for their follow up including technical electoral assistance for each country individually and for the region as a whole. Participants at the conference are representatives from national parliaments, electoral administration, media regulators and civil society organisations of the countries of the Eastern Partnership.

The Conference will start on 24th October at 19:30 in the Doge’s Palace, with an open lecture on “Challenges to representative democracy” presented by Ms Sara Pennicino, Research Fellow of Comparative Public Law at the University of Padua.

On 25th October, the Conference will be held at Venice International University, Isola di San Servolo and will focus more specifically on the interaction between national and international election observers as well as the efficiency of the systems in place for the implementation of recommendations.

For more information about the event please consult the agenda (+ Russian version) and the background paper (+ Russian version).

Venice 24-25 October 2016
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