European Centre for Electoral Support

15/10/2026

15/10/2026

📍 Tchad 🇹🇩

Dans le cadre de notre projet au Tchad, financé par l’Union européenne🇪🇺en appui à la gouvernance démocratique, nous accompagnons la Coalition Nationale des Autorités pour la Médiation et le Renforcement des Voix de la Paix au Tchad (CONAMM) dans le renforcement des mécanismes communautaires de médiation et de prévention des conflits.🗣️🙏

La première phase de cette mission, conduite par le Secrétaire général du CONAMM, BANYARA Yohana, a ciblé la partie méridionale du Tchad. Entamée à la fin du mois de septembre 2026🗓️, cette série d’ateliers a concerné les villes de Sarh dans la province du Moyen-Chari, Koumra dans le Mandoul, Doba dans le Logone Oriental, Moundou dans le Logone Occidental et Laï dans la Tanjilé. Elle se poursuivra à Pala dans le Mayo Kebbi Ouest pour s’achever à Bongor dans le Mayo Kebbi Est.

📌Le programme prévoit la formation de 15 relais communautaires par province, ainsi que la mise en place de 14 points focaux CONAMM. Ces personnes auront vocation à contribuer aux activités de sensibilisation, de médiation et de prévention des conflits, en lien avec les autorités et les communautés locales.

Les ateliers visent également à faire connaître et à valoriser les mécanismes tchadiens de médiation et de gestion pacifique des conflits, afin de soutenir les efforts de consolidation de la paix au Tchad.

Notre projet au Tchad poursuit son soutien aux acteurs institutionnels engagés dans la promotion de la gouvernance démocratique.

Union européenne au Tchad

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15/10/2026

📍 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 🇪🇹

Within the framework of our project in Ethiopia, co-funded by the European Union 🇪🇺 and the German government through KfW Development Bank KfW Bankengruppe 🇩🇪, we organised a joint Lessons Learned Workshop with the Coalition of Ethiopian Civil Society Organizations for Elections (CECOE), bringing together representatives of ECES, CECOE and its member civil society organisations.

The workshop provided an opportunity to jointly reflect on our collaboration during Ethiopia’s 7th General Election 🗳️, held on 1 June 2026, reviewing the achievements, challenges and lessons learned from the activities implemented throughout the electoral process.

Discussions focused on three key areas of our cooperation: Civic and Voter Education (CVE), Media Monitoring and Domestic Electoral Observation. Through participatory exchanges, participants assessed the effectiveness of the activities carried out, identified successful approaches and good practices, and examined operational challenges encountered during implementation.

🤝 Particular attention was given to institutional sustainability, coordination and future cooperation, with discussions exploring how CECOE and its member organisations can strengthen their institutional and operational capacities, consolidate the experience gained and ensure the continuity of their engagement in future electoral cycles.

📌 The workshop also provided a platform to discuss future priorities and action planning, including the identification of practical measures to improve coordination, strengthen organisational capacities and support CECOE’s long-term sustainability beyond our project in Ethiopia.

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13/10/2026

📍Mauritius 🇲🇺

The Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) Commission de l'océan Indien - Indian Ocean Commission organised a regional seminar in Mauritius on “Sovereignty and the Development of the Blue Economy through Maritime Security,” bringing together parliamentarians from its Member States.

The seminar was jointly organised through two IOC projects: Governance, Peace and Stability (GPS), funded by the French Development Agency (AFD) AFD - Agence Française de Développement🇫🇷, and Safe Seas Africa (SSA), funded by the European Union 🇪🇺. This collaboration highlighted the complementarity between democratic governance, regional parliamentary cooperation and maritime security.🤝

The GPS project, implemented by the IOC with technical assistance from ECES and Canal France International (CFI), has played a key role in revitalising the Association of Parliaments of the IOC Member States (AP-COI) and strengthening interparliamentary cooperation across the Indian Ocean region.

Through their technical assistance partnership, ECES and CFI 🤝 support the IOC in project implementation, strategic coordination, capacity strengthening and sustainability, while mobilising specialised expertise to support regional activities and institutional cooperation.

ECES was represented by Eva Palmans, Head of Operations, member of the ECES Management Board and GPS Project Coordinator, who plays a central role 🙏 in coordinating the project’s activities and supporting the IOC’s efforts to strengthen democratic governance and regional parliamentary cooperation.

📌By combining technical expertise, exchanges of experience and parliamentary dialogue, the seminar contributed to identifying concrete priorities for national action and strengthening cooperation between the National Assemblies of the Indian Ocean region.

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13/10/2026

13/10/2026

📍Bolivia, La Paz 🇧🇴

Previously last week, within the framework of our Eu-funded 🇪🇺 through the Foreign Policy Instruments (FPI) project in Bolivia 🇧🇴, the Departmental Electoral Tribunal of La Paz Tribunal Electoral Departamental de La Paz and the Supreme Electoral Tribunal Tribunal Supremo Electoral, in coordination with ECES, held the fourth Departmental Meeting “Towards Electoral Reform” in La Paz.

Following previous meetings in Santa Cruz, Chuquisaca and Potosí, the La Paz event marked the fourth of nine departmental consultations aimed at gathering territorial perspectives and concrete proposals to strengthen Bolivia’s electoral system.

Participants discussed five key areas: legal certainty, political organizations, the electoral register and public confidence, parity and inclusive participation, and electoral campaigns and disinformation.

During the opening session, electoral authorities thanked ECES for its technical and financial support through our project.

After the opening, ECES representatives met with TSE President Gustavo Ávila and the TSE members attending the event to assess progress in the consultation process. The work carried out so far was positively evaluated, and several adjustments were made to the ECES methodology to strengthen the upcoming departmental meetings and improve the systematization and comparability of proposals.

With four departments already engaged, the process continues to build a broader and more territorially grounded national agenda for Electoral Reform.

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08/10/2026

08/10/2026

📍Bolivia, Oruro 🇧🇴

Within the framework of our EU-funded🇪🇺 through the Foreign Policy Instruments (FPI) project in Bolivia 🇧🇴, we supported the Oruro Departmental Electoral Tribunal (TED) Tribunal Electoral Departamental de Oruro in organising preparatory sessions to develop regional proposals for electoral reform.

Nearly 200 participants joined the discussions, including legislative representatives, human rights organisations and representatives of Indigenous and peasant peoples and nations.

The exchanges focused on political representation and the registration and legal recognition of Indigenous and peasant political platforms. Around 65 Indigenous and peasant leaders, representing more than a dozen ethnic groups from the region, took part, sharing their communities’ perspectives and priorities.
Our team provided methodological and logistical support to the sessions. The resulting proposals will be presented and discussed further at the forthcoming regional workshop in Oruro.

Our technical assistance focused particularly on the methodological design of the sessions and the provision of logistical support, contributing to the successful organisation of the preparatory meetings and the development of a significant set of proposals for electoral reform. These proposals will be presented and discussed further at the forthcoming regional workshop in Oruro.

We continue to support dialogue between electoral institutions, civil society and local communities, helping ensure that diverse voices contribute to shaping electoral reform.

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06/10/2026

Brussels 🇧🇪 continues to bring the electoral and democracy community together, and last week’s FURIC2026 was another welcome opportunity to exchange ideas and experiences. 🗳️🤝

We had the pleasure of attending the Follow-up on Recommendations’ Implementation Conference 2026 in Brussels FURIC2026, organised by the European Platform for Democratic Elections - EPDE under the theme “From Reform to Resilience: Future-Proofing Democratic Elections.” 🇪🇺

Over two days, election practitioners, institutions and civil society organisations came together to discuss how electoral processes can become more resilient and, importantly, how recommendations emerging from election observation can be translated into concrete and sustainable reforms.

The discussions touched upon many issues at the heart of our work at ECES: strengthening electoral institutions, supporting citizen and international election observation, promoting electoral and information integrity, encouraging citizen participation and building capacities for credible and inclusive electoral processes.

Particularly relevant for us, given our EU-funded🇪🇺project in Zambia🇿🇲(PRO-DEM ZAMBIA), was the discussion on collaboration between international and citizen observers, drawing on lessons learned from the 2026 General Elections in Zambia 🇿🇲. The exchanges highlighted the importance of cooperation before, during and after elections, and of bringing together different observation methodologies and perspectives.

The conference was also a welcome opportunity to reconnect with colleagues and partners, exchange experiences from different electoral contexts and reflect on emerging challenges, from digital technologies and political finance to shrinking civic space and the resilience of election observation.

We look forward to continuing these exchanges and strengthening partnerships that contribute to credible, inclusive, transparent and sustainable electoral processes around the world. 🌍