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What's Being Done On . . . Breakthrough Elections ?
Organizations Working on Other Elections: Slovakia | Sri Lanka | Jordan | Colombia | Ukraine | Helpful links Slovakia - Parliamentary election, September 25-26, 1998 The Pontis Foundation www.pontisfoundation.sk/en/ The Foundation has been deeply involved in multiple activities that have contributed to breakthrough elections in Slovakia, Croatia, and Yugoslavia. For example, the Foundation contributed to the increase of participation of first time voters in Slovakia from 20 percent (1994 General Assembly elections) to 80 percent (1998 General Assembly elections). Reports: Civic Campaign-O.K.'98 (pdf), Rock volieb '98 Campaign (pdf) Sri Lanka - Parliamentary election, December 5, 2001 All Ceylon Federation of Free Trade Unions - ACFFTU ACFFTU conducted an extensive voter education campaign throughout the country, which contributed to a high turnout in the parliamentary elections on December 5, 2001. Contact: acfftu@itmin.com. Report: The Parliamentary Election - December 2001 (doc) Colombia - Upcoming legislative and presidential elections, March 10 and 26, 2002 Universidad de los Andes / Congreso Visible - Candidatos Visibles www.andi.com.co/CVisibles/quienes/quienes.html Congreso Visible has created a database containing information about candidates running for the legislative election on March 10, 2002 and the presidential election on May 26, 2002. Ukraine - Upcoming parliamentary election, March 31, 2002 Center for Ukrainian Reform Education - CURE www.cure.org.ua/eng/ The Center conducts a voter education program, including public opinion polling to identify voters' social and economic concerns. The Center also disseminates information about the elections and candidates through its Web site, a published bulletin, and public service announcements and radio programs. Contact: irinam@umrep.kiev.ua Committee of Voters of Ukraine - CVU www.cvu.org.ua/?lang=eng The Committee is conducting a long-term observation program of the 2002 elections. The project seeks to ensure the most fair and legal elections possible through monitoring the implementation of electoral legislation and responses to violations during the campaign. Institute of Reforms www.ir.org.ua The Institute conducts a wide-ranging voter education program that features the expertise of specialists in economics, law, and civil society. The project aims to educate voters with information that is not accessible in the general media and to help voters focus on the issues of greatest concern to them. Spil'nyi Prostir (Common Space) and Equal Access Committee www.prostir.org The association, "Spil'nyi Prostir," and the Equal Access Committee encourage Ukrainian voters to deepen their knowledge about the issues of the campaign and monitor news reporting to expose bias. They are monitoring both print and electronic media in Ukraine during the six months leading up to the March 2002 parliamentary elections. Ukrainian Center for Independent Political Research - UCIPR www.ucipr.kiev.ua The Center conducts election-related media monitoring and training for local Ukrainian journalists. Helpful Links ACE (Administration and Cost of Elections) Project www.aceproject.org Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) www.anfrel.org Carter Center www.cartercenter.org Elections around the World www.agora.stm.it/elections/home.htm Electionworld.org/Elections around the World www.electionworld.org Electorales.com www.electorales.com EPIC (Election Process Information Collection) Project www.epicproject.org Human Rights Watch www.hrw.org International IDEA www.idea.int International Foundation for Election Systems - IFES www.ifes.org International Republican Institute - IRI www.iri.org National Democratic Institute for International Affairs - NDI www.ndi.org Observatorio Electoral Latinamericano www.observatorioelectoral.org Organization of American States www.oas.org Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe - OSCE www.osce.org Political Database of the Americas www.georgetown.edu/pdba United Nations Development Programme - UNDP www.undp.org World Policy Institute - Democracy and Human Rights in the Americas http://worldpolicy.org/projects/globalrights/index.html About "What's Being Done On . . . " For three months at a time, we highlight the activities of various organizations in different global regions, and links to important resources, that are focused on a particular theme or area of democracy work. Each new theme is announced via DemocracyNews, and the information from the previous installment is placed in the archives below. We hope to receive and post information about the work you or others may be doing that is focused on these issues. Send information via e-mail to the or by fax to (202) 378-9889. |
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