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??? Congratulations OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) election department team to a very well organised DoP meeting in Gdansk! ?? ?? Thank you for the interesting agenda, particularly for the panels on security of election observers, and on AI in elections, among others. https://dop2024.org/ ?? Great for Election-Watch.EU to participate for the first time as an endorsing DoP member. ??Amb. Urszula GACEK for presenting Election-Watch.EU's good practice examples as stimulus for positive change as new tool. ?? See more: https://lnkd.in/eP5CwXv6

?? 7?? Expert organisations, among them @wahlbeobachtung.org, co-published an updated Democracy Index for Austria. ?? The Index has 1?? 1?? 4?? parameters comprised in 7?? pillars ? Improvements included the new transparency legislation ? Pending issues include to establish an independent State Prosecutor to strengthen judicial independence Read more (in German): https://lnkd.in/dvwjH9cr

?? Election-Watch.EU Report of the European Parliament Elections is out? ?? Key findings of the Election Assessment Mission (EAM) 2?? 0?? 2?? 4?? ? 1?? 9?? good practice examples across the European Union as inspiration for change ? 2?? 1?? recommendations to strengthen electoral integrity ? six key principles: #integrity, #inclusion, #accountability, #transparency, #equality, and #resilience. ?? Please circulate: https://lnkd.in/dBcxMBdH #useyourvote

? Last chance to register for our @SEEEDS https://seeeds.epd.eu/ webinar. We will explore joint lessons learned from the 2024 European Parliament elections to pave the way for an electoral framework that includes all stakeholders.? Join us today (24 Sept. at 16:00 CET): https://lnkd.in/dnE8jcUP …and our amazing panelists: Marie-Hélène Boulanger, European Commission, Sophie Pornschlegel, Europe Jacques Delors, ...and speakers Ognjan Denkovs?i, Democracy Reporting International, Robert Lech, Political Accountability Foundation, European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE), Roy Virah-Sawmy, European Partnership for Democracy (EPD) Michael Lidauer, Tatyana Hilscher-Bogussevich, Armin Rabitsch, Election-Watch.EU #transparency, #inclusion, #accountability, #equality, #integrity, #resilience, #RARE, #useyourvote, #2024EUelections, #EUelections2024, #EU2024

? Together with 415 civil society organisations —from 26 Member States and 4 candidate countries — Election-Watch.EU has signed the open letter initiated by Civil Society Europe (CSE) addressed to European decision makers. ? CSOs are deeply committed to the promotion of democracy, human rights, and civic engagement across Europe, we call on you to prioritise actions that foster a vibrant civic space, uphold democracy, and safeguard fundamental rights. ? The signatory request concrete actions in the next 5?? years, specifically: ?? Providing a robust European Civil Society Strategy ??Strengthening the mandate for a Commission Vice President responsible for democracy, civic space and dialogue with civil society ???Adopting of a Civil Dialogue Agreement ???Empowering funding policies ???Establishing a European Democracy Semester ???Strengthening the role of the Fundamental Rights Agency ?? Share and read the ?? https://lnkd.in/dmzWN-zc

?? Election-Watch.EU is looking forward to share some of its findings and recommendations of its recent Election Assessment Mission to the European Parliament elections ? Please register and you will also receive an Email when the final report is published: https://lnkd.in/dnE8jcUP

?? Election-Watch.EU will present an overview of findings and recommendations of its Election Assessment Mission (EAM) to the 2024 European Parliament Elections ?? Register for the webinar on Tuesday, 24 September at 16:00 hours: https://lnkd.in/dnE8jcUP ? Election-Watch.EU has been collecting good electoral practices in EU Member States & ? with the Final EAM Report as reference, continues to focus on electoral reform advocacy, ? with the newly elected MEPs and European Commission ? In SEEEDS project partnership with European Partnership for Democracy (EPD), Democracy Reporting International, European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE)

Election-Watch.EU was invited to present preliminary findings from its Election Assessment Mission (EAM) to the 2024 European Elections at the International Society of Public Law (ICON-S) Annual Conference in Madrid. Key findings extended to ?? ?27 different elections? ?Inequalities in the right to vote and to stand ?Proportional representation unequally implemented ?Different models of election administration; cooperation ?Different levels of access to advance and alternative voting ?Challenges for voter registration data exchange ?Publication of results * Campaign and Campaign Finance * Conditions of Election Observation in the EU * as well as a focus on Inclusion ?Participation of Women?? ?Participation of Persons with Disabilities?? ?Participation of Mobile European Citizens ?Participation of Youth?? ?Participation of National Minorities Many thanks to María Díaz Crego (Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Alcalá) for organising and inviting to the panel on "The 2024 European elections: state of play and way forward", together with Silvia Kotanidis (EPRS), Rodrigo Cetina-Presuel (Barcelona School of Management at Pompeu Fabra University) and Davide Paris (Bocconi University Milan).

? First post-European Parliament election meeting with representatives of Election Management Bodies and authorities of the 2?? 7?? EU Member States ? European Commission DG JUST invited Election-Watch.EU to present the preliminary findings of the Election Assessment Mission https://lnkd.in/gsExftfr ? Great opportunity to outline good practices as well as areas of improvement in six areas: ?? equality ?? inclusion ?? transparency ?? accountability ?? integrity ?? resilience ? Election-Watch.EU electoral reform advocacy continues with the presentation of its recommendations and final report after summer

?? New Report on the 2024 European Elections! ??????? Election-Watch.EU has released a preliminary report highlighting the need for more harmonisation in EU electoral processes. The report outlines significant disparities in voting laws, inclusion, and campaign finance transparency across Member States. ?? As argued by The Good Lobby Founder Professor Alberto Alemanno, the widely differing national frameworks governing European elections make it hard to truly speak of one single EU Election. ?? Read the blog post: https://lnkd.in/dBEydQfS #EuropeanElections #EUelections2024 #EU2024