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Ensuring Transparency in Electoral Management: Best Practices and Guidelines

This session at the 12th European Conference of Electoral Management Bodies explores the functioning and methods of EMBs to guarantee transparency. Topics include principles of credibility, respect for rights, regulatory stability, procedural safeguards, public participation, and more.

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Ensuring Transparency in Electoral Management: Best Practices and Guidelines

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  1. The functioning and working methods of electoral management bodies: guaranteeing transparency. 12th European Conference of Electoral Management Bodies 12e Conférence européenne des administrations électorales Brussels / Bruxelles 30-31/03/2015 Ministry of the Interior. Spain. Directorate General of Internal Policy. Deputy Directorate of Internal Policy and Electoral Processes. www.infoelectoral.interior.es / pielecciones@interior.es

  2. 1. Principles. • Underlying principles: • universal, • equal, • free, • secret and • direct suffrage. • The credibility of the electoral process must be guaranteed. • .

  3. 1. Respect for fundamental rights. • 2. Regulatory levels and stability of electoral law. • 3. Procedural safeguards • 3.1. Organization of elections by an impartial body. • 3.2. Observation of elections • 3.3. An effective system of appeal • 3.4. Organization and operation of polling stations • 3.5. Funding of political parties and electoral campaigns • 3.6. Security • *Code of good practice in electoral matters. Explanatory report(Venice Commission, 18-19 October 2002) 2.Conditions for implementing the principles*.

  4. 3. EMBs functioning and working methods: guaranteeing transparency. • 1. EMBs should function according to the principles of: • transparency, • professionalism • and efficiency. • 2. The integrity and impartiality of EMBs relies in: • how procedures are set and • decisions are made. • 3. To increase public confidence in the credibility of elections: enhanced public participation and transparency. • 4. The procedural framework must allow the rules laid down to be implemented effectively.

  5. Legal framework that ensures EMBs` impartiality, effectiveness and transparency. • 2. Stakeholders. • 3. Information/data/techonology: accessible, reusable and interoperable. • 4. Public procurement and transparency: To increase bidder accesibility, participation and efficiency. • 5. Election day: transparency and up-to-date information. • 6. Election Dispute Resolution (EDR): to identify ways of enhancing the efficiency and transparency of the manner in which cases are handled. • 7. Accountability: strategic plans (programme evaluations) and performance audits/evaluations. 4. Questions on transparency.

  6. 4. Working group: EMBs transparency. • Situations in countries. • Open floor discussion. • Conclusions and concrete guidelines (1-3 guidelines maximum).

  7. I. e. Spain. Ministry of the Interior. • European Parliament Elections 2014. • http://www.infoelectoral.interior.es/web/guest/estudios-e-informes-en-infoelectoral • Presupuesto electoral • Racionalización en la fabricación de papeletas • Voto por correo y voto CERA. Comparativa con procesos anteriores

  8. Links: - Electoral Management Design (Idea International. Revised edition 2014) Chapter 9. http://www.idea.int/publications/emd/upload/EMD_chapter9.pdf - Code of good practice in electoral matters. Explanatory report(Venice Commission, 18-19 October 2002) http://www.venice.coe.int/webforms/documents/default.aspx?pdffile=CDL-AD(2002)023-e

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