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The State Election Commission assesses its needs for 2020 autumn parliamentary elections
Publishing date: 19 December 2019
The State Election Commission is better equipped to plan and analyse its work was the conclusion of a two-day lessons learned workshop organized by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro for the Commission in Podgorica on 17 and 18 December 2019.
Greece early parliamentary elections 2019: ODIHR observation mission final report
Publishing date: 13 December 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
Following the early parliamentary elections in Greece on 7 July 2019, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has published its final report. The report notes that the elections were competitive and offered voters a wide choice of political alternatives, with
OSCE PA to deploy first-ever election observation mission to Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 13 December 2019
COPENHAGEN, 13 December 2019 – More than 50 observers from the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly are deploying to Uzbekistan for the 22 December parliamentary elections. It is the first time for the OSCE PA observing an election in the country...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports strengthening the State Election Commission’s capacity to communicate through the media
Publishing date: 11 December 2019
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro organized a workshop for the State Election Commission (SEC) on communication strategies with the national and local media on 9 and 10 December 2019 in Podgorica...
ODIHR opens election observation mission in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 25 November 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
TASHKENT, 25 November 2019 –The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened an election observation mission for the 22 December parliamentary elections in Uzbekistan. The deployment follows an invitation from the country’s authorities.
OSCE supports Municipal Election Commissions in developing training programme for polling station staff
Publishing date: 22 November 2019
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro organized a training course for senior representatives from the State Election Commission and Municipal Election Commissions on how to train polling station staff on polling station procedures on 21 and 22 November 2019 in Podgorica...
Increasing professionalism and impartiality of international election observation the focus of ODIHR-hosted meeting in Warsaw
Publishing date: 21 November 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
New trends in elections and international best practices for observing them were the topics of a high-level panel discussion during an annual meeting on the implementation of the Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation, which was hosted by the OSCE Office for Democratic