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Hosted by: International IDEA, UNDP Regional Centre - Bangkok, NAM-CSSTC, ANFREL, CETRO
The event will start on: 30 Mar 10 13:00
And will end on: 01 Apr 10 21:00
Posted by: adhyaman
The workshop on ‘Electoral Justice’ aims to bring together election stakeholders from different Asian countries (in this case South East Asia) to deliberate on their experiences of democratic transition and reforms with an aim to finding alternative means for resolving electoral disputes. This event is being jointly organised by five different groups, representing inter-governmental and civil society organisations.
Electoral Dispute Resolution (EDR) has long been a focus area of International IDEA. EDR is a vital component in electoral process that plays a large part in upholding the credibility of any elections. Over the more recent years, IDEA has developed EDR into a broader concept called Electoral Justice (EJ). To put it simply, the concept expands the thematic area of EDR principles and mechanisms by adding preventive issues and alternative means for resolving electoral disputes.
Throughout 2009, the NAM-CSSTC and IDEA have been working together in providing experience exchange fora, introducing new concepts in and for refining democratic processes in the region. IDEA, being an intergovernmental organization with leading knowledge resources and capacity building tools in democracy building, is the perfect partner for such a venture, especially since 10 of its 25 member states are also full members of NAM with three others having observer status. The addition of UNDP-RCB into the partnership presents multiple added value to the venture.
South-East Asia has been developing political cooperation recently. This region is prominently marked by strong partnerships among its countries either bilaterally or multilaterally through the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN). Such amicable relationship has proven to have maintained peace and security within the region, while noting a few isolated bilateral border incidents. It makes good sense for UNDP-RCB, the NAM-CSSTC, IDEA, CETRO and ANFREL to further enhance such condition by holding South-East Asia-wide knowledge-sharing and experience-sharing events. CETRO through its involvement with the ACE Electoral Knowledge Network contributes in research and support, as well as to promote ACE in the field of election for the Southeast Asia region. ANFREL as a network of civil society organizations’ founded in 1997, seeks to promote democracy and free elections in Asian nations.
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