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Strategy for democratic support

Creation of proper synergies between EU Electoral Observation Missions and electoral assistance
European Union Election Observation Mission in the world

Team of observers deployed for the observation of the referendum in Southern Sudan in 2011
Preparing future election observation experts

EODS trains observers to become experts in EU Election Observation Missions
Enhancing knowledge in election administration

Training activities in EODS headquarters in Brussels
Brainstorming on field observation

Discussions on best practices for long term observation
Consolidating a consistent observation methodology

Gilles Saphy, EODS Project Director
Strengthening EU observer capabilities

Manuel Sánchez de Nogués, EODS Training Coordinator
Cooperation with regional networks

Barbara Smith, EODS Regional Coordinator
European Union Election Observation Mission in the world

Team of observers deployed for the General Elections in Paraguay
Observation in the field

Members of the European Parliament delegation and the EU EOM during the European Union Election Observation Mission in Tunisia 2011
Regional organisations

Strengthening the capacity in election observation
Adopting new technologies for observation

Implementation of a new software for election day observation
Observation procedures

Development of guidelines on the observation of specific aspects of the electoral process
Discussing election management

Participants discussing different approaches to election management bodies observation

EODS, building EU election observation capacity

Election Observation and Democratic Support (EODS) is the capacity building project for EU Election Observation. It is funded by the European Commission and started in January 2013. EODS has three main areas of support:

strengthening the EU Election Observation Mission methodology
training election observation specialists in EU methodology election principles
sharing this methodology with regional organisations and networks

Methodology

Training

Cooperation

Election Observation and Democratic Support (EODS) follows the principles of the Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation Commemorated at the United Nations in October 2005.

With the objective of strengthening the integrity of election observation, the first Network for Enhanced Electoral and Democratic Support (NEEDS) project was launched in 2001, followed by NEEDS II and NEEDS III, the latter finishing at the end of 2012. Based upon the success of this programme and the continuing need for capacity building and promoting standards in the electoral field, the Service for Foreign Policy Instruments (FPI) of the European Commission (EC) launched a tender to enable the continuation of the programme under the new name 'Election Observation and Democratic Support (EODS).

The implementation of the EODS project was awarded to a consortium led by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). Other members of the Consortium implemented NEEDS I and II; they bring the experience and lessons learned gained from these projects.