From eisa at lists.sn.apc.org Wed Jul 30 14:45:00 2008 From: eisa at lists.sn.apc.org (eisa@lists.sn.apc.org) Date: Wed Jul 30 14:49:21 2008 Subject: [Eisa] The Role and Challenges of Civil Society Engagement in Post-election Disputes Resolution Message-ID: <984C0E7445FEA14886A140D1DD957EAE9D971B@xena.eisamail.eisa.org.za> Earlier this month, EISA hosted a conference in Tanzania on the role of civil society in resolving post election disputes. The conference drew participants from both Governmental and Non-Governmental bodies from across the continent, and aimed at discussing the increasingly worrying problem of post-election disputes and how civil society can play a role in their resolution. Download the Communiqu? that emerged from the conference here: http://www.eisa.org.za/PDF/comm200807.pdf Regards Alka Larkan Senior Programme Officer, ICT http://www.eisa.org.za tel +27 11 482 54 95 fax +27 (0)86 604 18 61 EISA - Promoting credible elections and democratic governance in Africa -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.sn.apc.org/pipermail/eisa/attachments/20080730/150e9faa/attachment.htm From eisa at lists.sn.apc.org Wed Aug 27 14:11:52 2008 From: eisa at lists.sn.apc.org (eisa@lists.sn.apc.org) Date: Wed Aug 27 14:25:40 2008 Subject: [Eisa] Technical Assessment Team to the Angola 2008 National Assembly Elections Message-ID: <984C0E7445FEA14886A140D1DD957EAEA647CF@xena.eisamail.eisa.org.za> EISA Technical Assessment Team to the Angola 2008 National Assembly Elections 27 August 2008 EISA is deploying a Technical Assessment Team to the Angolan National Assembly Elections scheduled for 5 September 2008. The team will be composed of five members and is expected to arrive in Luanda on 27 August in order to hold a series of meetings with election stakeholders ahead of election day. Stakeholders include the National Electoral Commission: Comiss?o Nacional Eleitoral (CNE), political parties, CSOs and academics. The team will remain in the country until 7 September in order to observe the voting and counting processes as well as post polling activities. The team will cover selected rural and urban areas around Angola. The general objectives of the mission conform to EISA's mission of promoting credible elections and democratic governance in Africa. In particular, the mission seeks to determine: - If the conditions exist for the conduct of elections that would allow the people of Angola to freely express their will and their choice; - If the elections will be conducted in accordance with the legal and constitutional framework for elections that is established in the Republic of Angola; - If the electoral process will be conducted in accordance with the EISA/ECF Principles for Election Management, Monitoring and Observation in the SADC Region (PEMMO). EISA is a regional non governmental organisation established in 1996 and based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Its mission is to strive for excellence in the promotion of credible elections, participatory democracy, human rights culture and the strengthening of governance institutions for the consolidation of democracy in Africa. It services governments, electoral commissions, political parties, civil society organisations and other institutions operating in the democracy and governance fields in the SADC region. http://www.eisa.org.za/EISA/pr20080826.htm EISA - Promoting credible elections and democratic governance in Africa -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.sn.apc.org/pipermail/eisa/attachments/20080827/ae149d2b/attachment.htm From eisa at lists.sn.apc.org Mon Sep 8 11:01:15 2008 From: eisa at lists.sn.apc.org (eisa@lists.sn.apc.org) Date: Mon Sep 8 11:24:11 2008 Subject: [Eisa] Angola 2008 National Assembly Election - provisional results Message-ID: <984C0E7445FEA14886A140D1DD957EAEA64F7F@xena.eisamail.eisa.org.za> The provisional results from the Angolan election can be viewed on the EISA web site at http://www.eisa.org.za/WEP/ang2008results.htm The page will be updated as more results are made available. In August, EISA deployed a technical team to Angola to observe the election process. For more information please visit http://www.eisa.org.za/EISA/pr20080826.htm Regards Alka Alka Larkan Senior Programme Officer, ICT http://www.eisa.org.za tel +27 11 482 54 95 fax +27 (0)86 604 18 61 EISA - Promoting credible elections and democratic governance in Africa -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The team will remain in the country until 23 September in order to observe the voting and counting processes as well as post polling activities. The team will cover selected rural and urban areas around Swaziland. The general objectives of the team conform to EISA's mission of promoting credible elections and democratic governance in Africa. In particular, the mission seeks to determine if: * the conditions exist for the conduct of elections that would allow the people of Swaziland to freely express their will and their choice; * the elections will be conducted in accordance with the legal and constitutional framework for elections that is established in the Kingdom of Swaziland; * the electoral process will be conducted in accordance with the EISA/ECF Principles for Election Management, Monitoring and Observation in the SADC Region (PEMMO). http://www.eisa.org.za/EISA/pr20080911.htm -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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