Strengthening and Securing Electoral Integrity
2024 has been a year of elections around the world, with a potential 1.8 billion people headed to the polls. Each contest provides individuals with an opportunity to direct their future and chart a new way forward for their community on a local level and their country on a national level. With every election, we are reminded that electoral integrity must be strong for a political transition to be considered credible.
Launched in 2023, The Global Network for Securing Electoral Integrity (GNSEI) convenes more than 30 organizations and networks around a shared vision: to inspire and inform action to advance electoral integrity in the face of critical threats to democracy. It offers a standing platform for regular collaboration between peers in the electoral integrity community to promote awareness and adherence to existing norms and good practices, and, where there are gaps, shape consensus around new guiding principles.
IRI has been proud to work with GNSEI to produce Guidelines for Safeguarding Election Management Body Independence in Engagement with Other Public Institutions, a new report to support election management bodies (EMBs) to assert, protect, and promote their independence as they carry out their mandates in collaboration with other public institutions.
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