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Electoral Assistance

The Commonwealth is made up of 54 member countries from across the globe. Our experience has shown that peers from Commonwealth Electoral Networks learn best when they learn from each other - be it from each other’s successes, each other’s failures or each other’s support.

Members of the Commonwealth Electoral Networkcan approach the Commonwealth Secretariat for support and assistance in the conduct of elections, capacity-building programmes or peer-to-peer advice.

Ways in which we can offer support and assistance:

  • We can provide technical assistance through the deployment of an expert or a team of experts to support you in a particular facet of election management. If you would like to discuss this further, then please email electoral.network@commonwealth.int
    If you have a question relating to a specific aspect of election management or are facing a technical problem and want to know how others have dealt with it, you can ask your peers for feedback and advice through our online forum.
  • Further election management advice is available from the websites listed on our resources page.

Some examples of support provided in the past:

  • A senior election official was placed with the Swaziland Election and Boundaries Commission to offer advice, assistance and support during the conduct of their elections.
  • An expert was placed with the Rwanda Election Commission to assist with the development of a programme of voter education.
  • An expert was placed with the Guyana Election Commission to help develop a Code of Conduct for Media During Elections. The expert also helped the Guyana Election Commission establish a Media Monitoring Unit to assess media coverage of the election.
  • Election officials from Antigua & Barbuda, Guyana and St Lucia were provided with financial support to attend professional development training courses.
  • Senior election officials from India and Seychelles met with their peers at the Independent National Electoral Commission of Nigeria to share their experiences in advance of Nigeria’s 2011 elections.