The 27 October presidential elections in Georgia was efficiently administered, transparent and took place in an amicable and constructive environment.
Procedures were largely followed and international observers noted a high level of transparency throughout the day.
However, several provisions of the Election Code remain unclear and were not applied in a consistent manner, states the OSCE preliminary findings.
This handbook is designed to provide basic guidance on how to observe the use of new voting technologies (NVT) in electoral processes.
The Presidential election in Azerbaijan on 9 October was undermined by limitations on fundamental freedoms, lack of level playing field and significant problems on election day, states the OSCE preliminary findings.
Trude was brought in as Deputy Director on the basis of her former work with election observation through NORDEM, as well as due to her long political background and diverse international experience.
Eleven NORDEM election observers participate in the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Election Observation Mission in Azerbaijan.
The guidelines can be helpful for both reviewers of electoral legislation and for national legislators in drafting or amending election-related documents in line with OSCE commitments and international standards.
National and central election commissions from around the world participated in NORDEMs study programme to the Norwegian Parliamentary Elections 2013.
One of the objectives of the one week long study programme was to enable the participants to make their own assessment of the Norwegian electoral process and come up with recommendations for improvement.
Read the recommendations of the delegations
From 16-20 September, 25 participants from the NORDEM roster, the OSCE, the CIMIC Centre of Excellence (CCOE) and the Folke Bernadotte Academy, participated in a week-long training at Hadeland outside Oslo. The group dealt with topics such as human rights based field work, democratization and governance, international humanitarian law, gender mainstreaming, security awareness and stress and critical incident management.
NORDEM contributes with one short term observers to the EU Election Observation Mission to the Legislative Elections in Guinea on 24 September 2013.
Maren Sagvaag Retland participated in the EU's election observation mission in Mali in July and August 2013. In their preliminary statement, the EU stated that the electoral process was well organised, that it improved significantly in the second round and that it led to a credible presidential election.
Retland tells about her experience in an interview with the Norwegian EU delegation.
This is the first time NORDEM attends this important meeting that brings together all the major organizations that work within the field of election observation. NORDEM attends in an observer capacity.
The meeting is hosted by OSCE/ODIHR and takes place i Warsaw from 17-19th September.
NORDEM has hosted four international delegations of election officials from Turkmenistan, Irak, Nigeria and Zimbabwe, who came to study and assess the Norwegian parliamentary elections on 9 September. A representative of the OSCE Centre in Ashgabad, who supported the visit, stated that “The visit will have an added value in light of the upcoming parliamentary elections in Turkmenistan.”
Time: 13 September 11.00 - 12.15
Place: Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, Cort Adelers gate 30, the auditorium on the ground floor
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Langaker embarked on his NORDEM assignment as Junior Professional Officer (JPO) in the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in April this year. He spent the first three months of the JPO-program in the OSCE Headquarter in Vienna working in the Transnational Threats Department before he left for Kyrgyzstan in July to assist the OSCE Centre in Bishkek with implementing its Police Reform Programme (PRP).
NORDEM Annual Report 2012 has been published. Hard copies are available upon request.
NORDEM has published the report "The Constitutional History and the 2013 Referendum of Zimbabwe" written by Kåre Vollan, an election expert deployed by NORDEM. Vollan has followed the electoral and constitutional processes in Zimbabwe since 2002, both through NORDEM and as an advisor to the Norwegian Embassy in Harare.
The Constitutional Referendum of Zimbabwe on 16 March 2013 marked the end of a lengthy process to pass a new constitution. The report provides an overview of the electoral and constitutional history of Zimbabwe after independence, with a more in depth description of the developments in the period from 2008 to the referendum.
NORDEM has sent election observers to Zimbabwe since 2000, also as independent teams or experts when it has not been possible to participate in an international election observation mission. The author of this report, Kåre Vollan, has been central in NORDEM’s observations of elections in Zimbabwe.
On June 12 and 13, NORDEM conducted a crisis management and preparedness training for its staff in Oslo. The aim of the training was to enable NORDEM to better prepare for and respond to potential local and foreign emergencies in the framework of NORDEM’s international secondments.
The training was conducted by Heymdal, experts within international risk management, and was attended by the whole NORDEM secretariat team, senior management at the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights and a senior representative from the Faculty of Law management.
Time and place: 11 June 2013 09:00 – 15:00, Stratos 11th floor, Youngstorget, Oslo
The week of 15-19 April, NORDEM held meetings with partners, secondees and prospective partner organizations in New York.
NORDEM contributes with two long term observers and two short term observers to the EU Election Observation Mission to the Pakistan General Elections on 11 May 2013.
NORDEM is sending two short term observers to the EU's observation of the general elections in Paraguay held on 21 April 2013. One of the observers, Fatima Valdez Haugstveit, was interviewed by Norway's permanent delegation to the EU before her departure.
NORDEM sent two long term observers and four short term observers to the OSCE election observation mission to Armenia in January/February.
NORDEM sent observers to both the EU and the Carter Center for the general elections in Kenya on 4 March.