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Brief Profiles of Countries, EMBs and Partner Organisations of A-WEB

Coordinator) and Victoria Florinder (Electoral Conflict ic knowledge and a well-established network in over 70
Management Advisor). countries around the world as indicated in the map below.

ECES is a not for profit private foundation headquartered
in Brussels with a global remit. ECES promotes sustain-
able democratic development through the provision of
advisory services, operational support and management
of large projects in the electoral and democracy assis-
tance field. ECES works with all electoral stakeholders,
including electoral management bodies, civil society or-
ganizations involved in voter education and election ob-
servation, political parties, parliaments, media, security
forces, religious groups and legal institutions confronted
with electoral disputes resolution.

ECES is a member of the European Partnership for De-
mocracy (EPD) and is part of its Board of Directors. EPD is
the most important network of European civil and political
society organisations working on democracy assistance. THE ASIA FOUNDATION
In this context, ECES, in collaboration with EPD members, The Asia Foundation headquartered in San Francisco, is
has crafted and copyrighted a strategy called “A Europe- a nonprofit international development organization com-
an Response to Electoral Cycle Support - EURECS”. This mitted to improving lives across a dynamic and develop-
is an innovative and alternative delivery mechanism to ing Asia. Informed by six decades of experience and deep
implement electoral and democracy assistance activities local expertise, our work across the region addresses five
that are consistent with European values and EU policies overarching goals—strengthen governance, empower
and targets the implementations of the recommenda- women, expand economic opportunity, increase environ-
tions of EU election observation missions and it is built mental resilience, and promote regional cooperation.
to help prevent, mitigate and manage electoral related
conflicts. Headquartered in San Francisco.

ECES collaborates with the International Electoral Accred- The Asia Foundation works through a network of offic-
itation Body (IEAB) and Organisation of American States es in 18 Asian countries and in Washington, DC. Working
to support Electoral Management Bodies worldwide to with public and private partners, the Foundation receives
promote transparency and quality of their management funding from a diverse group of bilateral and multilater-
systems via the electoral standards set in the context of al development agencies, foundations, corporations, and
the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO). individuals. In 2018, we provided $82.9 million in direct
program support and distributed textbooks and other ed-
ECES began its first real large endeavours at the be- ucational materials valued at $10.4 million.
ginning of 2012 by delivering face-to-face and distance
training to the 10 electoral management bodies of the
ECCAS (Economic Community of Central African States)
and by supporting the local elections processes in Libya.
Since then, ECES signed more than 70 projects in support
of transparent, credible and cost-effective electoral pro-
cesses and the strengthening of democratic institutions
in more than 35 countries mainly, but not exclusively, in
Africa and Middle East. In addition to that, the founders
and personnel of ECES have acquired extensive field ex-
perience and, taken together, ECES can count on a specif-

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