The project “Pro-Electoral Integrity: Project in Support to Electoral Integrity in Africa” is funded by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MOFA) and implemented in cooperation with the African Union Commission’s Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security (AUC-PAPS). It aims to contribute to peace and security by fostering a shared culture of resilience and common values centred on electoral integrity, while strengthening the capacities of African Electoral Management Bodies (EMBs) to deliver credible and inclusive electoral processes.
The project was developed in the context of strengthened cooperation between ECES and the AUC-PAPS, building on the positive experience and results achieved through the Innov-Elections project, which was also funded by the Italian Government. The continued financial support provided by the Italian Ministry reflects its commitment to promoting democratic governance and electoral integrity across the African continent.
The project develops from the MoU signed between ECES and the AUC-PAPS in May 2021. Following exchanges between ECES and the AUc-PAPS, the "Pro-Electoral Integrity" project was conceived and designed to provide technical support to a broad range of electoral stakeholders on the African continent with the overall objective of contributing to the conduct of credible, and inclusive elections in African Union Member States fostering the prevention of electoral conflicts and promotion of electoral integrity.
The project has overall objective of supporting the AUC-PAPS to mainly build the resilience of Electoral Management Bodies (EMBs) and networks of EMBs to contribute to the challenges of electoral contexts to effectively organize elections in accordance with national and international norms and standards of democratic elections.
After the success of the implementation of Phase I & Phase II, thanks to the fruitful and effective collaboration between ECES and the AUC-PAPS the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation decided to fund the third phase of this project.
Since the beginning of the Phase III in 2024, ECES in collaboration with the Association of African Election Authorities (AAEA) and in partnership with the African Union Commission – Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security (AUC-PAPS) and with the funding of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation conducted a total of 9 AAEA Peer learning missions respectively in Namibia, Ghana, Gabon, Burundi, Malawi, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Djibouti and Benin.
This phase continues the important support of the Italian MOFA and ECES to the AU focusing on conflict prevention and post-conflict peace building.
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