Solidarity and peer exchange mission in Ghana

European Center for Electoral Support (ECES) in collaboration with the Association of African Election Authorities (AAEA) and the African Union (AU), has participated in solidarity and peer exchange mission for Ghana’s General Elections on December 7, 2024. This initiative aims to reinforce election integrity, peer learning, and the professionalization of Election Management Bodies (EMBs) across Africa.

This activity is implemented through the project "Pro-Electoral Integrity: Project in Support to Electoral Integrity in Africa", which is funded by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MOFA) and via the African Union Commission’s Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security (AUC-PAPS) and which aims at contributing to peace and security through the development of a common culture of resilience and shared values around integrity in electoral processes, by strengthening the capacities of African EMBs in conducting their own credible and inclusive elections.

In this context Mrs Jean Mensa, in collaboration with the African Union and with the support of ECES, has invited 8 Chairwomen opening to other women senior electoral administrators in Africa to carry out a peer review-solidarity mission for the Ghana election of the 7th of December. The EMBs  represented in this mission, namely Botswana, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Gabon, Malawi, Togo and Zimbabwe, worked proactively and collaboratively to share their comparative experiences at the Electoral Commission of Ghana.

The project will fund and contribute as well to the 2025 Continental Forum and other six of these solidarity-peer review mission following the one already supported in Namibia last week and this one in Ghana.