From 10 to 12 December 2025, the Pro-Electoral Integrity project funded by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation  participated in the 20th Anniversary of the Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation (DoP), held at the United Nations Headquarters in Geneva. The anniversary meeting brought together endorsing organisations, international institutions and electoral stakeholders to take stock of two decades of implementation of the Declaration and to reaffirm a collective commitment to credible and professional election observation worldwide.

Endorsing organisations adopted a Joint Press Statement reaffirming their shared commitment to the principles of credible, impartial, independent and professional international election observation, as well as to continued cooperation in addressing evolving challenges affecting electoral processes worldwide. The Pro-Electoral Integrity project supported this Joint Press Statement and its reaffirmation of the Declaration of Principles, which are fully aligned with the organisation’s mandate and ongoing work in the field of election assistance and democratic governance.

On this occasion, Fabio Bargiacchi, Founder and Executive Director of ECES, under which the Pro-Electoral Integrity Project is being implemented, addressed participants, reaffirming ECES’ long-standing commitment to supporting electoral integrity across the entire electoral cycle. In his intervention, he clarified ECES’s role within the broader election observation community, emphasising that the organisation does not conduct election observation directly, but instead focuses on supporting domestic election observation organisations in the countries where it operates.