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OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights

Support to Electoral Reforms in the Western Balkans

Support to Electoral Reforms in the Western Balkans.

(ODIHR)

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In January 2021, ODIHR launched its second project to support the follow-up of electoral recommendations in the Western Balkans, building on the work carried out by the project Support to Elections in the Western Balkans implemented between 2017 and 2020.

This project supports election management bodies and related institutions in the region in their efforts to follow-up on election observation recommendations in areas associated with election management, voter registration, the conduct of the media during election campaigns, ability of parties and candidates to freely campaign and the capacity and independence of electoral dispute resolution bodies.

Within the framework of the project, ODIHR works closely with civil society organizations and providers of electoral assistance, as well as OSCE field operations. Until the 31 October 2024, the project had a total budget of 1.715 million euros and was co-funded by the EU (1.5 million euros) and the Austrian Development Agency (215,000 euros). Since 1 November 2024 the project also receives funding from Germany (205,257 euros), Norway (94,875 euros) and France (50,000 euros), bringing its total budget to 2.065 million euros.

ODIHR has a long history of efforts to support institutions in addressing electoral assessments and recommendations and, in 2016, published its Handbook on the Follow-up of Electoral Recommendations, available now in all project languages.

All OSCE participating States have committed themselves to follow up on ODIHR electoral assessments and recommendations, while the EU has noted the need to support the follow-up of electoral recommendations and to strengthen the link with wider democratic reforms in the Western Balkans.

Project facts and figures

Project start

1 January 2021

Project end

31 March 2025

Budget

2.065 million euros

Resources

(OSCE)

A toolkit for gender audits of election administration based on the ODIHR audits in the Western Balkans - Activity Brief

Attachment

English

(OSCE)

Election Administration Gender Audits – a toolkit

Guide / manual / handbook

English

(OSCE)

Handbook on Observing and Promoting Women’s Electoral Participation

Guide / manual / handbook

English
Русский
Shqip
Bosanski
Hrvatski
Македонски
Crnogorski
Srpski

(OSCE)

Regulating election campaigns online with codes of conduct: The example of North Macedonia

Attachment

English
Shqip
Македонски

(OSCE)

Elections and People with Disabilities in North Macedonia: Easy-to-Understand Information

Report

English
Shqip
Македонски

(OSCE)

The Electoral Participation of People with Disabilities and the Election Administration in North Macedonia

Report

English
Shqip
Македонски

(OSCE)

Support to Electoral Reforms in the Western Balkans

Factsheet

English
Shqip
Bosanski
Hrvatski
Македонски
Crnogorski
Srpski

(OSCE)

Support to Elections in the Western Balkans (2017 – 2020)

OSCE Project

(OSCE)

Guidelines for Observation of Election Campaigns on Social Networks

Guide / manual / handbook

English
Shqip
Bosanski
Hrvatski
Македонски
Crnogorski
Srpski

(OSCE)

Handbook for the Observation of Election Campaigns and Political Environments

Guide / manual / handbook

English
Shqip
Bosanski
Hrvatski
Македонски
Crnogorski
Srpski

(OSCE)

Handbook on Observing and Promoting the Electoral Participation of Persons with Disabilities

Guide / manual / handbook

English
Русский
Shqip
Bosanski
Hrvatski
Македонски
Crnogorski
Srpski

Front cover of the Handbook for the Observation of New Voting Technologies (OSCE)

Handbook for the Observation of New Voting Technologies

Guide / manual / handbook

English
Русский
Shqip
Bosanski
Hrvatski
Македонски
Crnogorski
Srpski

Front cover of the Handbook for Monitoring Women's Participation in Elections (OSCE)

Handbook for Monitoring Women's Participation in Elections

Guide / manual / handbook

English
Русский
Shqip
العربية
Bosanski
Hrvatski
Македонски
Crnogorski
Srpski

(OSCE)

Handbook on the Follow-up of Electoral Recommendations

Guide / manual / handbook

English
Русский
Shqip
Bosanski
Hrvatski
دری
Македонски
Crnogorski
پښتو
Srpski

Front Cover of the Handbook for the Observation of Voter Registration (OSCE)

Handbook for the Observation of Voter Registration

Guide / manual / handbook

English
Русский
Shqip
العربية
Bosanski
Hrvatski
Македонски
Crnogorski
Srpski

Front cover of the Handbook on Media Monitoring for Election Observation Missions (OSCE)

Handbook on Media Monitoring for Election Observation Missions

Guide / manual / handbook

English
Shqip
العربية
Bosanski
Hrvatski
Македонски
Crnogorski
Srpski

Front cover of the Guidelines for Reviewing a Legal Framework for Elections, Second Edition (OSCE)

Guidelines for Reviewing a Legal Framework for Elections, Second Edition

Guide / manual / handbook

English
Русский
Shqip
Bosanski
Hrvatski
Македонски
Crnogorski
Srpski

Cover of Guidelines on Population Registration

Guidelines on Population Registration

Guide / manual / handbook

English
Русский
Shqip
Bosanski
Hrvatski
Македонски
Crnogorski
Srpski

Generic ODIHR cover (OSCE)

Political and Electoral Participation of Persons with Disabilities

Report

English

(OSCE)

A Booklet about: Watching Elections and Helping People with Disabilities take part in Elections

Guide / manual / handbook

English
Shqip
Bosanski
Hrvatski
Македонски
Crnogorski
Srpski
O'zbek

Donors

The European Union

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Austrian Development Agency

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France

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Germany

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Norway

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Participants at the Support to Electoral Reform in the Western Balkans regional conference, Warsaw, 21-22 February 2024.

(OSCE/Magdalena Starowieyska)

Milestones reached after four years of strengthening electoral reforms in the Western Balkans

Promoting Conditions for Free and Fair Election Campaigns in the Western Balkans

Good practices for administration of elections in the Western Balkans the focus of conference in Sarajevo

ODIHR presents final report on the 2022 elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Civil society’s engagement in electoral reform in the Western Balkans promoted at ODIHR regional conference in Warsaw

Full engagement of women, national minorities and persons with disabilities crucial to ensure democratic elections, say participants of OSCE conference in Tirana

Addressing electoral recommendations from a gender perspective focus of an ODIHR-supported regional conference in Sarajevo

ODIHR experts visit Serbia to launch mid-term review of Western Balkans election support project

Western Balkans Electoral Recommendations Database

Electoral participation of persons with disabilities promoted at national conference organized by ODIHR and OSCE Mission to Skopje

Political and electoral participation of persons with disabilities focus of ODIHR-supported regional conference in Serbia

ODIHR publishes election-related handbooks and guidelines in Western Balkan languages

ODIHR launches new project to support elections in the Western Balkans

The Director of OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) Michael Georg Link (l) and EU Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn (r) sign an agreement launching a new project to support democratic elections in the Western Balkans in Brussels, 27 June 2017. (EC - Audiovisual Service/Georges Boulougouris)

EU Commissioner Hahn, ODIHR Director Link launch project supporting democratic elections in Western Balkans

Project multimedia

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