European Centre for Electoral Support Information

The European Centre for Electoral support is a Brussels-based non-profit and non- governmental organisation with a global remit. The ECES’ mission is to promote sustainable democratic development and transparent and accountable institutions through hands-on advisory services, project management and capacity development actions to electoral cycles in favour of a given country. Given the cyclical nature of electoral processes, support to elections needs to be embedded into the wider democratic development framework. Therefore, ECES works in close collaboration, not only with electoral management bodies, but with national parliaments, political parties, the media, justice institutions and civil society organisations of partner countries as well. ECES thus focuses on sustainable strategies that take in to account the complex political circumstances and the consequences of any electoral support.