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Brussels, 22 June 2023: Election-Watch.EU, a member of the European Partnership for Democracy (EPD) since 2021, has participated in EPD’s annual events in Brussels. Between 19 and 21 June, Election-Watch.EU took part in the EPD Annual General Meeting (AGM) and the EPD Annual Conference as well as in a training for the programmes and evaluation working groups of the network.

At the AGM, the EPD Board has presented its strategy and plans in the areas of policy, programming and research, and has elected a new President, Mr. Thijs Berman, Executive Director of the Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy (NIMD). At the occasion of its 15^th anniversary, EPD’s Annual Conference provided a great opportunity to network and learn about ongoing democracy promotion dynamics in the European context. In addition, Election-Watch.EU took part in a one-day training on Political Economy Analysis (PEA) and Thinking and Working Politically (TWP) together with other EPD member organisations.

Currently, Election-Watch.EU takes part in two projects under the EPD umbrella – Supporting Engagement in European Elections and Democratic Societies (SEEEDS) to bridge the gap between active European citizens and European decision makers ahead of the 2024 European elections and WYDE Citizen Engagement, part of the EU’s Women and Youth in democracy initiative. As part of WYDE Cluster 2 led by partner organization Democracy Reporting International (DRI), Election-Watch.EU has been asked to contribute to the co-creation of youth citizen election observation tools in Africa.

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