Austria,European Union,General,International
Election Assessment Mission Report with good practice examples published
Brussels, Vienna, 30 September 2024: Today, Election-Watch.EU published its Final Report with key findings, good practices and recommendations of the Election Assessment Mission (EAM) to the 2024 European Parliament Elections. From the beginning of May to mid-June, the Mission assessed the European elections across the 27 EU Member States based on six key principles: integrity, inclusion, accountability, transparency, equality, and resilience.
Reference report [...]
2024 EP elections, accountability, citizen led election observation, data protection in elections, election security, EP elections 2024, equality, featured-en, inclusion in elections, transparency, transparency of political campaign
Webinar on European elections’ good practices and lessons learned
Brussels, Vienna, 24 September 2024: The final Supporting Engagement in European Elections and Democratic Societies (SEEEDS) project webinar focused on the 2024 European Parliament elections.
Panelists included Marie-Hélène Boulanger of the [...]
2024 EP elections, accountability, citizen led election observation, election security, EP elections 2024, equality, inclusion in elections, transparency, transparency of political campaign
Vote Advice Application for the Austrian general elections online
Vienna, 16 September 2024: Since Monday, 16 September 2024, the vote advice application wahlrechner.at for the 2024 Austrian National Council election is online. The wahlrechner.at was first tested during the European elections as a pilot project, where the app recorded 550,000 users.
The project, initiated by several democracy-focused NGOs, is supported both technically and content-wise by the association KohoVolit.eu, which [...]
accountability, Austrian elections, citizen led election observation, election security, inclusion in elections, transparency, transparency of political campaign, vote advice appliation, wahlrechner.at
European Union,General,International
The EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act and its impact on electoral processes
Vienna, 9 July 2024: The purpose of the EU AI Act is among others to “ensuring a high level of protection of health, safety, fundamental rights enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights, including democracy, the rule of law and environmental protection, against the harmful effects of the AI systems in the Union”. Adopted by the Council of the EU on 21 May 2024, the AI Act is expected to be published in the EU Official Journal during the second half of July 2024.
Armin [...]
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Presentation of EAM preliminary findings at international public law conference ICON-S
Brussels/Madrid, 8 July 2024: Election-Watch.EU was invited to present preliminary findings of its Election Assessment Mission (EAM) to the 2024 European Elections at a panel of the International Society of Public Law (ICON-S) Annual Conference on “The Future of Public Law: Resilience, Sustainability, and Artificial Intelligence” which took place at the IE University Law School in Madrid, Spain, July 8-10, 2024.
The panel “The 2024 European elections: state of [...]
2024 EP elections, accountability, citizen led election observation, EP elections 2024, inclusion in elections, transparency of political campaign
Post-Election Presentation to the Election Management Bodies of EU Member States
Brussels, 5 July 2024: The European Commission Directorate General Justice (EC DG JUST) invited Election-Watch.EU to meet the European Cooperation Network on Elections (ECNE) following the 6-9 June European Parliament elections. The presentation of Election-Watch.EU’s preliminary findings and conclusions followed a Q&A with the representatives of Election Management Bodies and authorities of EU Member States.
Election-Watch.EU provided an overview of the [...]
2024 EP elections, accountability, citizen led election observation, data protection in elections, election security, EP elections 2024, equality, inclusion in elections, transparency, transparency of political campaign
Austria,European Union,General,International
Preliminary Statement of the Election Assessment Mission to the European Elections
2024 EP elections, accountability, citizen led election observation, election security, EP elections 2024, equality, featured-en, inclusion in elections, transparency, transparency of political campaign
Start of Vote Advice Application wahlrechner.at
Vienna, 13 May 2024: Election-Watch.EU (wahlbeobachtung.org), together with other civil society organisations (CSO) launched the Vote Advice Application (VAA) Wahlrechner.at for the European Parliament elections, especially for young and first time voters.
Wahlrechner.at is a pilot project initiated by a team of CSOs, besides wahlbeobachtung.org, this includes KohoVolit.eu, [...]
2024 EP elections, accountability, citizen led election observation, EP elections 2024, inclusion in elections, transparency, transparency of political campaign
Communication Partner for the European Elections 2024
Brussels, 5 May 2024: The European Parliament recognised Election-Watch.EU’s conduct in voter education and its “excellent efforts as a communication partner for the European Elections 2024”. During an official ceremony European Parliament President Roberta Metsola, General Director Communication Jaume Duch Guillot, and Director Communication Philipp Schulmeister highlighted the importance of the #useyourvote campaign and to motivate [...]
#useyourvote, 2024 EP elections, accountability, citizen led election observation, election security, EP elections 2024, inclusion in elections