Our work
EISA's programme areas include Balloting & Electoral Services; Governance Institutions & Processes and Elections & Political Processes.
EISA has a presence in six African countries. Read more about our programme activities in Chad, Kenya, South Africa, the DRC, Mozambique, Madagascar and Zimbabwe.
Activities & events
Citizen Election Observation: Global Principles and Code of Conduct
EISA was one of 150 actors involved in formulating a declaration of principles and code of conduct for citizen election observation launched at the United Nations: Declaration of Global Principles for Nonpartisan Election Observation and Monitoring by Citizen Organizations [PDF document, opens new window] (accessed 20 Apr 2012).
Uganda 2011 EOM Report
EISA Observer Mission to the 18 february 2011 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections in Uganda: Final Report [PDF document]
Gambia 2012
African Union Observer Mission to the 29 March 2012 Presidential Elections in Gambia: Preliminary statement [PDF document] · Arrival statement [PDF document]
Senegal 2012
EISA Mission Technique d'Evaluation de l'Election Presidentielle du 26 fevrier 2012 en Republique du Senegal - Declaration Post-Electorale deuxième tour du 25 mars 2012 · Declaration Post-Electorale premier tour du 26 fevrier 2012 · Mission technique d'évaluation.
La Mission d'Observation de l'Union Africaine a l'Election Presidentielle au Senegal - Declaration Preliminaire: premier tour du 26 fevrier 2012 · deuxième tour du 25 mars 2012.
African Union Observer Mission to the Presidential Elections in Senegal - Preliminary Statement: First round 26 February 2012 · Second round 25 March 2012 .
EISA Vacancy
EISA Vacancy: Regional Director - North Africa
EISA in Egypt 2012
EISA Witnessing Mission to the Egyptian Shura Council Elections, Second and Final Phase, 14 – 22 February 2012:
EISA Witnessing Mission to the Egyptian Shura Council Elections First Phase, 29 Jan-07 Feb 2012
Resources
New EOM reports - 2011
- Zanzibar Presidential, House of Representatives and Local Government Elections 31 October 2010
- De l'élection présidentielle du 27 juin et pour le deuxième tour du 07 novembre 2010 en République de Guinée
- South Africa National and Provincial Elections 22 April 2009
Good Governance Learning Network 2011 Recognising Community voice and dissatisfaction: A Civil Society Perspective on Local Governance in South Africa.
Publications
- New books available at EISA
- Voter Registration in Africa: A Comparative Analysis, ed. Astrid Evrensel, Free download (PDF).
- When Elephants Fight: Preventing and Resolving Election-Related Conflicts in Africa, eds Khabele Matlosa, Gilbert M Khadiagala and Victor Shale
- Resourcing the Local State: Local Government and Revenue Raising in the SADC Region. A compendium of research reports, EISA 2010
- This Seat is Taken: Elections and the Under-representation of Women in Seven Southern African Countries, edited by Gender Links, 2010
- EISA's APRM programme has produced a publication entitled Peering the Peers: Civil Society and the African Peer Review Mechanism. This volume of essays from leading civil society and governance experts in Africa examines the critical role of civil society in the APRM.
- Volume 9, Number 1 of EISA's accredited Journal of African Elections is now available.
- New Research Report: Political Integration and Democratisation in Southern Africa: Progress, Problems and Prospects by Khabele Matlosa and Kebapetse Lotshwao. Free download (PDF).
- Download Election Observer Mission reports. Hard copies are available on order.
- EISA's new Policy Brief series begins with a publication entitled When Elections Become a Curse: Redressing Electoral Violence in Africa. The Policy Brief is available for free download.
- Compendium of Elections in Southern Africa 1989-2009: 20 Years of Multiparty Democracy. Edited by Denis Kadima and Susan Booysen, the 2nd edition of EISA's Compendium was launched in 2009.
