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EISA Vacancies/Postes

EISA-Burundi EISA ouvre bientôt un bureau à Bujumbura au Burundi et cherche à recruter pour les trois postes ci-dessous:

• Directeur Résidant (le poste reste vacant jusqu'au recrutement)
• Chargé de Programmes: Partis Politiques & Parlement (le poste reste vacant jusqu'au recrutement)
• Chargé de Programmes: Elections & Processus Politiques (le poste reste vacant jusqu'au recrutement)

EISA-Kenya EISA is opening a new field office in Nairobi, Kenya. The following positions are open:

• Resident Director (the position remains open until filled)
• Finance and Administration Manager (the position remains open until filled)
• Programme Officer, Parliamentary Strengthening (the position remains open until filled)

Johannesburg The following position is open at EISA Head Office in Johannesburg:

• Bookkeeper

March events

• Harare: CSO workshops on the Zimbabwe constitutional review process
• Central African Republic: In accordance with its vision of promoting credible elections and democratic governance in Africa, EISA plans to deploy a 3 member Pre Election Assessment Mission to the Central African Republic (CAR)
• Harare, Zimbabwe: Workshop on the New Constitution in Zimbabwe
• Dakar, Senegal: AU Conference on Election Observation Methodologies

Recent publications

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 at EISA's Fourth Annual Symposium this November.

Activities

Promoting the Effectiveness of Democracy Protection Institutions (DPIs) in Southern Africa
Recently undertaken by the Governance Institutions & Processes Programme at EISA, eight EISA research reports (numbers 39-46) are the culmination of this regional project.

EISA Chad
Read about EISA's work in Chad. EISA is engaging with domestic observer groups and political parties.

Technical assistance to the AU
EISA is working with IFES and the Carter Center to compile a database of election experts and observers.

2009 Elections

• EISA Technical Assessment Team to the Namibia 2009 Presidential and National Assembly Elections
• EISA Observer Mission to the 2009 Mozambique Elections: Interim Statement | Declaração Preliminar.
• EISA Maputo is running another PVT exercise for the 2009 Mozambique Elections.
• Launch statement - Election Observer Mission to the 2009 Mozambique Elections
• EISA is deploying a Technical Assessment Team to the Botswana 2009 National and Local Government Elections scheduled for 16 October 2009.
• EISA deployed a pre election assessment mission to Mozambique in September.

The Fourth Annual EISA Symposium will be held in November this year with the theme Preventing and Managing Violent Election Related Conflicts in Africa: Exploring Good Practices. Read more about the 2009 Symposium.

EISA and the UN Electoral Assistance Division (EAD) are implementing a project on the Development of Sustainable Voter Registration Methodologies.