EISA Technical Assessment Team to the Botswana 2009 National and Local Government Elections

5 October 2009

EISA is deploying a Technical Assessment Team to the Botswana 2009 National and Local Government Elections scheduled for 16 October 2009. The team will be composed of three members and is expected to arrive in Gaborone on 9 October in order to hold a series of meetings with election stakeholders ahead of election day. Stakeholders include the Botswana Independent Electoral Commission, political parties, CSOs and academics. The team will remain in the country until 18 October in order to observe the voting and counting processes as well as post polling activities. The team will cover selected rural and urban areas around Botswana.

The mission's assessment will be based on international standards for credible elections, including the African Union Declaration on Principles Governing Democratic Elections and the Principles for Election Management, Monitoring and Observation in the SADC Region (PEMMO).