EISA Technical Assessment Team to the Namibia 2009 Presidential and National Assembly Elections

20 November 2009

EISA is deploying a Technical Assessment Team to the Namibia 2009 Presidential and National Assembly Elections scheduled for 27 and 28 November 2009. The team will be composed of three members and is expected to arrive in Windhoek on 20 November in order to hold a series of meetings with election stakeholders ahead of Election Day.

Stakeholders include the Electoral Commission of Namibia, political parties, CSOs and academics. The team will remain in the country until 30 November 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 Namibia.

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).