EISA NAME CHANGE
EISA has evolved from an election NGO servicing Southern Africa into a more diversified organisation working throughout the continent with national, regional, Pan-African and global partners. The Institute’s work now covers not only elections but also other Democracy & Governance fields like political party development, conflict management, legislative strengthening, the African Peer Review Mechanism and local governance and decentralisation. Outside the southern African region, EISA has current and past field offices in countries like Burundi, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya and Sudan, a reflection of its broader geographical mandate. The EISA Board of Directors met recently and decided to change the name of the Institute in line with its new geographical and programmatic scope of work. The new name is Electoral Institute for the Sustainability of Democracy in Africa (EISA). We thank you for taking note of this change.

Our work

EISA's programme areas include Balloting & Electoral Services; Conflict Management, Democracy & Electoral Education; Governance Institutions & Processes and Elections & Political Processes.

EISA has a presence in six African countries. Read more about our programme activities in Chad, Burundi, Kenya, South Africa, the DRC, Mozambique and Madagascar.

News & events

Visit our press centre.

Vacancy: EISA Johannesburg

EISA Johannesburg has a vacancy for a Finance Manager.

Activities & events

Read about our new project, Supporting Political Parties’ Internal Organisation & Capacity in the SADC Region. It will be implemented in Botswana, Lesotho and South Africa.

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.

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

Central African Republic. Central African Republic Pre-Election mission reports available for download in French and in English.

Resources

New & Updated Democracy Encyclopedia Country Profiles

  • EISA recently opened an office in Chad and in line with our programme work in that country, our Encyclopedia now features a Chad country profile page.
  • After years of working in the region, EISA has opened an office in Kenya and the Democracy Encyclopedia on the EISA web site now features a Kenya country profile page with up to date information on elections and politics.
  • Our Democracy Encyclopedia now features an entry on Sudan. Visit the page for information on the recent elections and the forthcoming Referendum.
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Recent publications

 
 
 

Election calendar

African Election Calendar 2010 now available.

Gallery

Pictures of history - view the EISA photo galleries

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Resources

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Voter Registration in Africa database

APRM Toolkit for Civil Society

A resource for civil society

Administration and Cost of Elections Project

EISA works with eight other organisations to build the ACE Electoral Knowledge Network.