🔥 The New Stage in International Electoral Cooperation

Dear friends, the International Association of Political and Electoral Expertise was established at the recent Conference—an important initiative aimed at developing professional international dialogue in the field of elections.

The Association's key objective is to promote the sustainable development of democratic institutions in the emerging multipolar world through the development and application of objective standards for electoral observation. This opens up new opportunities for sharing experiences and jointly implementing developed approaches in countries that share the principles of professional and responsible observation.

⏺The meeting was attended by 135 experts from 60 countries, including 105 international specialists and 30 representatives from Russia. The Association included 80 members representing all macroregions of the world, and another other 30 experts from 21 countries received observer status.

Following this joint work, a draft resolution was approved and the Association's Governing Council was formed. It included representatives from Argentina🇦🇷, Italy🇮🇹, Colombia🇨🇴, Mongolia🇲🇳, the Republic of Korea🇰🇷, Russia🇷🇺, Uganda🇺🇬, and South Africa🇿🇦.

🇮🇹 Vito Grittani, founder of the International Diplomatic Observatory from Italy, was elected President.

We hope that the Association's activities will mark an important milestone in the development of electoral expertise, strengthen international professional cooperation, and contribute to the development of more balanced, depoliticized approaches to assessing electoral processes, taking into account national characteristics and traditions.