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What is PNDL in Romania was the program “Good Roads for Moldova” for the government in Chişinău: discretionary purse in anticipation of the general elections of February 2019. In fact, the micro-targeting was even more sophisticated and perverse than parties are able to do in Romania, but the problem of systemic clientelism – discretionary use ···
We asked the Catalan mr Josep Borrell, would-be Minister of Foreign Affairs of the EU, about his views on Russia and China. Because we really care about these matters here, in Eastern Europe. No answer yet but we encourage the Euro MPs and the public to keep sending him the questions. You too can sign ···
Expert Forum is pleased to invite you to a debate on political clientelism and its effects on elections and good governance. Together with partners from the Republic of Moldova (Expert Grup) and Georgia (Institute for Development of Freedom of Information) we created an explanatory framework for the clientelistic behaviour in the region. The profile ···
FiecareVot Coalition has observed the EU elections and 26th of May referendum with more than 1200 observers, in polling stations organized in Romania and abroad. The report includes information obtained from 627 polling stations for the opening procedure, 2547 polling stations for the voting day and 577 polling stations for the closing and vote counting. ···
EFOR hosted for one week a mixt delegation from Armenia, including public officials, academics, journalists and civil society, in a joint project Caucasus Institute-ExpertForum. We organized meetings with relevant public figures, in Bucharest and Cluj, where out guests learned about the post-Communist transition in Romania, the process of EU integration, the current political debates and ···
Therese Pearce Laanela is the head of elections department at International Idea. She has a long experience in the electoral field for more than 20 years and is a founding staff member of IDEA. She also worked for UNDP or IFES, was Deputy Director for the Democratization Program at the Carter Center, and was involved ···
SceMaps is designed to contribute to the fight against corruption in the EU by delivering impact on multiple levels and providing for long-term sustainability. The project aims at tackling anti-corruption deficiencies in high-risk EU member states (MSs) by developing and implementing an integrated risk assessment tool for estimating state capture and monitoring of anti-corruption policies ···
Other maps of political clientelism: Republic of Moldova | Georgia | Map of political migration in Romania (2012-16) Profile of clientelism in the region: read here About the map and Index of clientelism The map and the reports illustrates how all governments used clientelistic instruments and abused public resources in order to consolidate their ···