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There are very few known or suspected cases related to clientelism in local government in Georgia. This does not necessarily mean that there are no cases at all, but rather that they are either rare, or not investigated enough. Both of these reasons have some basis: the transparent, centralized and automatic public procurement system makes ···
Expert Forum and the Rule of Law Programme South East Europe of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation are pleased to invite you to a debate taking place on November 16, starting at 10 AM, focused on the costs of political clientelism in the Republic of Moldova and the region. We will present the results of a research ···
FiecareVot Coalition has observed the constitutional referendum organized on the 6th and 7th of October with 841 independent observers, both in the country and abroad, mostly in polling stations in Europe. During the 2 days of voting, hundreds of irregularities have been identified through call center 0800 080 200, Code4Romania’s Monitorizare Vot smartphone application and ···
Several non-governmental organizations asked today the Prime Minister Viorica Dăncilă to elaborate an emergency ordinance for the introduction of the Electronic System for Voting Monitoring and Prevention of Illegal Voting (SIMPV) for the Constitutional referendum on the 6th and 7th of October. We have also drew the attention to the many issues raised by the legislation ···
FiecareVot (EveryVote) Coalition (FVC) observed the constitutional referendum organized by the Romanian Government on 6th and 7th October 2018 aiming to redefine the notion of family in the national constitution. FVC deployed 841 independent observers, both in Romania and abroad. During the 2 days of voting, hundreds of irregularities were identified and reported through the ···
Expert Forum has joined the American Councils for International Education in Romania to bring you Kennedy Academy for Students, a program which seeks to empower 20 young Romanian student NGO leaders aged 18-26 to better lead their organizations, increase their English language ability, learn more about U.S. democratic values, and gain the necessary life-long tools to ···
The PSD-ALDE government uses the controversial referendum to amend the Constitution as a permanent populist instrument for electoral campaigning that constantly stirs the spirits. The party leaders have successfully leveraged the subject and threatened on several occasions that they would hold the referendum. Law 3/2000, which regulates the organization of the referendum, has been a ···
The local elections in Chisinau, held in two rounds on 20 May and 3 June 2018, resulted in the victory of the representative of the extra-parliamentary opposition, the leader of Political Party “Platform Dignity and Truth” Andrei Nastase. He gained 129.432 votes which represents 52.57% of the votes. These results were invalidated in the court ···
For Universal Erasmus ! Youth at the heart of the democratic rebuilding of Europe In his speech at La Sorbonne on September 26th, the President of the French Republic endorsed the proposition that “by 2024, half of an age group must have spent at least six months in another European country before reaching 25.” Many young ···
Expert Forum observed the first round of local elections in Moldova, held on the 20th of May 2018 in seven localities. Most voters were concentrated in the municipalities of Chisinau and Balti. EFOR team consisted of four short-term electoral observers who covered polling stations in Chisinau, including the suburbs. More than 20 polling stations from ···