Completed Projects

Strengthening Civic Engagement in Elections and Political Processes for Enhanced Transparency and Democratic Accountability

Duration:  May 2013 to March 2016

Donor:  The Asia Foundation

Number of beneficiaries: 10, 21,906

Brief description of the project

Project working areas: Dhaka, Panchagor 2, Thakurgaon 1, Netrokona 1 and 2, Sunamgonj 1 constituencies which is coordinated and controlled from Dhaka office. As an active member of Election Working Group (EWG) the working areas have been selected by EWG. IED has taken approval of the project from NGO-AB

Objectives:
• Enhance Transparency and Credibility of Election Processes
• Decrease Political and Electoral Violence
• Strengthen the Quality of Representation and Democratic Accountability
Outcomes
• Long-term domestic and regional election observation and electoral reform advocacy;
• Citizen monitoring and voter education to mitigate political and electoral violence; and
• Voter education and forms to enhance responsiveness and accountability of candidates.
Major activities
• Election observation