CIS-EMO

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Commonwealth of the Independent States - Election Monitoring Organization (CIS-EMO) — is an international non-governmental organization founded by the Commonwealth of Independent States. CIS-EMO conducts election observation missions and prepares reports, which sometimes conflict with the findings of Western election monitoring organizations.[1] It was founded in 2003 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia and was led by Aleksey Kochetkov. As an NGO, it is different from other observers sent by the CIS.[2]

CIS-EMO International Monitoring Missions

CIS-EMO participated in observing the following elections:

EU Important Members of CIS-EMO Missions

Status on the moment of participation.

CIS-EMO Activities

CIS-EMO participates and organizes different events such as:

  • Round table in the European Parliament ‘Controlled Democracy in Russia?’, March 2009, Brussels;
  • International conference ‘ Civic institutions in the election process. Control and maintaining’ in the Public Chamber of Russia, January 2009, Moscow;
  • Conference ‘ Voting for democracy? ’, December 2009, Berlin;
  • Round table ‘Dynamics in the developing of the democratic institutions in the Republic of South Ossetia in the first year after having been recognized’, May 2009, Tskhinval;
  • Round table ‘Investment potential of South Ossetia: complex approach, problems and perspectives’, 2010, Tskhinval;
  • School of international observers, September, 2010, Kyrgyzstan;
  • OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting, July 2008, Vienna;
  • Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on Democratic Lawmaking, OSCE, November 2008, Vienna;
  • Round table ‘ Civil Society in Law System of Modern Europe’, January 2009, Athens;
  • Election conference of the party ‘European Left’, 2009, Berlin;
  • International conference ‘Global Europe’, EUP, 2009, Brussels;
  • Forum ‘European Union and Russia: new perspectives’, EUP, 2009, Brussels;
  • Yaroslavl Global Policy Forum - ‘Modern State: standards of democracy and criteria of effectiveness’, September 2009, Yaroslavl;
  • Review Conference, September 2010, Warsaw;
  • Forum for Security Co-operation, OSCE, October 2011, Warsaw;
  • Round table ‘Election Systems of States of Old Democracy’, RIA Novosti, February, 2012, Moscow.

See also

References

  1. ^ Kelley, Judith (March 29, 2012). "Election Monitoring: Power, Limits, and Risks". CFR. Washington DC. Retrieved March 29, 2018.
  2. ^ Kupchinsky, Roman (April 2, 2005). "CIS: Monitoring The Election Monitors". CFR. Washington DC. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c "CIS-EMO observers have no substantial claims to presidential runoff in Ukraine". Interfax. Archived from the original on 2013-04-19. Retrieved 2012-06-18.

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