The Election Observation and Democracy Support (EODS) project introduces Andreu Solà Martín, the new EODS Training Coordinator. Andreu joined the team on 3 March 2025, just few days afte...
EODS took part in the EPDE Follow-up on Recommendations Implementation Conference that took place in Brussels from 12-13 December. This year’s conference focused on Hybrid Threats in Elections a...
A two-day EODS event on the methodology for observing election technologies took place on 3 and 4 December 2024. A group of 10 experts who have been deployed as election analysts on recent EU Election...
EODS Training Coordinator, Jordi Barrat, participated in Lima, Peru, in a conference on “Electoral conflict in Latin America and the Caribbean - Causes, lessons learned and prevention measures&r...
EODS Communications Coordinator, Cláudia Aranda, joined the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) in Mozambique in October 2024. The visit aimed to provide support to the te...
A total of 11 Deputy Chief Observers and 5 Project Managers from the Service Providers, who have recently participated in European Union Election Observation Missions (EU EOMs), gathered in Brussels o...
A workshop for experienced Press Officers in European Union Election Observation Missions (EU EOMs) gathered 8 experts with relevant experience in the fields of communications and visibility in EOMs d...
From 14 – 17 November EODS Team Leader Holly Ruthrauff participated in the annual implementation meeting of the Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation (DoP). ...
EODS Team Leader Holly Ruthrauff participated in the OSCE/ODIHR Election Seminar on Election Observation and Assessment of Election Administration in Vienna on 24 October. This year’s seminar wa...
From 28 October – 1 November, EODS Team Leader Holly Ruthrauff went to Nairobi to join the EU EOM Kenya Return Visit, which presented the EU EOM Final Report to election stakeholders. The purpos...
The EODS Social Media Coordinator, Francesca Boggeri, joined for a field visit the EU EOM deployed to Lesotho, in early-October. One of the main purposes of the visit was to assess...
The EODS Communications Coordinator, Cláudia Aranda, joined for a short period between the legislative and the presidential elections the EU Election Observation Mission deployed in Colombia, a...
On November and December 2021 three EODS key experts joined for a short period around election day the EU Election Observation Missions deployed in Kosovo, Honduras and in The Gambia, as part of their...
On 2 September EODS co-organized an information session on election observation for Members of the European Parliament (MEPs). The one-day virtual session, moderated by EODS Training Coordinator, Jor...
The new EODS III project announces the launch of its updated website. Our current and prospective followers will find useful information about the project’s activities and events on the homep...
Keep on following the EODS Facebook page and LinkedIn for regular updates on the project’s activities and events. Information will also be posted on the deployment of EU election missi...
Launched on 10 February 2021, the EODS III project has five main areas of support, which are: Strengthening the EU Election Observation Mission methodology Building the capacity of EU election...
The EODS III project launched in February 2021. The EODS team includes: Holly Ruthrauff (Team Leader), Francesca Boggeri (Social Media Coordinator), Claudia Aranda (Communications Coordinator) and Jor...
On 7 June, the EODS Project Director took part in the expert roundtable in Kiev dedicated to Cyber Threats for the Electoral Process in Ukraine. The event, organized by International Foundation of Ele...
A five-day training of trainers seminar for the League of Arab State (LAS) was launched by EODS on 19 November in Cairo. The event was formally opened by Ms Hadia Sabry, LAS Director of Electoral Affa...
EODS II has opened today a five-days training in Brussels targeting prospective Long-Term Observers (LTOs). Its main goal is to provide the 20 participants with the necessary skills and knowledge to w...
Konrad Olszewski has been working in the field of elections for 20 years, taking part in election observation missions as well as providing technical assistance and advice in some 40 countries. He sta...
Giovanna is a Senior Associate of the Osservatorio of Pavia where she started working in 1995. In this role, her main areas of activity include applied research and studies related to campaign and med...
