2021 is a milestone in the history of ACEEEO; this year we celebrate the 30th anniversary of our foundation. This year the Annual Conference will be centered around two themes: Youth Participation, on the one hand, and Campaign- and Party Finance, on the other.
The Association of European Election Officials (ACEEEO) and the Permanent Electoral Authority of Romania co-organize an event to contribute to the discussion on this topic The symposium explores the relationship between the shared European identity among the youth and European elections, most notably, EP elections. Do young people... 
ACEEEO together with Democracy International, International IDEA, Permanent Electoral Authority of Romania, and Transparencia Electoral en América latina joined together to congratulate and support the decades-long work of the Instituto Nacional Electoral (INE) in organizing elections that are impartial, transparent and conducted in accordance with internationally... 30th Anniversary Conference, 28-30 September 2021, Bucharest, Romania
30th Anniversary Conference and General Assembly meeting of the ACEEEO
Date: 28-30 September 2021, Bucharest, Romania
Topics: ‘Youth Participation' and 'Campaign and Party Finance'
The annual conference focuses on the following issues:
Youth Participation:
- practical aspects: the role of key stakeholders (e.g. EMBs, international organizations and election officials) highlighting best practices in terms of voter education and communications;
- theoretical questions: the role and justifiability of the constitutional framework (e.g. the age limit) and the general trends related to youth participation.
Campaign and Party Finance
- how money is spent during electoral campaigns;
- how campaign- and party finance are regulated;
- transparency as a key aspect of campaign- and party finance.
Organizers
Permanent Electoral Authority of Romania
The Permanent Electoral Authority of Romania is an autonomous administrative institution with legal personality and general competence in electoral matters, which has the goal to ensure the proper organization and conduct of elections and referenda, as well as the transparency and control of the financing of political parties and electoral campaigns, in compliance with the Romanian Constitution, the domestic law and all relevant international and European standards.
Vision
The Permanent Electoral Authority carries out its activity in accordance with the principles of independence, impartiality, legality, transparency, efficiency, professionalism, responsibility, sustainability, predictability and legitimacy.
Mission
The Permanent Electoral Authority aims to fulfil the following missions:
- Guarantee the organization of periodic, free and fair electoral processes with efficient and transparent use of human, financial and economic resources;
- Ensure the correct and transparent financing of political parties and electoral campaigns;
- Implement an integrated electoral management;
- Ensure and constantly improve the legal and organizational framework of elections and referenda, both at national or local level, as well as the control of the financing of political parties, in accordance with the legal instruments of international law, the acquis communautaire and the constitutional provisions;
- Coordinate the unitary application, throughout the country, of the legal provisions in the electoral field and of the fulfilment of attributions and tasks by the other public authorities involved in the electoral processes;
- Educate the electorate and other participants to the elections;
- Ensure the external representation of the Romanian state, standing as its main vector of image in terms of the democratization status of Romania, measured by the exercise of electoral rights, equal opportunities in political competition and transparency in financing the activity of political parties and electoral campaigns.
Management structure:
Contact: international.affairs@roaep.ro
ACEEEO Secretariat
The Association of European Election Officials, formerly the Association of Central and Eastern Election Officials, was established in 1991. It is a non-governmental organization, an alliance that is independent from political parties. The Association’s main objective is to provide assistance for holding free and fair elections. In order to achieve this mission, the Association supports the operation of permanent election commissions and offices and actively contributes to the establishment of legal standards regarding the requirements for democratic elections. The ACEEEO organizes different meeting points for election professionals – conferences and seminars – and provides professional assistance and guidance for those who require it. By 2021 the ACEEEO counts 25 member-countries and several member-NGOs and keeps good partnership relations with the different international organizations in the field of elections.
Zsolt Szolnoki - Secretary General
István Áhi - Program Manager
János Mécs - Project Manager
