In less than 24 hours the Global Elections Day Summit 2022 will go live.
The aim of the Global Elections Day (GED) is to celebrate our most important democratic institution – elections. Global Elections Day was established in 2005 at the Global Election Officials (GEO) Conference by the election experts from all around the world. We are proud that in the past decades it evolved into a tradition, a real celebration organized in democracies throughout the ACEEEO region by EMBs and other electoral stakeholders.
Tomorrow, the ACEEEO takes a step further and organizes the Global Elections Day Summit by involving EMBs, international organizations and other electoral stakeholders from all around the world. We are honored that so many election officials and experts accepted our invitation to the Global Elections Day Summit and join us to:
- celebrate elections, a cornerstone of democracy;
- acknowledge election officials, working relentlessly as guards of the democracy;
- demonstrate the unity of the election officials from all over the globe;
- show the diversity of elections;
- support the exchange of best practices among the election management bodies; and
- provide guidance to the voters.
The list of participating countries and international organizations is quite representative. Election Management Bodies from more than 40 countries, namely Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Guatemala, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyz Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Malawi, Mexico, Republic of Moldova, Montenegro, Mozambique, Nepal, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, São Tomé e Príncipe, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Sweden, Ukraine, United States of America, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan, Zambia, Zanzibar and Zimbabwe confirmed their participation at the Summit. Furthermore, representatives of most of the prominent international organizations such as A-WEB, EISA, European Commission, European Parliament, IFES, International IDEA, IPA CIS, Gender Concerns International, OSCE/ODIHR, Quito Protocol, Tikal Protocol, UNIORE, UNSOM, and the Venice Commission, expressed their wish to speak at the event.
Agenda of the Summit
14.00-14.10 - Welcome and introduction (ACEEEO)
- Zsolt Szolnoki, Secretary General, ACEEEO
- Zsombor Vajda, Vice-President, Permanent Electoral Authority of Romania, representing the Presidency of ACEEEO
14.10-14.30 - Asia
Moderator: Zsolt Szolnoki, Secretary General, ACEEEO
- Seung Kim, Advisor to the Secretary General, A-WEB
- Manas Sarymsakov, Director of the Center for Civic Education and Electoral Technologies of the CEC of the Kyrgyz Republic
- Bakhrom Kuchkarov, Deputy Chairman, Central Election Commission of Uzbekistan
14.30-16.00 - Africa and Europe
Moderator: Zsolt Szolnoki, Secretary General, ACEEEO
- Goré Justin Doua, Chief of Party for STEP programme, EISA
- Terry Tselane, Executive Chairman, Institute of Election Management Services in Africa
- Marybelle Cherfan, Program Coordinator, Master in Electoral Policy and Administration (MEPA)
- Justice Dr. Chifundo Kachale, Chairman, Electoral Commission of Malawi
- Valéry Shyrokov, Electoral field coordinator, Baidoa (Baydhabo), United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM)
- Royd Katongo, Director, Electoral Operations, Electoral Commission of Zambia
- Mabrouk Jabu Makame, Vice Chairperson, Zanzibar Electoral Commission (ZEC)
- Sabra Bano, Director, Gender Concerns International
- Giorgi Kalandarishvili, Chairperson, Central Election Commission of Georgia
- Ivan Mushket, Deputy Head of the IPA CIS Council Secretariat – Director of the IPA CIS IIMDD
- Laura Matjošaitytė, Election expert and former Chairwoman of the Central Electoral Commission of Lithuania
- Rokas Stabingis, Head of Law and Investigation Unit, Central Electoral Commission of Lithuania
- Doina Bordeianu, Director, Centre for Continuous Electoral Training, Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Moldova
- Zsombor Vajda, Vice-President, Permanent Electoral Authority of Romania
- Pavel Andreev, Member, Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation
- Bill Werngren, Director, City of Gothenburg Election Committee; Vice President, iGO
- Kateryna Sharag, Head of the Secretariat, Central Election Commission of Ukraine
- Pierre Garrone, Secretary, Council for Democratic Elections, Venice Commission
- dr. Attila Nagy, Head, National Election Office of Hungary
16.00-17.00 – America
Moderator: Richard Soudriette, Honorary Member, ACEEEO
- Michael Boda, Chief Electoral Officer, Province of Saskatchewan, Canada
- Anthony Banbury, President and CEO, IFES
- Lorenzo Córdova, President Councilor, National Electoral Institute of Mexico (INE)
- Manuel Carrillo Poblano, Head of the International Affairs Unit, National Electoral Institute of Mexico (INE)
- Ricardo Blanco Herrera, Judge, Electoral Court of Chile, Quito Protocol
- Gabriel Aguilera, Judge, Supreme Electoral Tribunal of Guatemala, Tikal Protocol
- Jose Thompson, Executive Director, Inter-American Institute of Human Rights; Executive Secretary, UNIORE
- Eric Fey, Director of Elections, St. Louis County
- David Levine, Elections Integrity Fellow, Alliance for Securing Democracy, German Marshall Fund of the United States
- Tammy Patrick, Senior Advisor, The Democracy Fund
- Paul DeGregorio, Honorary Member, ACEEEO
Please note that the registration deadline is over, however, if you don’t want to miss one of the biggest electoral events of 2022, please follow the livestream on the ACEEEO YouTube channel.
For further reference please visit the dedicated page at https://aceeeo.org/en/projects/global-elections-day as well as follow all the updates at www.facebook.com/aceeeo (#GlobalElectionsDay).