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ANFREL NEPAL 2017 INTERNATIONAL ELECTION OBSERVATION REPORT 2017 - House of Representatives and Provincial Assembly Elections
R81006 - CSOs should be encouraged to talk to each other. One hindrance to proper cooperation among CSOs is the fact that none of them have taken the lead in starting the conversation. A healthy cooperation among organizations can only be achieved through collaboration and proper planning. While some organizations did indeed collaborate, it was on a limited basis, and was driven by donor demands, as in the case of NEOC-GEOC-SANKALPA. Network organizations also have the capacity to foster more cooperation among its member organizations, as in the case of INSEC. One way to promote collaboration is to establish a forum among CSOs where they can freely discuss targets, activities and projects on which they can work together. Read More..
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ANFREL NEPAL 2017 INTERNATIONAL ELECTION OBSERVATION REPORT 2017 - House of Representatives and Provincial Assembly Elections
R81007 - The ECN should establish a more thorough accreditation process. As the election management body, the ECN should promote meaningful participation by ensuring that stakeholders such as CSOs actually contribute to the process in an organized manner. While accrediting organizations helps in promoting transparency, accreditation should require as a prerequisite a showing of responsibility and accountability. The ECN should set thresholds and benchmarks on accrediting civil society organizations which are based on merit and proposed programs which organizations should present before the management body. Read More..
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ANFREL NEPAL 2017 INTERNATIONAL ELECTION OBSERVATION REPORT 2017 - House of Representatives and Provincial Assembly Elections
R81008 - Donors should promote more programs which incorporate collaborative elements. In the context of polarized societies like Nepal, development agencies and international actors play a key role in establishing connections among domestic stakeholders, and this role is much more crucial in young democracies. Development organizations should take into account the effect of how the flow of resources affects the relationships among the different stakeholders. Read More..
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ANFREL NEPAL 2017 INTERNATIONAL ELECTION OBSERVATION REPORT 2017 - House of Representatives and Provincial Assembly Elections
R81009 - The civil society should conduct an exercise to explore the capacities, limitations and future engagements of an election monitoring alliance among the different organizations. One impact of a polarization in a society is the lack of dialogue among the different sectors, and this is evident in the situation of the civil society in Nepal. While most organizations have expressed that the only way to move forward it through collaboration, none of the various organizations have taken the initiative to catalyze the conversation. One way to address this is for a neutral, reputable organization to step in and convene a CSO congress. The congress will aim to explore the potentiality of a unified election monitoring effort; whose members specialize in the different aspects of election monitoring. The group will need to be guided on the strengths and possible challenges of each organization and the civli society as a whole. This will help the various groups understand and interact with each other, building trust and paths for collaborations. Read More..
