USAID Electoral Assessment Framework
Source: USAID | Year: 2021
Elections are complex processes. They involve multiple stakeholders performing diferent functions over a substantial period of time, culminating in voters coming together to select their representatives on election day. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID)’s electoral assistance has evolved from discrete programming in political party development, election administration support, and election observation in the mid-1980s to a full portfolio of integrated programming. As elections cut across governance, rule of law, civil society, media, and human rights, a well-designed electoral assistance project presents unique opportunities to promote democratic development. USAID’s Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance (DRG) Center developed the Electoral Assessment Framework: A Tool to Assess Needs, Define Objectives, and Identify Program Options to help field officers plan impactful strategies, formulate policy solutions, and design programs that strengthen a country's capacity to conduct genuinely democratic elections.
The Electoral Assessment Framework is intended to assist USAID DRG ofcers and other relevant United States Government (USG) personnel frst and foremost in assessing and prioritizing the challenges in the sector, and then developing a strategy to identify the best program options to promote credible elections. The guide helps prioritize investment of US taxpayer dollars and align assistance strategies with diplomatic strategies. Integral to this guide is USAID’s philosophy that technical assistance should continually build a country’s capacity to address its own development challenges, advancing it along its Journey to Self-Reliance.
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