AHEAD AFRICA

Elections are often a trigger for instability in many African countries. Given this context, AHEAD Africa offers a comprehensive approach focusing on capacity building, knowledge generation, monitoring, collaboration, networking and advocacy, to ensure free, transparent, inclusive, fair and peaceful electoral processes across the continent.

🎯Goals

Empower African civil society, including citizen observers, to strengthen electoral systems and processes, in order to contribute to the improvement of electoral integrity in African Union Member States through capacity building, knowledge generation and monitoring, collaboration and networking, as well as advocacy.

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Targets

Citizen observer groups
Electoral authorities
National decision-makers
Representatives of regional economic communities
African Union officials
Civil society

📅Duration

4 years

🏳️Area of intervention

Pan-African

🤝Partners

European Union

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