ABOUT PORTAL
The Elections Portal aims at providing thorough and complete information to the interested public regarding the elections in Georgia. The portal entails collecting from ISFED and citizens data regarding alleged cases of violations and incidents throughout the election period (pre-election, Election Day, and post-election periods) and to present these data on the incident map.Electionsportal.ge enables individual citizens to submit electronic reports regarding election-related incidents. The citizens can submit election violations through the incident form or through calling free hotline.Electionsportal.ge is administered by the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy - ISFED.
At first, Elections Portal was a joint initiative of the three non-governmental organizations - International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED), Georgian Young Lawyers' Association (GYLA) and Transparency International - Georgia (TI-Georgia), that was operated during 2010—2014. In 2013 project was funded through the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI), as well as, Delegation of the European Union to Georgia.
Initial support for the project was provided from Open Society Georgia Foundation and was financed through Policy, Advocacy, and Civil Society Development in Georgia (G-PAC) program of East-West Management Institute (EWMI).
The project is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The project is also funded by Delegation of the European Union to Georgia.
The Elections Portal aims at providing thorough and complete information to the interested public regarding the elections in Georgia. The portal entails collecting from ISFED and citizens data regarding alleged cases of violations and incidents throughout the election period (pre-election, Election Day, and post-election periods) and to present these data on the incident map.Electionsportal.ge enables individual citizens to submit electronic reports regarding election-related incidents. The citizens can submit election violations through the incident form or through calling free hotline.Electionsportal.ge is administered by the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy - ISFED.
At first, Elections Portal was a joint initiative of the three non-governmental organizations - International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED), Georgian Young Lawyers' Association (GYLA) and Transparency International - Georgia (TI-Georgia), that was operated during 2010—2014. In 2013 project was funded through the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI), as well as, Delegation of the European Union to Georgia.
Initial support for the project was provided from Open Society Georgia Foundation and was financed through Policy, Advocacy, and Civil Society Development in Georgia (G-PAC) program of East-West Management Institute (EWMI).
The project is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The project is also funded by Delegation of the European Union to Georgia.
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THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR FAIR ELECTIONS AND DEMOCRACY (ISFED) International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) is a non-profit, non-governmental, and non-partisan organization operating in Georgia since 1995. Organization's main priority and scope of work is election monitoring, which aims to guarantee the transparency of elections by monitoring the implementation of electoral procedures and thereby increasing society's confidence in the results of the elections.
The main directions of organizational strategy are:
ISFED has always been active with its election monitoring program as well as carrying out variety of projects in civic education and local governance. Organization's main strength lies in ensuring the transparency of elections by monitoring the implementation of electoral procedures and accordingly increasing society's confidence in the results of the elections.
Since its foundation, ISFED has monitored all elections and referendums in the country. ISFED has successfully conducted Parallel Vote Tabulation (PVT) for the last general elections in Georgia including 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008 elections. Parallel Vote and Turnout Tabulation (PVT/PTT) was successfully conducted for the January 5th, 2008 Extraordinary Presidential and Parliamentary Elections and 2010 Local Elections as well. ISFED members also participate in international observation missions and to date have observed elections in Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the USA, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Albania and Norway.
ISFED is the only Georgian monitoring organization with membership in the European Network of Election Monitoring Organizations (ENEMO) and was awarded the status of the Cavalier of 5 Silver Principles of the Code of Ethics of Non-governmental Organizations twice in 2006 and 2007.
While implementing various observation missions, ISFED recruited and trained more than 14,000 volunteers from different ethnic, religious and other backgrounds who monitored elections as domestic and non-partisan observers.
ISFED supports the development of democratic institutions in Georgia through promoting active citizenship and involving citizens in decision-making process. The organization conducts civic education campaigns to increase transparency of the government's activities and promote accountability.
Please find additional information about ISFED at: www.isfed.ge
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