Electoral Support Network of Southern Africa
Harare, Zimbabwe
The Electoral Support Network for Southern Africa (ESN-SA) is a regional network of fifteen non-governmental organisations working in the field of democracy elections in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region.
ESN-SA was established in January 1998 at a launching conference held in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. In its early formation the ESN-SA focused mainly on domestic election observation and thereafter on regional election observation; building capacity of network members to design and develop voter and civic curricula and internal capacity building.
Secretariat
Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN)
Harare, Zimbabwe
ZESN formed in 2000 is a coalition of 37 non-governmental organisations formed to co-ordinate activities pertaining to elections. The major focus of the Network is to promote democratic processes in general and free and fair elections in particular.
It was also established to standardise the NGOs election related activities and methodology as well as to ensure wider geographical coverage and co-ordination of activities. The broad aim of the Network was therefore to enhance the election process in Zimbabwe in order to promote democracy and good governance in general as well as free and fair elections in particular whilst adhering to internationally acceptable standards.
Elections supported by ESN-SA
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