Electoral Security Framework: Technical Guidance Handbook for Democracy and Goverance Officers

摘要

The Framework aims to fill what has been described as a 'yawning gap of knowledge about how programming can more consistently and effectively address the causes, manifestations, and consequences of election violence.' The Framework is a diagnostic instrument that profiles electoral conflict for the development of program strategies and activities to prevent, manage or mediate this conflict. As such, it is applicable in two different kinds of scenarios: otherwise stable environments where elections may trigger conflict (i.e. Bangladesh); and conflict or post-conflict environments (i.e. Sudan). The purpose of this Handbook is to provide USAID Democracy and Governance (DG) Officers with a guide to the Framework and its application for the development of sustainable electoral security systems. This Handbook is organized around the following Framework components: (1) Electoral Security Assessment; (2) Electoral Security Planning; (3) Electoral Security Programming; and (4) Monitoring and Evaluation. The entire Framework is made actionable in the final section through the Electoral Security Toolkit.