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'''Zambia Elections Information Centre''' is a Collaboration of Key Stakeholders on Elections Observation, Monitoring Rapid Response & Proactive Advocacy funded by the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA), . The aim of this organisation is to improve the quality of electoral processes and enhance collaboration among Civil Society Oganisations (CSOs) that are working on election issues. It also enables the citizens of Zambia to participate in and report on any experiences or incidents related to the elections.<ref>http://www.panos.org.zm/?p=3343</ref> | '''Zambia Elections Information Centre''' is a Collaboration of Key Stakeholders on Elections Observation, Monitoring Rapid Response & Proactive Advocacy funded by the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA), . The aim of this organisation is to improve the quality of electoral processes and enhance collaboration among Civil Society Oganisations (CSOs) that are working on election issues. It also enables the citizens of Zambia to participate in and report on any experiences or incidents related to the elections.<ref>[http://www.panos.org.zm/?p=3343 Panos Southern Africa]</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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an executive made up of | an executive made up of | ||
representatives from seven (7) leading Civil Society Organizations working on elections in Zambia namely; | representatives from seven (7) leading Civil Society Organizations working on elections in Zambia namely; | ||
# Foundation for Democratic | # [[Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP)]] | ||
# Southern Africa Centre for Conflict Resolution and Dialogue (SACCORD) | # Southern Africa Centre for Conflict Resolution and Dialogue (SACCORD) | ||
# Transparency International Zambia (TIZ) | # [[Transparency International Zambia]] (TIZ) | ||
# Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) | # Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) | ||
# Non-Governmental Organizations Coordinating Council (NGOCC) | # [[Non-Governmental Organizations Coordinating Council]] (NGOCC) | ||
# Zambia National Women’s Lobby | # [[Zambia National Women’s Lobby]] | ||
# Law Association of Zambia | # [[Law Association of Zambia]] (LAZ) | ||
==Objective== | ==Objective== | ||
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and knowledge sharing as a vehicle to | and knowledge sharing as a vehicle to | ||
promote free and fair elections. | promote free and fair elections. | ||
===Mission=== | |||
To facilitate effective information management for credible, peaceful, free and fair 2016 general elections in Zambia | |||
==How the organization works== | |||
Effective content management system | |||
ICT and SMS application in election | |||
observation and monitoring | |||
Stakeholder identification and | |||
characterization | |||
Training of the media, stakeholders, | |||
community members and citizen | |||
journalists | |||
Training and deployment of observers | |||
An Election Situation Room for | |||
information and knowledge | |||
management, media monitoring and | |||
early warning system | |||
Expert analysis, validation and | |||
dissemination of real-time information | |||
==References== | ==References== |