The Institute for Public Environment Development sent a letter to the OSCE / Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, reporting for the last decisions of the Legal Affairs Committee in the Bulgarian Parliament, concerning domestic election observers: I am writing on behalf of the Institute for Public Environment Development – Bulgarian non-governmental organization, registered…
The Institute for Public Environment Development along with the 14th of January Foundation, NGOLinks and the bloggers – Boyan Yourokov, Peio Popov and Emil Georgiev launched the initiative “Open Data – Elections in Bulgaria”. „We are asking Information Services PLC to open the data related to elections in Bulgaria, publishing it to the web-site of…
The Institute for Public Environment Development developed the “Election Handbook for Local Observers”. The Handbook is a helpful tool that local election observers in Bulgaria may use. The document is adapted version of the OSCE Election Observation Handbook. We have included examples of Bulgarian practices, as well as of the Institute’s observation of the last…
On the 18th of September, 2012 experts of the Institute for Public Environment Development sent a list of topics and issues after the request of the Central Election Commission. CEC plans to conduct a survey on the voters’ level of information about their rights and responsibilities in the electoral process. The questions sent by IPED…
The report “BORKOR – Between the Myths and the Corruption Realities” was prepared by the Institute for Public Environment Development. The report is result of our independent civil monitoring over the activities related to the establishment of the Center for Prevention and Fight against Corruption and Organized Crime (BORKOR) and the public policies of that…
On the 15th of September, 2012 the Institute for Public Environment Development observed the vote for the new members of the Supreme Judicial Court, elected from the quota of the Bulgarian judges. The Institute’s observers monitored the meeting that continued almost 24 hours, thus quarantining that the vote will be conducted according the rules.
On the 13th of May, 2012 the Institute for Public Environment Development observed the partial local elections in Kustendil. 15 independent observers, trained by the Institute’s experts monitored the work of the polling stations, located in the city. For the first time in Bulgarian elections an independent team of observers shared the picture of the…
The project aims to: increase the awareness about the opportunities for collaboration between the ICT community and the civil society organizations in order to develop and implement digital tools for evaluation of public policies and the democratic development of the institutions based on the use of open data and the new technologies. exchange knowledge and…
The expertise of the Institute for Public Environment Development regarding the election process and election legislation was once again recognized, this time by the presidential institution. Representatives of the Institute are invited by the President of Bulgaria to participate in a roundtable discussion on “The Election Process: Problems and Solutions” which will be held on…
We would like to thank all the independent observers, trained by the Institute for their efforts while observing the election process. As a registered by the Central Election Commission independent observer, the Institute for Public Environment Development will keep monitoring the election process in Bulgaria, so that we can contribute for its fairness. For that…