We would like to present you the Declaration of the independent election observer from the team of IPED. By signing it our observers guaranteed that they will follow the internationally accepted standards for non-partisan election observation. I, the undersigned, declare that: 1 – I am not a candidate of a political party, coalition or initiative…
On the 14th of April, 2013 the team of IPED conducted training of 60 independent observers for the early parliamentary elections, that will take part on the 12th of May, 2013. Our organization is registered by the Central Election Commission and will monitor the fairness of the electoral process in Bulgaria, with the help of…
Dear friends and colleagues, As you may know, the Institute for Public Environment Development is training independent observers and is conducting civic monitoring over the election process in Bulgaria. In two months there will be early parliamentary elections in our country, that will be monitored again by our team of observers.That is why we encourage…
The direct democracy and the referendum in Bulgaria The Institute for Public Environment Development presents the results from the independent monitoring of the referendum – Problems concerning the referendum organization – The citizens and the information campaign – Results from the independent observation of the referendum The Institute has prepared a set of recommendations concerning…
On the 14th of November, 2012 the IPED team met with representatives of the Central Election Commission to discuss the CEC’s concept of an awareness campaign on the rights and duties of citizens related to the conducting of national referendum. During the discussion our experts presented to the commission, suggestions and comments on the proposed…
Dear friends and colleagues, We would like to encourage you to use the internet platform “For fair elections” and the Twitter hashtag #bgref2013. You may publish your impressions, pictures and video files about election violations that you have witnessed on the 27th of January – the day of the referendum. Everyone can use these internet…