Political and Electoral Observation in Guyana

This project aims to carry out long-term elections observation and inclusive constitutional reform activities in order to mitigate ethnic divide in politics foster credible elections and to reinstill confidence in Guyana’s democratic institutions. This project works to achieve this through the deployment of long-term observers key stakeholder meetings constitutional reform workshops and public reporting. Key stakeholders participating in this project include political party leaders government officials election management officials the security sector judicial sector and religious and civil society leaders including women.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) positive changes in electoral and political policy and/ or practice that reflect international standards for democratic governance and elections; (2) electoral preparations reflect increased transparency credibility and inclusivity of women the Amerindian community Afro-Guyanese and Indo-Guyanese and (3) increased public discourse on election and political reform issues among key stakeholders including political parties civil society organizations government officials and others.