International Development Grant
Support to 10/10 Elections - operational support to the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq
Project Number: CA-3-P010717001
Status: Closed
Country/Region:
Maximum Contribution: $500,000.00
Start Date: October 01, 2021
End Date: April 30, 2022
Duration: 1.0 years
Project Description
This project aims to enhance the credibility and transparency of Iraq’s electoral process in accordance with relevant national legal and policy frameworks. It also seeks to ensure the conduct of Iraq’s October 10 2021 elections in a climate of openness transparency professionalism and effectiveness. Project activities include: (1) mobilizing national and international personnel delivering security training to United Nations experts and visiting polling stations on election day; and (2) conducting activities to educate inform and update Iraqi voters on election preparations and convene an after-action review forum in Tbilisi to synthesize the various hybrid threat lessons learned.
Expected Results
The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) increased levels of public trust in the electoral process and participation in the elections; and (2) improved participation across gender and communities in electoral and political processes.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved at the end of the project (April 2022) include: (1) mobilized 157 international personnel for the mission including 121 short-term experts exceeding the target of 100. They also mobilized 529 national support staff for United Nations monitoring and 166 Local observers from 2 Civil society organisations for election day. The project mobilized 852 personnel nationally and internationally during this mission. Trained all international personnel on security aspects and provided additional training to the monitoring teams’ security officers. This resulted in 79 polling stations visited on special voting day and 1 108 polling stations visited on election day; and (2) conducted communication activities in the framework of the UN strategic messaging campaign. It included 900 social media posts 40 murals in 11 governorates 20 web stories 14 videos 9 fact sheets 7 media interviews by the Special representative and her deputy 2 press conferences and 1 digital dialogue moderated by the Special Representative. It also included 1 online workshop for youth promotional materials such as #Vote4Iraq t-shirts stickers and buttons engagement with Iraqi artists and influencers and briefings to UN partners Member States and other international partners.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
UNOPS - United Nations Office for Project Services
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
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Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Basket funds/pooled funding
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Foreign Affairs and Trade Gs&Cs