📋 Tender Overview
The Election Commission of India ECI is hosting the 2nd International Conference on the theme Use of Technology and Elections Integrity at New Delhi on 23-24 January 2023. ECI is leading the Cohort on Elections Integrity which was established as a follow up to the Summit for Democracy held virtually in December 2021. The first international conference of the Cohort was organized on 31 Oct 01 Nov 2022 at New Delhi on the topic Role Framework and Capacity of Election Management Bodies where nearly 50 representatives from the Election Management Bodies EMBs of 11 countries participated.The two-day international conference will be inaugurated by Chief Election Commissioner of India Shri Rajiv Kumar. The concluding session will be chaired by Election Commissioner of India Shri Anup Chandra Pandey. Shri Arun Goel Election Commissioner of India will chair the first technical session. ECI as the lead for the Cohort on Election Integrity took a collaborative approach and invited Greece Mauritius and IFES to be co-leads for the Cohort. ECI has invited International Foundation for Electoral Systems and International IDEA apart from EMBs and Government counterparts dealing with the conduct of elections worldwide.Around 43 Participants from 17 CountriesEMBs including Angola Argentina Armenia Australia Chile Croatia Dominica Fiji Georgia Indonesia Kiribati Mauritius Nepal Paraguay Peru Philippines and Suriname and 06 participants from international organisations namely IFES International IDEA are expected to join. The representatives from a number of foreign missions located at New Delhi are also expected to attend the conference.