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    Sorting ballots in Sudan.

    Sudan

    IFES is implementing a 3-year program to deliver technically sound and credible elections by providing advisory, technical and material assistance to the election commission, the referendum commission and the referendum bureau.

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    Civic Education, Civil Society, Elections

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    During the campaign for the revision of the voters' list, IFES made a great effort to reach the youth, women and the illiterate population. Kamissa Camara/IFES

    Guinea

    IFES has been working in Guinea since 1991 and has since conducted several technical assessments and provided technical assistance to a variety of electoral stakeholders, including Guinea’s Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI).

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    Elections, Electoral Systems, Civil Society

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IFES has worked in Kenya since 1992, conducting a number of electoral assessments and working to create more transparent and competitive electoral processes and build the capacity of the Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK).

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Civic education deals with broader concepts underpinning a democratic society such as the respective roles and responsibilities of citizens, government, political and special interests, the mass media, and the business and non-profit sectors, as well as the significance of periodic and competitive elections.

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Abigail Wilson, Deputy Director for Africa, has worked with IFES since 2006 overseeing projects in Nigeria, Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea.

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IFES has supported democracy's emergence and consolidation throughout sub-Saharan Africa since 1989. From its start conducting a groundbreaking series of pre-election technical assessments, IFES' Africa program portfolio today features activities in elections, rule of law, civil society and governance.

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