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Jerome Leyraud
Country Director, Sudan
Jerome Leyraud is a seasoned electoral expert and technical cooperation specialist with extensive experience in program design and project management. He has worked for almost 20 years in the Balkans, Middle East, Central America, Africa, and Central and Southern Asia.
Darren S. Nance
Deputy Chief of Party, Sudan
Darren S. Nance currently serves as Deputy Chief of Party for IFES in Sudan.
Media, Elections and Political Violence in Eastern Africa: Towards a Comparative Framework
October 2009
A comparative report on post-election violence in Eastern Africa has been released by the Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy at the University of Oxford, the Center for Global Communications Studies at the Annenberg School, University of Pennsylvania, and the Stanhope Centre for Communications Policy Research.
Elections, Post-conflict, Electoral Systems
The Africa Bug
May 12, 2009
They say that once you are bitten by the Africa Bug, you’ll never turn back. At first I wondered what exactly this Africa Bug was…wasn’t I taking Malarone pills for the past month to avoid getting any bugs?
Elections, Post-conflict, Democracy Assistance, Civic Education
Experts and Officials Discuss Sudan's Political Future
April 23, 2009
Top experts in the field of democracy and Sudanese affairs, and U.S. and Sudanese officials participated in a panel discussion yesterday on Sudan’s political future and the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA).
Rule of Law, Democracy Assistance
IFES SUDAN Election Administration Support Program
February 27, 2009
IFES has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract by USAID to support the electoral process in Sudan. The three-year program is aimed at helping the Sudanese electoral administration deliver technically sound and credible elections called for in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement.
Elections, Election Procedures, Election Management, Electoral Systems
Election Procedures, Elections, Legal Framework, Election Management
Sudan Civic and Voter Education Baseline Study
August 2008
In August 2008, IFES, through the support of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), fielded a team of experts to carry out a baseline study of civic and voter education in Sudan as a resource to the Canadian government and to the wider Electoral Donors Group (EDG) in Sudan.
Civic Education, Civil Society, Education, People with Disabilities, Youth and Elections
IFES is currently implementing a three-year USAID contract for Sudan Election Administration Support aimed at helping the Sudanese National Electoral Commission deliver technically sound and credible elections as called for in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. This support will cover the presidential, gubernatorial, and legislative elections planned for 2010, as well as the Southern Sudan and Abyei referenda scheduled for 2011. IFES’s program is designed to accompany all phases of the electoral process and aims to support election management and build the Commission’s capacity in the areas of the regulatory framework, organizational set up, operations, and training, as well as to provide support in procuring electoral commodities.
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