On 6 April 2023, a meeting, focusing on E-day, complaints and appeals, as well as election observation, concluded a series of meetings* among representatives of the Ukrainian Parliamentary Committee on State Power, Local Self-Government, Regional and Urban Development and the Central Election Commission of Ukraine with the Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina, allowing more than 60 participants to exchange on organisation and conducting of post-war election.
Today’s discussions covered peculiarities and main challenges for organising voting on E-day, including polling stations functioning, ensuring secrecy of voting, votes’ counting and establishing voting and election results. The representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina also shared their experience as regards observation and working modalities for observers from foreign states and international organisations of first post-war electoral process, as well as the complaints and appeals procedures used.
Election turnout and different challenges during voting process and establishing voting results, including for the out-of-country voting were of particular interest for Ukrainian counterparts: their engagement and pertinent questions generated intense and lively discussion.
Upon the results of four online meetings held, an analytical overview “Organisation and conduct of first post-war elections. Experience of Bosnia and Herzegovina and lessons learned for Ukraine” will be produced, presented to, and shared with, other national stakeholders concerned and broader public for further thematic discussions and consultations.
*Series of meetings are organized upon the request of Ukrainian partners and as follow-up to the High-level dialogue on “Good democratic governance in Ukraine: achievements, challenges and the way forward in post-war period” held in Strasbourg, France, on 8 – 9 November 2022, within the framework and with the support of the Council of Europe project "Supporting democratic post-war elections in Ukraine", implemented within the framework of the Council of Europe Action Plan for Ukraine "Resilience, Recovery and Reconstruction" for 2023-2026.
