TBILISI ​– Georgia approaches the October 8 parliamentary elections equipped with a deepening reserve of democratic assets while also facing critical but surmountable challenges, a pre­election assessment mission of the National Democratic Institute (NDI) found.

TBILISI – The National Democratic Institute (NDI) announced today that it will conduct a pre-election assessment mission focused on Georgia's parliamentary election scheduled for October 8. The mission is a demonstration of the international community’s continuing support for democratic processes in Georgia and is intended to help promote public confidence in the electoral process.

In September 2015, Moroccans voted in the first regional and local elections since the 2011 constitutional revision. The one-year period between these municipal polls and the October 2016 legislative elections presents an opportunity for political parties to gather, analyze and respond to citizen reactions to the campaign period and to Moroccan elections more broadly.

NDI and its local partner, The Centre for Research on Governance and Development (CPGD), have completed a study entitled: Youth’s Concerns and their Expectations for Socio-economic Development in Mozambique using focus group discussion methodology. The study, which was conducted during December 2015, analyzes youth’s views on the political and economic environment and their expectations for socio-economic development in Mozambique.