Sustaining the Fight for Democracy: Lessons from Citizen Election Monitoring Organizations Around the World

This paper is part of the series Sustaining the Fight for Democracy: Lessons from Citizen Election Monitoring Organizations around the World. This research was conducted by the National Democratic Institute’s Elections and Political Processes Team as part of their support to citizen election observation and the Global Network of Domestic Election Monitors (GNDEM).
The research highlights trends, best practices, and common challenges faced by citizen election monitoring organizations as they sustain and fortify democracy in their countries. Findings in this study are based on interviews conducted with 19 citizen monitoring organizations around the world from Armenia, Colombia, Croatia, the Dominican Republic, Ghana, Guinea, Kosovo, Lebanon, Malaysia, Moldova, the Philippines, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Ukraine, and Zambia. NDI would like to express its thanks to all participants in this research for sharing their experiences, challenges, and wisdom.