WAEON has deployed trainees, who are young and mid-level professionals working with domestic election observer organizations across West Africa, will be embedded into the observation structure of the Nairobi-based Elections Observation Group (ELOG) throughout their stay.
This forms part of a 12-month project titled “Strengthening Election Observation in West Africa”, which aims to improve civil society election observations to strengthen electoral integrity in West Africa. The intervention seeks to strengthen institutional capacity and leadership continuity within and among WAEON-member organizations by building a core group of young mid-level professionals capable of leading and supporting electoral integrity initiatives in the sub-region.