Afkica Regional Electoral Assistance Fund (AREAF) FINAL REPORT COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT NO. AOT-0486-A-00-2134-00 Submitted by: The African-American Institute The International Republican Institute The National Democratic Institute for International Affairs September 30,1996 Contents Preface 1 Section One 4 Training. Education, and Capacity Building Niger: Political Parties Elections Training ........................................................................... 5 Namibia: Voter Education .................................................................................................. 6 Rwanda: StrengtheningPolitical Parties ............................................................................. 7 Madagascar: Civic Education ............................................................................................. 8 Central African Republic: Assisting the Electoral Process .................................................. 9 Burundi: The Role of Political Parties in a Successful Transition to Democracy ............... 10 Guinea: Party Building. Civic Education and Pollwatcher Training ................................... 11 Guinea-Bissau: Voter Education and Pollwatcher Training ................................................ 13 Uganda: Pollwatcher Training ....................................................................................... 13 Benin: Political Party Training and Grassroots Input ....................................................... 14 Tanzania: Civic Education ............................................................................................... 15 Namibia: Voter Education ................................................................................................ 16 Niger: Election-Related Training for the 1995 Elections .................................................... 17 Benin: Training and Commodities Assistance ............................................................. 19 Cote d'Ivoire: Training Political Parties for Elections ........................................................ 20 Zambia: Consolidating Multiparty Politics ...................................................................... 21 Madagascar: The Role of an Effective Legislature ............................................................ 22 Cape Verde: Civic Education ........................................................................................... 23 Sierra Leone: Civil Military Conferences ......................................................................... 24 AREAF Project Report: Voter Education in Namibia ........................................................ 26 Section Two 65 International Election Observation Guinea: Pre-Electoral Assessment ................................................................................... 67 Kenya: Pre-Electoral Assessment .................................................................................... 68 Kenya: Election Observation ........................................................................................... 69 Djibouti: International Observers to Legislative Elections ................................................ 69 Cameroon: Election Monitor Training and Election Observation ...................................... 70 Central African Republic: Survey Mission ...................................................................... 71 Niger: Coordinating International Observers .................................................................... 72 Senegal: International Observers for Presidential Election ................................................. 73 Kenya: International Election Observation Mission ......................................................... 75 Uganda: Assessment Mission ......................................................................................... 75 Burundi: Election Monitoring .......................................................................................... 76 Congo: Observer Delegation to Legislative Elections ........................................................ 78 Togo: Monitoring Presidential and Legislative Elections ................................................... 79 Gabon: Pre-Election Assessment ..................................................................................... 80 Gabon: Presidential Elections 1993 .................................................................................. 81 Chad: Pre-Election Assessment .......................................................................................83 Tanzania: Pre-Election Assessment .................................................................................84 Cote d'Ivoire: Joint Survey Mission ................................................................................ 85 Ghana: Survey Mission ................................................................................................... 86 Congo: Partial Legislative Elections .................................................................................. 87 Benin: Legislative Elections ............................................................................................. 88 The Gambia: Survey Mission .......................................................................................... 89 Guinea: Legislative Elections ........................................................................................... 90 Cote d'Ivoire: Joint Observation Mission ........................................................................ 91 Sierra Leone: International Observers and Training Trainers ............................................. 93 AREAF Project Report: Kenya: The December 29. 1992 Elections .................................. 95 Section Three Regional Networking Abidjan Civic Education Seminar .................................................................................. 141 African Democracy Network Seminar ........................................................................... 142 African Democracy Network I1 ................................................................................. 143 African Election Administrators' Colloquium ................................................................. 144 African Association of Election Authorities .................................................................... 145 Consultation for African Women in Politics .................................................................... 146 West African Women in Politics .................................................................................. 148 Interim Preparatory Meeting for the African Association of Election Authorities ........... 148 AREAF Project Report: African Election Administrators' Colloquium .......................... 150 Section Four 189 Focused Assistance to Governments and Non-Governmental Organizations OAU Staff Training ........................................................................................................ 191 Ghana: Election Observation and PVT Training ............................................................. 191 Eritrea: Project Design Mission .............................................................................. 192 Erit~ea:International Observers for Referendum ............................................................ 193 Lesotho: Pre-Electoral Assessment .......................................................................... 194 Malawi: Electoral Training for Referendum ............................................................ 195 Madagascar: International Observer Delegation ............................................................ 197 GERDDES: Cooperative Agreement for Election Observation Programs ....................... 197 Uganda: Civic Education. Monitor Training. PVT. and International Observers .............. 200 Mozambique: Presidential Elections .............................................................................. 201 Uganda: Citizen Discussion of the Constitution-Making Process ................................... 203 Kenya: League of Kenyan Women Voters ...................................................................... 204 Democratic Consolidation Program in Niger. Mali and Benin .......................................... 206 Pan African Design of Democracy Materials Seminar ..................................................... 207 Zimbabwe: Civic Education & Institutional Development .............................................207 The Role of the Military Regional Conference: Benin ..................................................... 208 Democratic Consolidation in Central African States ........................................................ 209 Zambia: Supporting the Electoral Process ......................................................................211 Benin: Election Monitoring for the 1996 Election .......................................................... 212 Mali: Electoral Law and Reform .................................................................................... 214 Uganda: International Observers. Domestic Monitors. and Media Support .................... 215 The Role of the Military Regional Conference: Mozambique .......................................... 216 AREAF Project Report: Eritrea: Referendum for Independence .....................................218 AP-pendix One Av-pendix Two Preface The Africa Regional Electoral Assistance Fund (AREAF) was a partnership of the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI), the African-Ameri- can Institute (AAI), and the