Carter Center support to LEON 2021-2024 Carter Center support to LEON 2021-2024 - Carter Center (Access to Justice and LEON) 2021-2024 Svenska ambassaden har fått en förfrågan från The Carter Center och Liberia Election Observation Network (LEON) att finansiera projektet "Strengthening citizen voices to advance electoral reform and democratic governance" med 31 300 000 kronor under perioden 2021-2024.

Det övergripande målet för denna insats är att LEON år 2024 ska ha ökad kapacitet att på egen hand bidra till att stärka demokratiska val och informerade medborgare genom icke-partisk och evidensbaserad valobervation och granskning av demokratiska processer. 

Denna projekperiod kommer att fokusera på följande områden:

1) Påverkansarbete inom konstitutionella reformer samt valreformer

2) Följa och rapportera arbetet inom den lagstiftande församlingen i syfte att öka transparens 

3) Ansvarsskyldighet och medborgarengagemang

4) Genomföra diskussionsgrupper för att säkerställa medborgarnas bidrag till policy och reformer

5) Genomföra nationella enkätundersökningar som genererar policypåverkan

6) Bidra till diskussioner på länsnivå för att åtgärda bristen på tillgång till information utanför Monrovia

7) Genomföra valobservation i fyllnadsval och i det nationella valet 2023 The Carter Center and Liberia Election Observation Network (LEON) have applied to the Swedish Embassy for funding of 31 300 000 SEK to carry out the project  "Strengthening citizen voices to advance electoral reform and democratic governance" during the period 2021-2024.

The overall goal of this intervention is that by 2024, LEON will have increased capacity to operate independently and will have contributed to the strengthening of democratic elections, governance, and an informed citizenry through credible non-partisan and evidence-based citizen observation around elections and democratic processes.

This project phase will focus on the following main areas of activity:

1. advocacy on electoral and constitutional reforms

2. monitoring the legislative branch to improve transparency

3. accountability, and citizen engagement

4. conducting discussion groups to ensure citizen input on legislative and government programs

5. conducting national surveys that generate results that can guide policy

6. facilitation of county-level discussions on key topics to address information gaps outside of Monrovia

7. observation of legislative by-elections and the 2023 national elections The overall goal of this intervention is that by 2024, LEON will have increased capacity to operate independently and will have contributed to the strengthening of democratic elections, governance, and an informed citizenry through credible non-partisan and evidence-based citizen observation around elections and democratic processes. The intervention has two objectives:
Objective 1: LEON has increased organizational capacity to manage projects and enhance their long-term sustainability.
Objective 2: LEON is a credible and non-partisan organization that contributes to strengthening inclusive and participatory democratic processes and institutions in Liberia through programming in advocacy, election observation, surveys, and legislative monitoring.