This project aims to support national institutions and processes in organizing free, fair, and peaceful elections in South Sudan. Project activities include: (1) establishing legal frameworks such as the National Elections Act and constitution to promote a peaceful and credible election process; (2) providing technical support and capacity development of national institutions to foster accountability of financial, administrative and procurement processes for transparent election management; (3) developing and implementing an election security plan, including police training and scaling up conflict mitigation and peacebuilding at the community level to mitigate electoral- related violence; (4) conducting training, developing guidelines and providing technical support to journalists to enhance the accuracy and neutrality of media reporting during elections, including on human rights and gender-sensitive reporting; and (5) supporting the design and delivery of specific civic and voter education for marginalized groups to foster inclusive participation of women, youth and other under-represented populations.
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