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New Delhi [India], July 13 : The forums like the Association of World Election Bodies (A-WEB), would play a critical role for Election Management Bodies to work on the challenges like fake narratives derailing election integrity across the globe, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said.CEC Rajiv Kumar led a three-member Election Commission of India (ECI) delegation to Cartagena, Colombia to attend the 11th meeting of the Executive Board of the Association of World Election Bodies (A-WEB), according to the statement released by Election Commission on Wednesday.The Association of World Election Bodies is the largest association of Election Management Bodies (EMBs) worldwide with 119 EMBs as Members and 20 Regional Associations/Organisations as Associate Members. National Civil Registry, Colombia is also organising an international conference on the theme “A global view on the challenges of regional elections 2023” on July 13, 2023.During the discussions, CEC Kumar said that A-WEB as a global association plays a critical role in fostering cooperation amongst EMBs and thereby enabling learning from each other’s experiences and best practices.During the deliberations at the Executive Board meeting, the participants discussed various agenda items including the programmes and activities to be undertaken by A-WEB during 2023-24, the annual progress report of A-WEB & its regional offices including A-WEB India Amongst the other agenda items in the meeting, CEC Rajiv Kumar raised the ECI proposals namely - (i) setting up an A-WEB portal which would serve as a repository of electoral best practices and initiatives taken by member EMBs in various aspects of electoral management and (ii) establishing A-WEB Global Awards for EMBs who make a significant contribution and take important initiatives in the democratic processes. Both the proposals were approved by the Executive Board, the statement read.The ECI delegation included Manoj Sahoo, Deputy Election Commissioner and Anuj Chandak, Joint Director. A brief presentation on the activities of the India A-WEB centre during 2022-23 was given by DEC Manoj Sahoo during the meeting.On the sidelines of the 11th A-WEB Executive Board meeting, a bilateral meeting was also held with the National Election Commission of the Republic of Korea on ECIs Electronic Postal Ballot System. India and South Korea had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in 2012, to establish a mutually cooperative relationship in the field of election administration.The two EMBs have active bilateral exchanges and engagement through regular visits of officials for seminars, conferences, and observer programmes. NEC also participated in the 3rd International Conference on ‘Inclusive Elections and Elections Integrity’ organised by ECI under the aegis of ‘Democracy Cohort on Elections Integrity’ in March 2023. A-WEB was founded in October 2013 in Seoul, Republic of Korea on the shared vision among its members of achieving sustainable democracy around the world through the strengthening of the processes of election management in member countries. ECI has been very closely associated with the process of formation of A-WEB since 2011-12 and has been its Executive Board Member, since its inception in October 2013 for two consecutive terms (2013-15 and 2015-17).As per the decision taken at the meeting of the A-WEB Executive Board held at Bengaluru in September 2019, an India A-WEB Centre has been established at New Delhi for documentation and research for sharing the best practices and training and capacity building of officials of A- WEB members.The Centre is bringing out several publications and documents, including a world class Journal titled ‘A-WEB India Journal of Elections.’ The ECI is providing all the necessary resources for the India A-WEB Centre.Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

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New Delhi [India], July 13 : The forums like the Association of World Election Bodies (A-WEB), would play a ... ...