Electoral Integrity Academy 2025

How cohesive are we on the national level? Quantitative stage

Civil Network OPORA strongly condemns the use of violence and human rights abuses during the detention of peaceful protesters in Tbilisi.

The necessity to adopt the law on lobbying is mentioned in the Ukraine 2023 Report by the European Commission and the measures needed to implement the State Anti-Corruption Program. However, the draft law “On Fair Lobbying and Advocacy in Ukraine” (hereinafter—draft law) and the accompanying draft of amendments to the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offenses (hereinafter—the Code of Administrative Offenses), which were developed by the National Agency for Corruption Prevention (hereinafter—NACP), are problematic for such reasons

On September 21, in a friendly and sincere atmosphere, we presented the renewed OPORA. We changed from the outside and are willed with a renewed mission. OPORA not only works in the field of elections but has grown up, rethinks the problem of choice and focuses on the topics of security and justice.

Having expanded our sphere of competence, we felt the need to transform our appearance, too.  The foremost purpose of our rebranding is to emphasize the experience and expertise we gained during many years of work, along with integration into contemporary life of our country and deep understanding of today's processes. 

The pro-government Georgian parliamentary group “Power of the People” has developed and registered in the Georgian parliament two draft laws under a shared provisional name “On Foreign Agents”. The initiatives stipulate that all non-governmental organizations and media funded from abroad must register with the State Registry Service as foreign agents. The Georgian Dream party supported the initiative. Nearly 400 Georgian NGOs and the parliamentary opposition sharply criticized both versions ...

Yesterday, on September 29, within Human Dimensions Conference, which is taking place in Warsaw, the informal meeting of Ukrainian civil soiety representatives with Matteo Mecacci, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights was held.

During August 1–4, OPORA held the first Open Election Data and Disinformation Academy in Warsaw, participated by the civil society representatives from 11 countries. The event was organized with the support of the National Democratic Institute (NDI).

Today in Warsaw, Poland started the 4-day Academy of Open Election Data and Disinformation. Academy participants represent NGOs engaged in election observation from 10 European countries (Poland, Moldova, Belarus, Romania, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Georgia, Armenia, and Tunisia).