Project profile — Electoral Support Project in Côte d’Ivoire

• Côte d'Ivoire (100.00%)

• Government And Civil Society, General: Elections (15151) (100.00%)

• Children's issues (not targeted)
• Desertification (not targeted)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (not targeted)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Participatory development and good governance (principal objective)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Nutrition (not targeted)
• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Youth Issues (not targeted)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)
• Urban issues (not targeted)
• Disaster Risk Reduction(DRR) (not targeted)
• Disability (not targeted)
• Climate Change Adaptation (not targeted)
• Trade development (not targeted)

The project aims to enable women and men in Côte d’Ivoire to benefit from a political environment conducive to the achievement of sustainable development goals. Project activities include: (1) strengthening the technical capabilities of women mediators in preventing and managing the risk of election violence, including gender-based violence; (2) supporting the early warning platform for the production of material to raise awareness on preventing violence against women during the elections; (3) supporting civil society organizations in activities to raise awareness about the participation of women and girls in the electoral process; and (4) strengthening the technical capabilities of officers of the Independent Electoral Commission on the gender disaggregation of electoral data collected.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) presidential and legislative elections of 2020-2021 are held in peaceful circumstances, and the electoral process is deemed credible and transparent by all stakeholders; and (2) large numbers of Côte d’Ivoire citizens freely exercise their right to vote in the 2020 to 2023 presidential and legislative elections.

Results achieved at the end of the project (December 2023) : (1) early warning systems received and processed 1,467 reports of electoral incidents; (2) 3,906 local commissioners and 6,500 agents improved their capacity to review the 2020 and 2023 electoral roll; (3) 500,000 women sensitized on the importance of registering to vote to ensure their voice is heard; (4) consensual decision-making achieved on at least 3 major issues between stakeholders in the electoral process, such as extending the voter registration period; and (5) 4 inter-party Concertation frameworks set up for democratic elections (CIED), in anticipation of the 2023 elections, in localities that had experienced violence to strengthen dialogue between political parties at local level. These results have contributed to the appeasement and inclusiveness of the 2020 and 2023 electoral cycles.

• Proactive disclosure