Elections ODIHR Election Activities, 2010 Country Election Date Mission 1 Croatia Presidential, 2nd round 10 January LEOM 2 Ukraine Presidential 17 January & 7 February EOM 3 Tajikistan Parliamentary 28 February EOM 4 Hungary Parliamentary 11 April EAM 5 Austria Presidential 25 April EAM 6 United Kingdom General 6 May EAM 7 Georgia Local 30 May EOM 8 Netherlands Early parliamentary 9 June EAM 9 Slovakia Parliamentary 12 June EAM 10 Kyrgyzstan Constitutional referendum 27 June LROM 11 Moldova Constitutional referendum 5 September EET 12 Afghanistan Parliamentary 18 September EST 13 Latvia Parliamentary 2 October LEOM 14 Bosnia and Herzegovina General 3 October EOM 15 Kyrgyzstan Parliamentary 10 October EOM 16 Ukraine (Crimea) Local 31 October EET 17 United States of America Congressional mid-term 2 November EAM 18 Azerbaijan Parliamentary 7 November EOM 19 Moldova Early parliamentary 28 November EOM 20 Turkmenistan Local 5 December EET 21 Belarus Presidential 19 December EOM develop its own election observation methodology and expressed interest in knowing more about ODIHR’s approach. As a result, a first training event was carried out for the OIC in Jeddah in July 2010. Further co-operation in this area is envisaged for 2011. Support for OSCE Partners for Co-operation In 2010, ODIHR continued its involvement in Afghan elections with the deployment of an Election Support Team (EST) to the 18 September parliamentary elections. ODIHR was tasked by the OSCE Permanent Council to deploy to Afghanistan, an OSCE Partner for Co-operation, following an invitation from the Afghan Foreign Minister. ODIHR has had a presence for all Afghan elections since 2004, issuing reports in 2004, 2005 and 2009 with recommendations for the improvement of future electoral processes. During the course of the 2010 elections, the ODIHR EST reviewed the large body of existing recommendations and identified priority areas that could form the basis for future electoral reform. ODIHR released a report focusing on six areas for long-term electoral reform: the legal framework, the protection of electoral rights, the election administration, voter registration, delimitation of electoral boundaries, political parties and domestic observation. The EST was composed of eight experts from six OSCE participating States, and was deployed for five weeks, from 9 September to 15 October. The EST presented its findings to the Permanent Council on 9 December. It was generously funded through extra-budgetary contributions from 15 participating States and one Partner for Co-operation. ODIHR Annual Report 2010 17