ELECTIONS    11 representatives of state institutions, political parties and civil society, and to discuss ways to implement recommendations. Additionally, ODIHR provided extensive technical advice for electoral reform processes in Armenia, the Kyrgyz Republic and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. In line with well-established practice, ODIHR also continued to provide legal opinions on draft electoral legislation in partnership with the Council of Europe’s Venice Commission. In 2016, ODIHR conducted legal reviews related to the election legislation of Armenia, Georgia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Moldova. DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTION OBSERVATION METHODOLOGY As tasked by the OSCE participating States, ODIHR works continuously to further develop and strengthen its election observation methodology and to increase professionalism in the observation of certain specialized aspects of elections. In 2016, ODIHR published the Handbook on the Followup of Electoral Recommendations, the first tool of its kind for the OSCE region. The handbook recognizes the importance of the commitment that all OSCE participating States undertook in Istanbul in 1999, “to follow up promptly the ODIHR’s election assessment and recommendations”. While ODIHR has conducted follow-up activities for several years, this handbook establishes a more systematic approach Follow-up Activites infographic, 2016.