Cambridge Conference on Electoral Democracy

The 2018 and 2019 Cambridge Conference on Electoral Democracy took place on 25 and 26 July 2018 and 25 and 26 July 2019 respectively. The 2018 and 2019 conference programmes can be downloaded here and here respectively.

In light of the pandemic and travel uncertainties, the 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 conferences did not proceed. Instead, virtual discussions were organised on the theme of managing elections in a pandemic. The first , second, third and fourth discussions took place on 23 September 2021, 16 March 2022, 21 July 2022 and 6 March 2023 respectively.

Personal-attendance conferences in Cambridge resumed in July in 2024, with several lead-in events. Details can be found here.

The first and second Informal Workshop for Electoral Commissioners from Africa took place on 27 and 28 November 2017 and 11 and 12 March 2019 and 27 respectively. A copy of the 2017 programme can be downloaded from here and the 2019 programme from here. The formal record of the 2019 workshop can be downloaded from here. A third conference in Mauritius involving primarily African EMBs, in collaboration with IFES and Office of the Electoral Commission Mauritius, took place in April 2024.

The continuation of the informal meeting of chairpersons and electoral commissioners from South Asia is under review.