The Global Network for Securing Electoral Integrity (GNSEI) convenes election stakeholders around a shared vision: to inspire and inform action to advance electoral integrity in the face of critical threats to democracy. Specifically, GNSEI brings together leading international electoral integrity actors to establish a broad-based platform to develop, advance, and promote adherence to norms, guiding principles, and codes of conduct that address emerging and long-term threats to electoral integrity. While there are other platforms and forums that focus on specific election integrity issues or bring together sub-communities of election integrity actors, there has not been a standing platform for these electoral integrity actors to regularly and systematically cooperate.
The Network concept emerged during the first Summit for Democracy in 2021 and was officially launched in March 2023. GNSEI was formed through a collective and collaborative effort among more than 30 leading election-related organisations and networks across the globe.
The shared mission of GNSEI is to ensure that elections - and the institutions, norms, principles, and processes underpinning them - reflect the will of all people.
The Network has two primary objectives:
The purpose of these guidelines is to support election management bodies (EMBs) to assert, protect, and promote their independence as they carry out their mandates in collaboration with other public institutions.
This document outlines principles for conducting electoral reform processes that align with global best practices and build trust among electoral stakeholders.
