Sep 1, 2025 | press release
ADDIS ABABA – The Coalition of Ethiopian Civil Society Organizations for Elections (CECOE) released its “Monitoring Report: Nomination, selection, and appointment process of the new members of the National Election Board of Ethiopia.” The report provided an in-depth, assessment of the NEBE’s 2025 board member appointment process, which concluded on June 12, 2025.
The report identified both the commendable aspects and the deficiencies of the recent selection and appointment procedure. On the positive side, CECOE acknowledged the process’s strengths, including the successful utilization of diverse public outreach channels to solicit a wide range of nominations. The report also highlighted the notable ethnic and religious diversity among the shortlisted candidates as a positive step towards fostering an inclusive electoral institution.
However, the analysis also pointed to several critical areas for improvement. A central finding of the report was the lack of transparency surrounding the shortlisting phase, specifically the insufficient public disclosure of the exact criteria that were used to narrow the pool of over 1,000 nominees. Furthermore, the report noted a significant overrepresentation of candidates with legal backgrounds, suggesting a need for greater emphasis on candidates with varied technical and managerial expertise to ensure a more balanced board.
In its concluding section, CECOE provided a series of specific, actionable recommendations. These proposals were directed at key stakeholders, including the Nomination Committee, political parties, and Civil Society Organizations, with the aim of promoting greater transparency, enhancing the diversity of skills, and strengthening the overall integrity of future appointment processes for the NEBE.
The report is available at: https://cecoe.org/download/monitoring-report-nomination-selection-and-appointment-process-of-the-new-members-of-the-national-election-board-of-ethiopia/
Jun 22, 2024 | press release
June 22, 2024
CECOE
Addis Ababa
The Coalition of Ethiopian Civil Society Organizations for Elections (CECOE) has finalized its preparation to observe the remaining and outstanding elections in Benishangul Gumuz, Afar, Central Ethiopia, and Somali regions.
CECOE has conducted a one-day trainings to a total of 15 Long Term Observers (LTOs) who were drawn from its member organizations in Assosa, Semera, Butajira, and Jigjiga cities, and deployd them to observe the pre-election environment.
CECOE also organized trainings for the Short Term Observers(STOs) on June 19 and 20, 2024 in Asossa, Semera, Butajira, and Jigjiga cities to equip them with the necessary skills and knowledge to observe the electoral process on polling day.
In addition, CECOE has also organized simulation exercises for STOs on how to report to CECOE’s Data Center their observation findings in real time using the state of art technology SMS and Apollo.
On June 23, 2024 CECOE will deploy a total of 84 stationary observers who will observe the whole election day process in the polling stations where they are assigned to observe the voting processes.
CECOE will publish a comprehensive observation report consisting of the pre-election, election Day and post-election observation findings.
Jun 22, 2024 | press release
ሰኔ 15፣ 2016 ዓ.ም
ኅብረት ለምርጫ
አዲስ አበባ
የኢትዮጵያ ሲቪል ማህበራት ደረጅቶች ኅብረት ለምርጫ (ኅብረት ለምርጫ) በቤኒሻንጉል ጉሙዝ፣ በአፋር፣ በማዕከላዊ ኢትዮጵያ እና ሶማሌ ክልሎች የሚካሄደውን ቀሪ እና የድጋሚ ምርጫ ለመታዘብ ዝግጅቱን አጠናቅቋል።
ቀደም ሲል ኅብረት ለምርጫ የቅድመ ምርጫ ከባቢን ለመታዘብ በአሶሳ፣ ሰመራ፣ ቡታጅራ እና ጅግጅጋ ከሚንቀሳቀሱ አባል ድርጅቶቹ የተውጣጡ 15 የረጅም ጊዜ ታዛቢዎችን በመመልመል የአንድ ቀን ስልጠና ሰጥቶ ማስማራቱ ይታውቃል።
በተመሳሳይም ኅብረት ለምርጫ በድምጽ መስጫ ቀን የድምጽ አስጣጥ ሂደቱን የሚታዘቡ የአጭር ግዜ ታዛቢዎች አስፈላጊው ክህሎትና እውቀት እንዲኖራቸው ሰኔ 12 እና 13 ቀን 2016 ዓ.ም በአሶሳ፣ ሰመራ፣ ቡታጅራ እና ጅግጅጋ ከተሞች 84 ታዛቢዎች የአንድ ቀን ስልጠናዎችን ሰጥቷል። ከዚህ በተጨማሪም ለአጭር ግዜ ታዛቢወች የጽሁፍ መልዕክትን እና የአፖሎ ቴክኖሎጂን በመጠቀም የትዝብት ሪፖርታቸውን ወዲያውኑ በኅብረት ለምርጫ ፅ/ቤት ውስጥ ለተቋቋመው የመረጃ ማዕከል ሪፖርት ማድረግ የሚያስችላቸወን በተግባር የተደገፈ ስልጠና ከመስጠቱም በላይ የማስመሰል(ሲሚዩሌሽን) ልምምዶችን አዘጋጅቶላቸዋል።
ኅብረት ለምርጫ ሰኔ 16 ቀን 2016 ዓ.ም ለሚካሄደው ምርጫ በአጠቃላይ 84 ተቀማጭ ታዛቢዎችን ለማስማራት አቅዷል። እነዚህ ተቀማጭ የድምጽ መስጫ ቀን ታዛቢዎች በየተመደቡባቸው የድምጽ መስጫ ጣቢያዎች ቀኑን ሙሉ የምርጫውን ሂደት እየታዘቡ የሚቆዩ ይሆናል።
በመጨረሻም ኅብረት ለምርጫ የቅድመ-ምርጫ፣ የድምጽ መስጫ ቀን እና የድህረ-ምርጫ የትዝብት ግኝቶችን ያካተተ አጠቃላይ ሪፖርት ይፋ የሚያደርግ መሆኑን መግለጽ ይወዳል።
