The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Capacity Building Project (ZIM-ECO)
ZIM-ECO
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Capacity Building Project (ZIM-ECO 2016-2020) has a longer-term vision of developing the institutional, organizational and electoral capacity of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC).
This vision is spread over a 5-year period 2016-2020 and is aligned with the ZUNDAF 2016-2020 and ZEC Strategic Plan 2016-2020 and addresses SDGs 16 and 5.
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Support to 2018 Elections
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Accurate and Credible Voter Registration
- 5.69 million voters registered
- 80% registration target
- 53% of registered voters are women
- 44% of voters registered are youth
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Enhanced ZEC Capacity
- 8500 People trained
- Establishing Voter
- Registration Department
- Strengthening ICT Department
- Corporate Governance enhanced
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Stakeholder Engagement
- Dialogue between ZEC and Political parties, FBOs, CSOs and Media
- My Vote, My Voice, My Right Campaign
- Peace Pledge by all Presidential candidates
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Strengthened Polling Process
- Improved Polling Process
- 100 000 polling staff trained
- Improved election materials for 11000 polling stations
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Informed Citizens
- Campaign for BVR and VOTE 2018
- Creativity, ingenuity and innovativeness in Voter Education
- 16 million people reached in BVR
- 10 million Expected number to reached in VOTE 2018
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Effective Media Monitoring
- Media monitoring based on international best practices
- Establishing a Media Monitoring Unit
- Regular and periodic reports on Media Monitoring
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voters registered
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of voters registered are youth
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of voters registered are women
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Total project budget: 36.8 Million USD
Where we Work
Our Objectives
Developing the institutional, organizational and electoral capacity of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to meet its Constitutional mandate.
Ensuring sustainable, credible and inclusive Voter Registration System for Elections, promoting the participation of women, youth, and people with disabilities in the electoral process.