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Leap of Faith Journey of Indian Elections

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Interna onal leadership and outreach: Bodies (EMBs). India has closely been associated with the
process of its forma on in 2011-12.
Several mul lateral electoral assistance bodies/
forums/confedera ons have come up since the end of the The India A-WEB Centre (h p://indiaawebcentre.org/)
Cold War to support democracies in conduc ng free, fair, works at present from the Nirvachan Sadan, the
credible and transparent elec ons. They are also a place headquarters of Elec on Commission of India.
for knowledge sharing and exchange of best prac ces.
The Elec on Commission, as the current Chair of A-WEB,
In September, 2019 the Elec on Commission took over hosted two webinars namely:
the Chair of the Forum of the Elec on Management Ÿ Interna onal Webinar on “Issues, Challenges and
Bodies of South Asia (FEMBoSA) for 2019-2021 term. Protocols for Conduc ng Elec ons during COVID-19:
th
New Delhi hosted the 10 Annual Mee ng of FEMBoSA Sharing country experiences,” on September 21,
and an interna onal conference on 'Strengthening 2020. It was a ended by delegates from 45 Countries.
Ins tu onal Capacity' on January 23-24, 2020. The then Ÿ Interna onal Webinar on “Enhancing the Electoral
Chief Elec on Commissioner Sunil Arora had formally Par cipa on of Women, Persons with Disabili es
assumed the Chairmanship of FEMBoSA from his (PwDs), and Senior Ci zen Voters; Sharing Best
Bangladeshi counterpart K.M. Nurul Huda. Recently, on Prac ces and New Ini a ves,” on November 25, 2021.
expira on of the period, Chief Elec on Commissioner Nearly 100 delegates from 24 member countries,
Sushil Chandra, handed over the chairmanship to H.E. along with 20 diplomats and four interna onal
Dasho Sonam Topgay, the Chief Elec on Commissioner of organisa ons par cipated in the webinar.
Bhutan on August 11, 2021. The day-long FEMBoSA
mee ng was conducted in virtual mode. Elec on
Commission of India and IIIDEM would con nue to
organise customised programmes for FEMBoSA member
countries with mutual coopera on and support.
Elec on Commission of India holds the Chair of the
Associa on of World Elec on Bodies (A-WEB) for the
period 2019-22. On September 03, 2019 India formally
took over as the new Chair of the A-WEB, from the Outgoing
Chair, Romania. Elec on Commission of India hosted the 4 th
General Assembly of the Associa on of World Elec on
Bodies (A-WEB) at Bengaluru between September 2-4,
2019. The A-WEB, established in 2013 in Incheon (South On behalf of Election Commission of Bhutan, Ambassador of Bhutan to
Korea), is the largest associa on of Elec on Management India accepting FEMBoSA Logo from Election Commission of India

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