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Elections

A voter casts his vote at a polling station in the city of Travnik in 2010. (OSCE/Thomas Rymer) Photo details

The Mission’s initial focus on conducting elections originated with the 1995 Dayton Peace Agreement, before being transferred to Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Central Election Commission in 2002. The Mission continues to work on broader election-related initiatives today.

Guided by the recommendations of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Council of Europe’s Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO), the Mission supports the development of amendments to election legislation and legislation related to political party financing.

The Mission also works with local authorities, in particular the Central Election Commission, to further strengthen technical capacities of election bodies to administer the election process with integrity and transparency.