OSCE Mission to Montenegro donates servers and software for electoral data processing to State Election Commission

On 18 February 2019 in Podgorica, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro handed over to the State Election Commission software developed to process electoral data along with IT equipment. This marks the completion of a two-year project, providing technical assistance to the State Election Commission (SEC).

“The project, worth over €170,000, embedded two international electoral experts to provide advice to the SEC and commissioned the development of software for electoral data processing,” said Daviet. “Our technical support included upgrading and standardization of SEC’s websites as well as the procurement of IT equipment A modern and sophisticated software will help administer elections in a more simple, efficient and transparent manner.”

The acting Chair of the SEC, Mersudin Dautović thanked the Mission for the support provided, improving SEC’s capacities as well as invaluable staff training. He said that this support is of great importance and comes at the right time to enable the SEC to respond to its obligations in an efficient way. “The application will improve the capacity of the SEC and will enable citizens to be informed of the election results in real time.”

This project was the result of strategic and financial support from some participating states: Austria, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States.

The OSCE Mission to Montenegro remains committed to working with the State Election Commission to improve its transparency and public trust.