The Supervisor of Elections [‘SoE’] Mr Mohammed Saneem welcomed the visit from Mr Anthony Banbury, the President and Chief Executive Officer of International Foundation for Electoral Systems [‘IFES’] who visited the Fijian Elections Office [‘FEO’] on 19 October 2022.
The FEO and IFES have a Memorandum of Understanding for mutual collaboration and co-operation in the area of development of electoral practices and this is the first time the Head of IFES has visited the FEO since its establishment in 2014.
“The discussions with Mr Banbury extended from the work that the FEO is doing with IFES in Fiji together with the various initiatives that both the agencies have undertaken together,” Mr Saneem said.
“One of the success stories of FEO’s collaboration with IFES has been the Elections Disability Access Working Group which has paved the way for greater accessibility in elections for persons with disabilities and the enhanced collaboration that we have with Organizations of Persons with Disabilities and we greatly appreciate the assistance and the collaboration of IFES in ensuring that we continue to build on this initiative.”
In thanking him for his visit, the SoE also remarked that the FEO is also very fortunate to be in partnership with the IFES as it continues to develop elections and electoral practices in Fiji for free and fair elections.
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