Organization
Commonwealth of the Independent States - Election Monitoring Organization (CIS-EMO) — is an international non-governmental organization founded by the Commonwealth of Independent States. CIS-EMO conducts election observation missions and prepares reports, which sometimes conflict with the findings of Western election monitoring organizations.[1] It was founded in 2003 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia and was led by Aleksey Kochetkov. As an NGO, it is different from other observers sent by the CIS.[2]
EU Important Members of CIS-EMO Missions
Status on the moment of participation.
- Ján Čarnogurský, former Prime-minister, Slovakia[3]
- Leszek Miller, former Prime-minister, Poland
- Andrzej Lepper, former vice-Prime-minister, Poland[3]
- Paul-Marie Coûteaux, member of EU Parliament, France
- Sabine Lösing, member of EU Parliament, Germany
- Giulietto Chiesa, member of EU Parliament, Italy
- Sylwester Chruszcz, member of EU Parliament, Poland[3]
- Alexander Mirsky, member of EU Parliament, Latvia
- Frank Schwalba-Hoth, former member of EU Parliament, Germany
- Jean-Mari Perrin, former ambassador of France in Azerbaijan and Estonia, France
- Thierry Mariani, member of National Assembly, France
- Michel Voisin, member of National Assembly, France, head of Delegation, the Delegation of France to the OSCE PA, France
- Bogusław Kowalski, member of Sejm, Poland
- Waldemar Kraska, senator, Poland
- Aldis Adamovich, Mayor of Preiļi, Latvia
- François-Xavier Coquin, Professor, College de France, France
- Mirca Margesku, Professor, France
- Olivier Vedrine, Professor, France
- Olivier Decrock, expert, France
- Marie-Helen Berard, Foundation Jacques Chirac, France
- Luca Bionda, Doctor of Political Science, Italy
- Stefano Vernole, expert, Italy
- Pawel Reszka, journalist, Poland
- Rainer Rupp, journalist, Germany
CIS-EMO Activities
CIS-EMO participates and organizes different events such as:
- Round table in the European Parliament ‘Controlled Democracy in Russia?’, March 2009, Brussels;
- International conference ‘ Civic institutions in the election process. Control and maintaining’ in the Public Chamber of Russia, January 2009, Moscow;
- Conference ‘ Voting for democracy? ’, December 2009, Berlin;
- Round table ‘Dynamics in the developing of the democratic institutions in the Republic of South Ossetia in the first year after having been recognized’, May 2009, Tskhinval;
- Round table ‘Investment potential of South Ossetia: complex approach, problems and perspectives’, 2010, Tskhinval;
- School of international observers, September, 2010, Kyrgyzstan;
- OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting, July 2008, Vienna;
- Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on Democratic Lawmaking, OSCE, November 2008, Vienna;
- Round table ‘ Civil Society in Law System of Modern Europe’, January 2009, Athens;
- Election conference of the party ‘European Left’, 2009, Berlin;
- International conference ‘Global Europe’, EUP, 2009, Brussels;
- Forum ‘European Union and Russia: new perspectives’, EUP, 2009, Brussels;
- Yaroslavl Global Policy Forum - ‘Modern State: standards of democracy and criteria of effectiveness’, September 2009, Yaroslavl;
- Review Conference, September 2010, Warsaw;
- Forum for Security Co-operation, OSCE, October 2011, Warsaw;
- Round table ‘Election Systems of States of Old Democracy’, RIA Novosti, February, 2012, Moscow.
