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Elections in Zimbabwe - The role for Europe / the international
community
Zimbabwe
Europe Network (ZEN)
September 27, 2012
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Executive
Summary
This discussion
paper begins a mapping process of civil society interventions on
elections. It sets out the various roles that will be played by
the main civil society actors in Zimbabwe; these are the Zimbabwe
Europe Network (ZEN)'s National Reference Group members in
addition to Zimbabwe
Human Rights Association (ZimRights) and Zimbabwe
Election Support Network (ZESN). The key finding in this regard
is that most organisations' interventions during an election
will be primarily determined by their mandates. There is also an
acknowledgement that each organisation's programmes must be
sequenced in such a manner as to reflect the three main stages in
an electoral process that is the build up to an election, the election
itself and the post electoral period. The responses reflect pessimism
about the reforms that were brought about by the Global
Political Agreement (GPA).
The paper begins
a process of identifying civil society organisations that will be
instrumental in an election period. The Zimbabwe Election Support
Network and Counselling
Services Unit where identified as the two most critical organisations.
Also interesting is the prominence that has been given to the role
to be played by the churches in this regards. The Zimbabwe
Council of Churches and Evangelical
Fellowship of Zimbabwe are also cited as key players in an electoral
period.
The respondents
view the role of European organisations and the Zimbabwe Europe
Network in particular as being supportive. The mobilisation of resources,
amplification of message and building of consensus are some of the
key collaborative interventions that are identified for European
Partners. In addition a number of the respondents call for international
observers from the international community in addition to ones from
SADC.
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