Adopted by the meeting of the General Assembly, 27 November, 1998, Vilnius, Lithuania and amended according to the resolutions of the General Assembly, 16 June 2000, Warsaw, 28 September 2002, Moscow, 25 October 2003 London, and 1 Septembert 2006, Jurmala.

Preamble

This Charter establishes an organization to be known as the Association of the European Election Officials (ACEEEO), hereinafter referred to as the Association.
On behalf of the chief electoral officials of Europe, the undersigned are convinced that the historic mission of democracy includes:

Providing political liberty and a favourable environment for fair political, economic and social development;
Fostering free, fair and transparent elections and universal and secret suffrage as the most appropriate means to establish and consolidate representative democracy;
Recognizing the importance of election bodies to function on an impartial basis; and

Recognizing that the exchange of information on electoral proceedings, free and unhindered access to such proceedings, and methods of consultation and recommendations, between the institutions and persons in charge of carrying out the elections constitutes essential elements to achieving the effective consolidation of democratic institutions through electoral processes.

The undersigned are fully aware of the need for a formalized Association of European Election Officials.

 

Mission

The mission of the Association is to provide a non-partisan forum, independent of national governments, for the exchange of information among election officials and experts throughout Europe to discuss and act upon ways to promote open and transparent elections with the objective of supporting good governance and democracy.