The Secretariat, located in Budapest, Hungary is the permanent organ of the Association. The Secretariat carries out the duties entrusted to it by the General Assembly and the Executive Board. It responds to the needs of the Association's membership by organizing conferences, outreach efforts and other activities. Centrally located, the Secretariat is led by ACEEEO Secretary General Mr. Zsolt Szolnoki.
Mr. Zsolt SZOLNOKI, Secretary General
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Mr. Zsolt Szolnoki was elected by the General Assembly of the ACEEEO to serve as the Secretary General of the ACEEEO on the General Assembly meeting during the 20th anniversary conference of the ACEEEO. Previously he worked for the Association as the Driector of Operations. Mr. Szolnoki's Curriculum Vitae is downloadable from here. |
Secretariat Staff:
Stepan AHIY, Program Manager
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Stepan is responsible for assisting the project coordinating and organizing processes in the Association. He is the head of the Editorial Office of ACEEEO's annual publication: 'Elections in Europe'. He is citizen of the Ukraine, with Hungarian nationality, and he speaks Ukrainian, Russian and English. |
Orsolya NAGY, Senior Program Manager
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Orsolya maintains contact with the ACEEEO’s international partners and prepares working documents in Russian. She occupies with the financial issues of the Association from 2011. In addition, Orsi directs projects mainly in the field of youth voter education, organizes lectures for students and holds seminars about youth’s electoral education. She has participated in several electoral observation missions, particularly in eastern European countries and has written several articles on the electoral participation of young voters. She is native Hungarian, speaks Russian, German and English. |
Anna SÓLYOM, Project Manager
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Anna is responsible for coordination of ACEEEO projects as well as for communication with representatives of member countries, partner organizations and coordination of international relations. Anna organizes annual conferences, seminars, trainings and other professional events of the Association. She also facilitator in trainings. She participated in several election observation mission as well. She is native Hungarian, speaks English, French, Spanish. |
To accomplish all the tasks voluntary experts help our work:
Dr. Zoltán TÓTH, Former Secretary General and Honorary Member of the ACEEEO
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Zoltán Tóth was the Secretary General of the Association of European Election Officials (ACEEEO) since its foundation, from 1991 till 2011. In this capacity, he prepared and executed the resolutions of the ACEEEO Executive Board and supervised the operation of the Association. He served as chief operating officer of the Association and he still represents the ACEEEO in its relations with the officials of member institutions and other regional electoral Associations as well as with other international and regional organizations. |
Dr. István ZSUFFA, Program Director
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He substitutes for the Secretary General. Istvan defines strategic goals, prepares professional discussion papers for the annual conferences and oversees programs especially in the field of political campaign financing and voter registration. |
Dr. Márta DEZSŐ, Head of the Documentation and Scientific Centre
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She liaises with the documentation centre of IFES, with Hungarian and foreign scientific institutions She also supervises targeted researches and scientific projects. Marta also prepares professional discussion papers for the annual conferences. |
Máté RADICS, Former Senior Program Manger at the ACEEEO Secretariat
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