The ACEEEO annual conference in 2007 was a significant event in the life of the ACEEEO due to the following reasons. Firstly this was the first time that our conference was organized under our new name, Association of European Election Officials. Therefore we considered this conference as a unique event, where we had a chance to express our being a Pan-European association and celebrated it together with our colleagues from all over the world.

Secondly this was the first time we organized our annual conference in Strasbourg (France), where the seat of the Council of Europe is and in co-operation with the Venice Commission. Right after the ACEEEO conference, the Venice Commission organised the 4th Conference of the Electoral Management Bodies.

Concerning the preparation and conduction of elections, the role of electoral education became increasingly important. Electoral education is a case at issue in every continent and centers, in the form of state and local governmental organizations or NGOs, are gradually established that continue this activity as an institutional service. The members of each new generation should be convinced of the democratic values, different election elements and social importance of voting. Therefore electoral education is a never ending course, as new generations have to be informed on the election process again and again.