Election Resource Centre Africa

Vision A Zimbabwe with transparent, credible and inclusive democratic and electoral processes at all tiers of society. Mission To provide credible information, strategic services and deliberative platforms that aim to improve the quality of democracy and elections at all tiers of Zimbabwean society. Objectives To create a conscious, responsible citizen who participates effectively in democratic and electoral processes. To influence transparency, credibility and inclusiveness in democratic and electoral processes. To provide evidence based analysis for effective civic and policy engagement initiatives on democracy and elections. Values Electoral Justice– that state institutions must be accountable and transparent. Participatory Democracy– that all Zimbabwean citizens must be empowered to participate. Integrity– that the whole electoral process must be trustworthy and reliable. Respect for Human Rights– that the rule of law and freedom of expression and assembly must be upheld. Solidarity– that ERC acts in unison with all well – meaning civic society organisations, electoral stakeholders and institutions. Non-partisanship– that ERC executes its mandate for the benefit of all political players. Credibility– that ERC as an institution and a source of information is reliable, accurate and up to date. Program Model The four priority areas for ERC programming are: Civic engagement Research Policy Engagement Strategic Election Service Provision Systems Approach to Programming The ERC utilises the Systems Approach to its programming model, which is based on four major strategic issues – community engagement and mobilisation, civic education, policy engagement and civic engagement. This approach recognises the interrelated nature of our programming, which is focused and dependent on research as illustrated by the diagram below.