Where We Work.

Chad

Where We Work.

Chad

Chad is a landlocked country between Cameroon, Libya, Niger, Nigeria, the Central African Republic and Sudan. Its political history since independence on August 11, 1960 has been marked by a succession of deadly confrontations between Chadians, constitutional instability, and contested or boycotted electoral processes. After the death of President Idriss Deby on April 18, 2020, a transitional period began with a government open to several political components.

This government is working to implement a process that will lead to the drafting of a new constitution and a new legal and institutional framework for elections as a prerequisite for holding democratic elections.

Such a venture needs to be backed up and supported by technical and financial partners, with a focus on civil society, which has an important role to play not only in monitoring the electoral process, but also in raising awareness among the population for inclusive, transparent and peaceful elections. In this perspective, EISA, which supported the Chadian electoral process from 2009 to 2013, is back with the project to Supporting Chadian Citizens and Elections – Appui aux Acteurs Citoyens Tchadiens et Aux Élections (ACTE).

The project ACTE aims at

providing citizen actors with the tools and technical support necessary for an electoral process that restores the legitimacy of the authorities as well as the confidence of the voters and that contributes to anchoring democratic values, good governance and respect for fundamental rights and freedoms.

Duration: 2 years from September 2022 to September 2024.

The area of focus: Elections Observation, Civic Education, Advocacy, Capacity Building

Donor: European Union

Our Goal.

Promote an active role for civil society organizations in monitoring the post-transition electoral process, with a view to inclusive, transparent and peaceful elections.

Project Objectives

This goal will be achieved through 2 intermediate results (IR):

IR 1

Strengthen the capacities of citizen actors in order to develop and implement a strategy of civic and electoral education, voters’ mobilization and dissemination of fundamental elections related legal texts.

IR 1

Strengthen the capacities of citizen actors in order to develop and implement a strategy of civic and electoral education, voters’ mobilization and dissemination of fundamental elections related legal texts.

IR 2

Strengthen the capacities of CSOs to enable them to develop an adequate mechanism for citizen observation of the constitutional referendum as well as the presidential and legislative elections at the end of the Transition.

IR 2

Strengthen the capacities of CSOs to enable them to develop an adequate mechanism for citizen observation of the constitutional referendum as well as the presidential and legislative elections at the end of the Transition.

The action will assess various steps of the transitional process various steps including the Inclusive National Dialogue, the Drafting of the new Constitution and the revision of the legal electoral framework in Chad. It will take into account cross-cutting issues, such as human rights respect, gender mainstreaming, inclusion of minorities and internally displaced persons, in order to contribute to the reduction of discrimination and to promote the inclusion and participation of all in the political and electoral process.

Networks & Partners

Alliance Citoyenne pour les Elections au Tchad – Citizen Alliance for Elections in Chad (ACET), formerly identified as Coalition Indépendante pour les Elections Libre – Independent Coalition for Free Elections (CIEL).

Latest News

Publications

book 2012 des elus locaux pour le tchad south africa eisa publication
book 2010 le contentieux electoral au tchad eisa publication
book 2010 le contentieux electoral au tchad eisa publication
eom report 2011 preliminary statement chad moe sct eisa fr

Our Team

Pierre Kadi Sossou Country Rep transparent democratic governance in africa
Dr. Pierre Kadi Sossou
Project Director
Justin Doua transparent democratic governance in africa
Justin Doua Goré
Senior Electoral Expert
Fully accredited BRIDGE workshop facilitator and perfectly bilingual (English and French), Justin Doua Goré has managed a wide variety of elections, peacebuilding, state building, political processes and democratic governance programs since 2011 as EISA’s Field Director in Egypt, Country Resident Director in Chad, Mali and Somalia and as Program Manager at the Department of Elections and Political Processes (EPP) and Chief of Party of EISA’s ‘’Supporting Transitions and Electoral Processes (STEP)” Program, funded by USAID. He has supported Elections Observation Missions (AU, ECOWAS-ECONEC, EAC, ECCAS, ICGLR), facilitated governance and elections-related workshops (political party training, observation methodology, Civic and Voter Education, election conflict management) and conducted elections-related missions (Need Assessment Mission, Pre-elections Assessment Missions, Election Observation Missions, Post-election Follow-up Missions) since 2006 in more than thirty (30) countries. Justin Doua was recently a member of the Working Group on the review of the Principles for Election Management, Monitoring and Observation (PEMMO) in SADC region.
Hikmat Adamou Admin and Finance Officer prev ui transparent democratic governance in africa
Mme Hikmat Aderamane Adamou
Admin and Finance Officer
Laurent Hibra Doumla Programs Officer transparent democratic governance in africa
M. Laurent Hibra Doumla
Programme Officer
Ali Simei Guesse Programs Officer transparent democratic governance in africa
Dr. Ali Simei Guesse
Programme Officer
EISA CHAD Grace Issele Programme Officer transparent democratic governance in africa
Grace Issele
Programme Officer
Christine Tapra Konsebe Program Assistant 1 e1684263919988 transparent democratic governance in africa
Christine Tapra Konsebe
Programme Assitant
Souleiman prev ui transparent democratic governance in africa
M. Elhadj Souleman Ndinga
Programme Assistant

Contact Us

+235 69 25 62 59

sossou@eisa.org

Quartier Moursal, Ave Kondol, Rue 5031, Porte 422, N’Djamena, Republic of Chad