Election Support Group
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The Election Support Group (ESG) is an internationally sponsored organization which means to provide analysis and support to the electoral process in Pakistan. The secretariat for the group is the Pakistan branch of the International Foundation for Electoral Systems.{{cite web | author = International Foundation for Electoral Systems | year = 2009 | url = http://ifespakistan.org/esg/index.htm | accessdate = October 25, 2009 | title = Election Support Group | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20091018182109/http://www.ifespakistan.org/esg/index.htm | archivedate = October 18, 2009 }}
Activities
ESG made 32 major recommendation to the Pakistani Election commission in 2009. These recommendations were issued in January 2009. These recommendations were made by ESG based on the analysis of recommendations provided by 16 international organizations on the reform of the Electoral System of Pakistan.{{cite report | publisher = Election Reform Support Program| title = Compendium of Electoral Reform Proposals: A collection of proposals for electoral reform in Pakistan by domestic and international stakeholders 2006-2008 | version = 2 | date=20 January 2009 | url = http://ifespakistan.org/backup/docs/ESG_Compendium_of_Electoral_Reform_Proposals_v2_2009-01-20_en.pdf }}{{cite news | publisher= Internews | url =http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=world_news&month=february2009&file=world_news2009020582038.xml | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20160509104322/http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=world_news&month=february2009&file=world_news2009020582038.xml | url-status =dead | archive-date =9 May 2016 | title = Group recommends key electoral reforms |date=5 February 2009| accessdate = October 25, 2009}}
Member organizations
- British High Commission in Islamabad
- Embassy of Netherlands in Pakistan
- U.S. Embassy in Islamabad
- Royal Norwegian Embassy in Pakistan
- European Commission
- Department for International Development (U.K.)
- International Foundation for Electoral Systems
- National Democratic Institute
- Free and Fair Election Network
- The Asia Foundation (TAF)
- United Nations Development Programme
- USAID