RWECO shares election experience with Dutch and Belgium embassy Officers

"Its so beautiful" the coordinator Rweco remarked as RIC-net programme manager Mr.john Silco presented the ICT strategy to the delegates from Dutch and Belgium embassies.The delegates made a visit to Rweco, a consortium of civil society organizations involved in the monitoring of the electoral process.During the meeting with the Delegates, the programme manager RIC-NET revealed the ICT strategy which RIC-net and other RWECO members intends to use in monitoring the electoral process of 2010 to 2011.This strategy will use the Ushandi platform that was used in Kenya during the constitution referendum 2010.This platform allows the citizens and monitors to send short sms to the web that describes incidents happening is a specific place for action by the election commission.later these SMS are used as backup to the final report on whether the elections where conducted in a free and fair manner.
Later, the team of RWECO members and the embassy staff visited places where the RWECO monitors have been participating in election monitoring. The observation report from this field visit can be accessed from RWECO coordinator and RIC-NET.
By Timothy from RIC-NET