The CEC in cooperation with the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) and the Center for the Rule of Law of Finland organized the International Consultation Table “Using the potential of online reporting and declaration systems of political party funding”.

Mr. Ilirjan Celibashi, State Election Commissioner, Mr. Sam van der Staak, Director for Europe, International IDEA, Mr. Niklas Wilhelmsson, Head of the Unit for Democracy and Elections, Ministry of Justice of Finland, Mr. Jorge Valladares, Transparency International, Head of Political Integrity Policies, Mr. Yukihiko Hamada, Program Manager, Money in Politics, International IDEA, Ms. Ersida Sefa, the Office of the Council of Europe, as well as representatives from politics, local and foreign civil society organizations, and the media developed discussed on the challenges of financial reporting.

The online financial reporting platform is the best opportunity for the CEC to control the financing of political parties. More in-depth verifications will be carried out in accordance with the provisions of the Electoral Code on the money spent by political parties and electoral subjects.

International IDEA, in cooperation with the Center for the Rule of Law in Finland, is supporting the CEC, political parties and civil society, presenting successful models and providing expertise for digitizing the reporting and declaration of political party funding. The RoL Institute and Center also support the broader efforts of civil society organizations to improve their oversight role and ability to track the movement of funds in politics.

We are only at the beginning of using this system and it remains for users to become fully familiar with this platform, but we have realized our goal and the goal of our European partners to have this project ready for these elections and the reporting on the finances of this campaign to be done through this platform.