New Delhi:  The Election Commission of India will host the second International Conference on the theme ‘Use of Technology and Elections Integrity’ right here from Monday.

The two-day convention might be inaugurated by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and the concluding session might be chaired by Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey. Election Commissioner Arun Goel will chair the primary technical session.

The EC, because the lead for the Cohort on ‘Election Integrity’, took a collaborative method and invited Greece, Mauritius, and the IFES to be co-leads for the cohort. It has invited International Foundation for Electoral Systems and International IDEA, aside from Election Management Bodies (EMBs) and authorities counterparts coping with the conduct of elections worldwide.

Around 43 contributors from 17 international locations/EMBs together with Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Chile, Croatia, Dominica, Fiji, Georgia, Indonesia, Kiribati, Mauritius, Nepal, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines and Suriname and 6 contributors from worldwide organisations particularly, IFES, International IDEA are anticipated to affix.

Representatives from a variety of international missions positioned at New Delhi are additionally anticipated to attend the convention.

India’s EC is main the Cohort on Elections Integrity which was established as a observe as much as the ‘Summit for Democracy’ held nearly in December 2021. The first worldwide convention of the cohort organised right here on October 31-November 1, 2022 on the subject ‘Role, Framework and Capacity of Election Management Bodies’ the place almost 50 representatives from EMBs of 11 international locations participated.

(IANS)