Executive Office of the Organization of Arab Electoral Management Bodies (ArabEMBs) on Thursday held a meeting in the ArabEMBs permanent headquarters in Amman. The meeting discussed ArabEMBs programs, activities and priorities in the coming period. The meeting was chaired by ArabEMBs President, Chairman of the Independent Election Commission (IEC), Musa Maaytah, in the presence of President of the executive office, Hisham Kheil, and the executive office member, Abdul Hakim Belkhair, according to an IEC statement. The meeting covered detailed plans for ArabEMBs’ work and setting the date for the General Assembly meeting, scheduled for November, in addition to activating the role of the Arab Network for Women in Elections and the Arab Network for Youth in Elections, and working to overcome obstacles face their work. In the meeting, Maaytah stressed the need to implement the content of the ArabEMBs’ action plan and its networks based on the strategic plan deliverables, and to set a date for the sixth General Assembly meeting. For his part, Kheil presented a summary of the ArabEMBs’ activities and evaluation, and activities of the next phase. The meeting discussed means of cooperation with partners and donors on participating in the implementation of ArabEMBs projects and activities and its networks, and defining the priorities of its work for the coming period, in addition to meeting with representatives of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP)’s regional project for electoral support in Arab countries to discuss the importance of continuing joint cooperation for the next stage.

Source: Jordan News Agency