Support for the modernization of the Office of the Comptroller General

Final evaluation of a project (9/94-12/97) to promote democratic elections in Peru. The International Foundation for Electoral Assistance (IFES) was the implementing agency. IFES improved operations of the National Electoral Tribunal (Jurado) in carrying out the 1995 general election, though problems remained in areas such as training poll workers. After the 1995 elections, IFES worked with the Jurado, the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE), and the National Registry of Electoral and Civil Identity (IDENTIDAD) to build up the institutional capacity of the newly defined electoral system. The municipal elections of 1995/96 were carried out with a reasonable degree of organization, despite jurisdictional disputes. Lessons learned from the 1995 elections were taken into account in such areas as the development of training materials. However, a crisis mentality still prevailed and the testing of messages that makes for good educational material were still not incorporated into design efforts. IFES's attempts to help all three new organizations develop an organizational culture adequate to their responsibilities have had mixed success. The Jurado has not instituted the org

Source: DEC abstract, PD-ABR-054 (1997). The source's own text.