Logistics and Asset Management Expert - Dar Es Salaam

Tanzania has held four credible general elections since the reintroduction of multi-party politics in 1992. Citizens and the government are eager to maintain this track record and to further strengthen democratic practice in Tanzania. Looking to the 2015 general election, government has undertaken early and comprehensive preparations for the electoral processes. Since receipt of official requests for UN assistance to the election cycle leading to the 2015 general election from the National Election Commission (NEC) and Zanzibar Electoral Commission (ZEC), a UN Needs Assessment Mission recommended the development of a project in support of the national efforts.

In addition, in 2014 the United Republic of Tanzania will likely conduct a first national referendum on a new constitution. The EMBs and other stakeholders in preparing for these critical events have requested the assistance of UNDP to provide technical support to the preparation and execution of this referendum.

To this end, the Democratic Empowerment Project (DEP) is a four year (2013-2016) UNDP, United Nations (UN) One Fund and other donor-funded project with the overall aim of contributing to Tanzania’s United Nations Development Assistance Plan’s (UNDAP’s ) Outcome 7: i.e. “Key institutions of democracy, (i.e. EMBs, etc.) effectively implement their election and political functions”.  UN Women and UNESCO are implementing partners in a One UN Country Team context.

Project Objectives

The project seeks to promote democracy and contribute to the realization of the following four objectives:

Capacity of the key democratic institutions enhanced to support and promote legal and institutional reform in the context of the on-going constitutional reform process and beyond;Capacity of the EMBs to conduct credible elections enhanced through strategic, technical and operational support and improved EMB engagement with stakeholders (i.e. political parties, civil society organisations, and the media) to foster a democratic environment;Inclusive participation in elections and politics enhanced through the empowerment of women, youth and people with disabilities (PWDs);National peace infrastructure enhanced to mitigate and prevent election-related conflicts.

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