Italy provides €400,000 to support Ethiopia’s general election

Addis Ababa, June 3, 2021 (FBC) -Italy has provided €400,000 to support Ethiopia’s upcoming general election.

Italian Ambassador of Italy, Arturo Luzzi, and UNDP Resident Representative, Turhan Saleh, today signed an agreement that enable the Italian government grants to the UN Agency the stated for the implementation of its project “Supporting Elections for Ethiopia Democracy Strengthening – SEEDS”.

The Italy-UNDP collaboration will be managed by the Office of the Italian Development Cooperation Agency in Addis Ababa (AICS).

The main and common goal is to contribute to the transparency and inclusiveness of the electoral process in Ethiopia by reinforcing the capacities of NEBE which has the institutional task of organizing the next general elections on 21 June.

The ultimate aim of the Italian support to the UNDP’s project is to contribute to the strengthening of the Ethiopian democratic institutions, a statement issued by Italian embassy indicated.