ECNE brings together representatives of Member States’ authorities with competence in electoral matters. It allows for concrete and practical exchanges on a range of topics relevant to ensuring free and fair elections, including data protection, cyber-security, transparency and awareness raising. The network, launched in 2019, also supports cooperation with other European level groups and bodies and stakeholders, thereby fostering mutual support and a wider and effective dissemination of relevant alerts and other information. ECNE helps address potential risks to electoral processes, identify solutions and contribute to building more resilient electoral and democratic systems across the European Union.Terms of referenceOverview of membership Copyright GettyImages-511806098: © DigitalVision Vectors / smartboy10 via Getty Images Election Resources HubThe Hub provides for resources and tools developed with the European Cooperation Network on Elections.Checklist on the integrity of elections (June 2025)Risk-management matrix for elections (June 2025)Compendium of e-voting and other ICT practices (December 2023)Guide of good electoral practices in Member States addressing the participation of citizens with disabilities in the electoral process (December 2023)Meetings 2025 Meeting of 5-6 February 2025AgendaMinutesMeeting of 27 March 2025AgendaMinutesMeeting of 29 April 2025AgendaMinutesMeeting of 4 July 2025AgendaMinutesThematic session of 23 July 2025Agenda and MinutesMeeting of 29 September 2025AgendaMinutesMeeting of 1 December 2025AgendaMinutes 2024 Meeting of 21 February 2024AgendaMinutesMeeting of 19 April 2024AgendaMinutesMeeting of 29 May 2024AgendaMinutesMeeting of 5 July 2024AgendaMinutesMeeting of 11 October 2024AgendaMinutesMeeting of 27 November 2024AgendaMinutesMeeting of 17 December 2024AgendaMinutesThematic sessions 2024Agendas and Minutes 2023 Meeting of 16 January 2023AgendaMinutesMeeting of 29 March 2023AgendaMinutesMeeting of 12 June 2023AgendaMinutesMeeting of 27 September 2023AgendaMinutesMeeting of 6 December 2023AgendaMinutes 2022 Meeting of 24 January 2022AgendaMinutesMeeting of 4 May 2022AgendaMinutesMeeting of 21 September 2022AgendaMinutesMeeting of 28 November 2022AgendaMinutes 2021 Meeting of 28-29 January 2021AgendaMinutesMeeting of 25 March 2021AgendaMinutesMeeting of 10 June 2021AgendaMinutesMeeting of 22 October 2021AgendaMinutes 2020 Meeting of 24 June 2020AgendaMinutesMeeting of 25 September 2020AgendaMinutes 2019 Meeting of 21 January 2019AgendaMinutesMeeting of 27 February 2019AgendaMinutesMeeting of 4 April 2019AgendaMinutesMeeting of 7 June 2019AgendaMinutesMeeting of 27 November 2019AgendaMinutes ECNE Working Groups Working Group on AI in Electoral Processes The Working Group on AI in Electoral Processes was established within the European Cooperation Network on Elections to support Member States in their efforts to ensure free, fair, inclusive and resilient elections, in the context of the rapidly evolving digital ecosystem and the increased prevalence of artificial intelligence in the information environment around elections. Building on the Commission’s 2023 Recommendation on inclusive and resilient electoral processes, it aims to further the exchange of concrete and practical information and the sharing of best practices on the opportunities and risks of using AI for election-related purposes in view of reinforcing the integrity of elections. The scope of the working group includes topics such as AI systems intended to be used for influencing the outcome of an election or referendum or the voting behavior of natural persons and the use of AI to support the organisation and conduct of elections or to improve the provision of election information to voters and candidates.2025 Meeting of 19 September 2025MinutesMeeting of 19 November 2025Agenda and MinutesPast working groups Working-group on the preparation of a compendium of e-voting practicesIn December 2020, the European Democracy Action Plan announced that the Commission will prepare a compendium of electronic voting (e-voting) practices together with Member States and in close cooperation with the Council of Europe, which has already issued substantial guidance in this area, including on accessibility for persons with disabilities and older persons. During a meeting of the European cooperation network on elections in January 2022, Member States were invited to discuss practices in e-voting and electronic democratic participation. It was agreed that a subgroup of the network with representatives from those Member States interested in preparing a compendium of e-voting practices would be established. The role of the subgroup will be to support the Commission in the preparation of a compendium of e-voting practices.2022Meeting of 8 April 2022AgendaMinutesMeeting of 7 June 2022AgendaMinutesWorking group on the preparation of a guide of good electoral practice addressing participation of citizens with disabilities in the electoral processIn March 2021, the Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030 announced that the Commission will prepare in close cooperation with Member States in the framework of the European Cooperation Network on Elections a guide of good electoral practice addressing participation of citizens with disabilities in the electoral process.In September 2021, a subgroup of the European Cooperation Network on Elections was formed, with the participation of Member States’ experts, to support the Commission in the preparation of the guide. The subgroup reports on its progress to the European Cooperation Network on Elections.2022Meeting of 14 September 2022AgendaMinutes Joint mechanism for electoral resilience The Joint mechanism for electoral resilience is organised and coordinated through ECNE. It supports the deployment of joint expert teams and expert exchanges, at the request of Member States, with the aim of building resilient electoral processes, in particular in the area of online forensics, disinformation and cybersecurity of elections. Cooperation among Member States to ensure resilient electoral processes and mutual support to address threats is essential. As announced in the European Democracy Action Plan and the Communication on protecting election integrity and promoting democratic participation, a ‘joint mechanism for electoral resilience’ has been established as of 2022.The ‘joint mechanism for electoral resilience’ is organised and coordinated through the European Cooperation Network on Elections in close cooperation with the Network and InformationSystems (NIS) Cooperation Group and the EU’s Rapid Alert System. Its primary operational focus is to support deployment of joint expert teams and expert exchanges with the aim of building resilient electoral processes, in particular in the area of online forensics, disinformation and cybersecurity of elections. Further types of actions could be gradually envisaged such as common training sessions and the common development of IT systems.2023Meeting of 12-13 January 2023AgendaMinutesMeeting of 11-12 December 2023AgendaMinutes2022Meeting of 16-20 May 2022AgendaMinutesMeeting of 6-7 October 2022AgendaMinutes
ECNE brings together representatives of Member States’ authorities with competence in electoral matters. It allows for concrete and practical exchanges on a range of topics relevant to ensuring free and fair elections, including data protection, cyber-security, transparency and awareness raising. The network, launched in 2019, also supports cooperation with other European level groups and bodies and stakeholders, thereby fostering mutual support and a wider and effective dissemination of relevant alerts and other information. ECNE helps address potential risks to electoral processes, identify solutions and contribute to building more resilient electoral and democratic systems across the European Union.Terms of referenceOverview of membership Copyright GettyImages-511806098: © DigitalVision Vectors / smartboy10 via Getty Images
