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Good practices in reporting, oversight, civil society and the
media
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Reporting requirements for political parties or candidates
Does not have reporting requirements
Does have reporting requirements
Data not available
The map does not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of IFES concerning the legal status of any country, area or territory or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its borders. Map developed by Magnus Ohman.
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Nigeria – no reporting by candidates, althoughspending limit exists
Switzerland – No reporting requirements at afederal (national) level
South Africa – only reporting on public funds
Some exceptions
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Huge variation regarding detailed provisions – whatcan be expected where candidates may not beliterate, or where political parties may not haveaccess to a computer?
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• Annual reporting by political parties
• Post-election reporting by political parties
• Post-election reporting to include information oncandidate finance, or separate candidate reports
• Pre-election reporting?
Minimum global reporting standards?
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Requirements for reports to be made public
No requirements for reports to be made public
Requirement for reports to be made public
Data not available
The map does not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of IFES or IDEA concerning the legal status of any country, area or territory or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its borders. Map developed by Magnus Ohman.
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Again significant variation in publication practice(older democracies are not be the best examples)
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• Publication of all reports on institution website
• Scans of submitted reports
• Enter data into electronic format (or electronicsubmission)?
• Excluding certain data (privacy)?
• What to do when large number of potentialreports?
Minimum global publication standards?
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Enforcement considerations
• Acknowledge trade-off between transparencyand restrictive regulations (bans and limits)
• Contestants will hide certain data if manyrestrictions exist, or if they fear formal or politicalsanctions
• In some scenarios, contestants may hide data forfear of reprisals
• Extensive, detailed reviews of reports is beyondmost oversight institutions
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Civil society oversight
Media attention
Formal regulation (enforced)
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State control Social oversight
Role Guarantee compliancewith the law
Empower citizens tosupport or reject partiesOversee state control
Criteria Law and regulations Standards of behaviour accepted by society
Powers Investigative and sanctionmisbehaviour
Uncover and denounce unacceptable political finance links
Weaknesses Depending on reportingof misbehaviourPoor performance
Depending on disclosureLacking awareness ofpolitical finance
Sanctions Political, civil, criminalsanctions
Protest and withdraw support
Corrupt links Hard to prove causal link Reasonable doubt sufficesfor withdrawal of politicalsupport
The role of the State control and Social oversight
Source: Bruno Speck Political finance: state control and civil society monitoring U4 Brief No 12, 200811
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Role of civil
society
Investigate the actors
Monitor the public oversight
bodies
Review financial reports
Explain how political finance
matter for average citizens
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Civil society and media considerations
• Role of civil society and media in restrictive orclosing spaces
• Understanding and awareness among media, civilsociety and the public
• Risk of false report – fake news
• Social media – part of the problem and of thesolution