Andorra, Parliamentary Elections, 3 April 2011: Needs Assessment Mission Report

On 21 February 2011, in accordance with OSCE commitments, the Permanent Mission of the Principality of Andorra to the OSCE invited the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) to observe the 3 April early parliamentary elections. The OSCE/ODIHR undertook a Needs Assessment Mission (NAM) to Andorra from 21 to 23 March. The NAM included Armin Rabitsch, OSCE/ODIHR Senior Election Adviser, and Lusine Badalyan and Drew Hyslop, OSCE/ODIHR Election Advisers.

The purpose of the mission was to assess the pre-election environment and the preparations for the elections. Based on this assessment, the NAM was to recommend whether to deploy an OSCE/ODIHR election-related activity for the forthcoming elections, and if so, to determine what type of activity best meets the identified needs.