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A flagship CTO event, this has grown into a platform for knowledge-sharing among peer groups steering ICT projects in e-delivery of health care, education and governance. This Forum echoes the Commonwealth's 2013 theme: The Road Ahead for Africa.
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ICT enhancing Democracy
Munyonyo, 26 March 2013
Eric Elbhar
VP WW Biz Dev
Scytl Innovative Democracy
Antoine Faye
Biz Dev Manager Africa
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Typical Challenges in Election Management
Our understanding
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• High cost of running elections
• Large manpower training and deployment
• Logistics issues involved in managing ballots boxes and ballot papers
• Low participation especially from younger generation
• No participation from voters living abroad/Migrant workers
• Disable people not able to vote autonomously
• Tremendous effort in the manual counting process
• Time to announce the election results
• Transparency and auditability
• Data Analysis
• etc.
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About SCYTL
• Experience – Over 17 Years in Elections
• Leader – in Security apply to elections systems
• Advisor – of International institutions & Governmental agencies
• Knowledge – Best practices from Election Leaders WW
• Trust – Have Conducted Over 100K Election Events
• Customers – Over 2000 Clients in the 5 Continents
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Overview
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Customer References
Global Experience
4.
Canada
USA
Mexico
Peru
Argentina
Finland
Norway
The UK
France
Spain
Switzerland
Costa Rica
Ecuador
The EU
Austria
Slovakia
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Ethiopia
The UAE
India
The Philippines
Australia
South Africa
New Zealand
Russia
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Solutions Portfolio
Electoral Solutions
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Pre-electoral Period Solutions
Day-to-Day Election Planning
Voter Education Portal
Election Worker Training Voter Registration
Election Assets management Call Center Software
Before the Election Day
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Election day & Post-electoral solutions
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Electronic Voter List PC-Based or HW specific eVoting Phone Voting
Results Consolidation Broadcast of the Results Internet Voting
During and after the Election Day
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Benefits of Technology in Electoral Processes
• The use of technologies allows
providing real-time feedback.
• It accelerates the counting
process through electronic
transmission of the results
from all the polling places, and
automated consolidation.
• Digital platform can be audited
by independent experts before,
during and after the election day.
• Source-code can/must be
published.
• Electoral information can be
broadcasted over the internet
and other communication means
for the citizens and the observers
to follow up the process.
• Better election management
and planning system leads to
better resource management
and control of the costs.
• Asset tracking avoid loss of
material.
• Digital application can be
reused from an election to
another (ROI).
• Less paper in the overall
process.
• Digital applications and
networks are using
cryptographic protocols, data
encryption and digital
signatures.
• Data and infrastructure are
protected against external
and internal attacks.
• Proper network infrastructure
includes back up and remote
mirror site to avoid loss of
data or failure of the service.
Speed Transparency Security Cost-effectiveness
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Electoral Modernization
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Vision: Providing state-of-the-art technology in order to enhance
citizen’s trust in electoral processes. Mission:
Help democracies to modernize their electoral
processes, providing them with the appropriate security
systems at the lowest cost and adapted to their legal,
social and technological specific context.
Scytl’s Vision and Mission
