CONFERENCE DE LA FRANCOPHONIE
FIGHTING ELECTORAL VIOLENCE: TOOLS AND STRATEGIES
March 19th, 2015, 13.00 – 15.00
Uppsala, Blåsenhus, auditorium Eva Netzelius
13.00 (sharp) Welcome and Introduction
Peter Egardt – Governor, Uppsala County.
Stig Strömholm – Former Vice-Chancellor and Professor Emeritus, Uppsala University.
France Chainaye – Ambassador of Belgium in Sweden, on behalf of the Embassies organizing the
month of Francophonie in Sweden.
13.15
Preventing and Mitigating Electoral Violence – IDEA’s Electoral Risk Management Tool (ERMTool)
Yves Leterme - Secretary General of International IDEA.
Leading international organization, mandated by its member states to support democracy worldwide,
the Stockholm-based International IDEA developed the ERMTool to support efforts of national and
regional stakeholders in preventing electoral violence. Yves Leterme will present this tool and its
application, and the work of the Institute.
13.45
Armed Conflict and Conflict Resolution
Peter Wallensteen - Senior Professor of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University.
Prof. Wallensteen will speak on the topic of conflicts and conflict resolution, and why democracy and
elections are important in this regard.
14.05
Electoral Risks in West Africa, Towards Electoral Violence?
Anders Sjögren – Senior Researcher at Nordic Africa Institute & Leader of the Conflict Cluster.
Elections: free, fair, violent? Anders Sjögren will speak on recent trends on electoral authoritarianism
and violence in Africa.
Jesper Bjarnesen – Senior Researcher at Nordic Africa Institute.
Analysis of electoral dynamics in Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, and Guinea.
14.25
Panel discussion followed by Q&A
15.00
End of the Conference
Moderator: Prof. P. Wallensteen
Language : English
Mr. Yves Leterme
Secretary General of International IDEA
Former Prime Minister of Belgium
The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) is an
intergovernmental organization with a mission to support sustainable democracy worldwide. The
objectives of the Institute are to support stronger democratic institutions and processes, and more
sustainable, effective and legitimate democracy.
Prof. Peter Wallensteen
Senior Professor of Peace and Conflict Research, since 2012.
Dag Hammarskjöld Professor of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University 1985-2012.
Richard G. Starmann Sr. Research Professor of Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame,
Indiana, USA, since 2006.
Research Areas : Causes of War, Conflict Analysis, Conflict Resolution, International Sanctions,
Mediation, Conflict Prevention, Global Governance, Peacebuilding.
Dr. Anders Sjögren
Senior Researcher at NAI from April 2010
Cluster: Conflict. Acting cluster leader
Subject areas: Comparative political economy. Land. Citizenship. State-society relations.
Geographical areas: Kenya, Uganda
Dr. Jesper Bjarnesen
Senior Researcher at NAI from September 2013
Clusters: Conflict and African International Links
Subject areas: Mobility, wartime displacement, intergenerational relations, rural-urban connections,
informal labour recruitment, transnational migration, urban land rights.
Geographical areas: Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea Conakry