Fabio Bargiacchi

Background

About Fabio Bargiacchi

I have worked in the elections field since the beginning of the 90s, starting work in the area of international electoral support in 1997. Between 1997 and 2004, I held several posts with the EU, the UN and the OSCE in countries such as West Bank/Gaza, Tanzania, Suriname, Indonesia and Zimbabwe, working as Senior Election Operations Expert, Electoral Training Advisor and Coordinator of EU Election Observers. I also gained extensive experience in managing electoral and democracy support projects while working for the Delegation of the EU in Mozambique and at the EU HQ in Brussels, where I worked as the Election Specialist within EuropeAid from Oct 2004 till Dec 2006. Starting Jan 2007 until Dec 2010, I served as Coordinator of the Joint EC UNDP Task Force (JTF) and Senior Electoral Assistance Advisor for UNDP Brussels. I led in the establishment of the JTF and in the supervision of activities for the formulation and support to the implementation of all EC-UNDP electoral assistance projects, mostly in the context of the EC UNDP Partnership on Electoral Assistance that I contributed to create. Thus, from Oct 2004 till Dec 2010 I was involved in more than 70 UNDP projects funded by the EU for ca. 600 million euros. I was also at the forefront of the conception and delivery of all electoral assistance trainings of the Joint EC UNDP IDEA from Sep 2005 till Feb 2011. From Jan 2011 till Feb 2012 I worked as UNDP Chief Technical Advisor for the Project in Support of the Electoral cycles of the 6 Portuguese Speaking Countries in Africa and Timor Leste (funded by the EU). In total I dealt with the electoral/democratization processes of 65 countries. I have founded the European Centre for Electoral Support and since the start of our activities I serve as Executive Director making ECES one of the most important electoral assistance providers in the world having implemented activities in more than 50 countries (mostly but not only in Africa and Middle East) and having led ECES to be ISO 9001 and TRACE certified for our quality management and financial transparency, to obtain 20 copyrights, mobilize more than 110 million euro and built a team of more than 60 nationalities that can speak and work in more than 30 languages.