The Department of Foreign Affairs maintains and administers a voluntary roster of suitably skilled and vetted individuals who are available to participate at short notice in election observation missions organised by the European Union (EU) and the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). Ireland's current five-year international Election Observation Roster was established on 1 January 2024 and has 173 members.
Ireland is proud to have participated, through the Roster, in each of the EU and OSCE Election Observation Missions so far in 2024. 63 Roster members have participated across 14 Missions: four EU Missions, to Senegal, Jordan, Mozambique, and Sri Lanka, and ten OSCE Missions, two to Azerbaijan and one each to North Macedonia, Serbia, Mongolia, Georgia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Moldova, the United States, and Uzbekistan.
Presidential Elections are due to be held in Romania on 24 November and Parliamentary Elections on 1 December. However, we have not so far received a request from the OSCE in relation to election observation missions for these elections.