Electoral Institute for the Sustainability of Democracy in Africa

The Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa ( EISA) (formerly Electoral Institute of Southern Africa ( EISA) ) is a Founded in 1996, non-profit organization based in Johannesburg, South Africa and offices in Kinshasa (Congo), Antananarivo (Madagascar), Abidjan (Ivory Coast), N'Djamena (Chad) and Maputo ( Mozambique). The aim is to "promote credible elections, democratic participation and a culture of human rights and the strengthening of government institutions, aimed at the consolidation of democracy in Africa." The organization collects and publishes election results and assessments of elections, the development of political parties and conflict on the African continent.

Among the publications of EISA appear, in particular aligned to individual African countries manuals for the organization of elections, extensive reports on the process and the democratic standards of elections in African countries, the over since 2001 published Journal of African Elections, country profiles for the 15 SADC countries and Burundi, as well as a dozen books individual aspects of democracy and elections in Africa.

EISA lists of the European Union to the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, a number of governments and institutions as a supporter on. For several years, EISA has abandoned its original restriction on Southern Africa and deals with the entire African continent.