The European Centre for Electoral Support (ECES) is a not for profit, non partisan and independent Foundation with its Headquarters in the capital of Belgium, Brussels.

It was established at the end of 2010 by some senior electoral and democracy support practitioners to serve the European Union and its Member states in their electoral cooperation matters with respective partner countries.

ECES operates globally, however, it has implemented projects and activities mainly in Africa and the Middle East, primarily with funding from the European Union and several EU Member states among which are Germany, France, Italy, Denmark, Ireland, Austria and Luxembourg.

Together with the United Nations Development Programme, International IDEA and the Organisation for the Security and Cooperation in Europe, ECES is today among the 4 most important implementing partners of electoral support funded by the European Union and its Member States at global level.

ECES is TRACE and ISO 9001 certified for its financial and quality management systems respectively.

ECES is a member of the European Peacebuilding Liaison Office network, the largest European network of 40 independent organisations from around 20 European countries working in the area of peacebuilding and conflict prevention.