EDGE Foundation

Acronym: EDGE

General Information

Identification Code: 840151750592-38

Website: https://www.e-edge.eu

Entity Form: Foundation of Public Utility (not-for-profit)

Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar

Registration Date: 6/26/2023

Last Update: 6/14/2024

Mission & Interests

Goals: The EDGE (Experts in Democracy, Governance and Elections) is a Foundation of Public Utility registered under Belgian Law to support democracy advances through capacity building and sustainable technology. EDGE provides methodology support, advice and fellowship to individuals and institutions working to enhance democracy by promoting understanding of electoral processes and the sustainable and transparent use of technology applications in electoral activities. As a member organisation of the European Partnership for Democracy, the EDGE Foundation strives to promote values of transparency and sustainability in electoral processes through a long-term and holistic approach to electoral assistance that goes beyond the electoral period and inscribes its technical interventions in a more comprehensive and politically aware context.

Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests

Interests:

Education and training
External relations
Humanitarian aid and civil protection
International co-operation and development
Justice and fundamental rights
Migration and asylum
Research and innovation
Youth

Levels of Interest:

european
global

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: EU Communication on Electoral Assistance and Observation 2000 (COMM 2000/191) | EU Parliament Resolution on Election Assistance and Observation of 2001 (A5/0060/2001) | EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2020-2024 | NDICI Multi Annual Indicative Programmes | Digital Services Act Package | Youth Action Plan in EU External Action of 4 October 2022 | EU Code of Practice on Disinformation of 16 June 2022 | Report on Foreign Interference in all Democratic processes in the EU, including disinformation (A9-0187/2023)

Communication Activities: • Design, development and delivery of media monitoring tools for EU EOMs and domestic observers (iMas) • Design development and delivery of electoral data collection tool for electoral observation missions (Max report) • Co-author of the AHEAD approach for holistic democracy assistance, https://epd.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/epd-elections-ahead-2.pdf • EPD Joint Statement for Summit for Democracy, https://epd.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/epd-joint-statement-on-summit-for-democracy.pdf • Signatory through EPD of the Civil Society statement on Democratic Digital Infrastructure https://epd.eu/2023/06/05/civil-society-statement-on-democratic-digital-infrastructure/ • Joint Statement: Civil Society Recommendations for the Commission on the Rule of Law Report, available at: https://epd.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/joint-statement-on-rule-of-law-reports-22-09-21-epd.pdf • The Future of EU Electoral Support (https://europeandemocracyhub.epd.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/The-Future-of-European-Electoral-Support_final.pdf)

Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A

Head Office

Address: Avenue Louise 367

Post Code: 1050

City: Brussels

Country: BELGIUM

Phone:

Indic Phone: 32

Phone Number: 26420000

EU Office

Address: Avenue Louise 367

Post Code: 1050

City: Brussels

Country: BELGIUM

Phone:

Indic Phone: 32

Phone Number: 26420000

Financial Data

Closed Year:

Start Date:

End Date:

Funding Sources:

EU funding
Grants
Other

Other Source Info: Integrated by voluntary board member contributions

Contributions:

Total Budget: 123445

Grants:

Source: NDICI INTPA
Amount: 0
Currency: €
_id:
Buffer:
0: 104
1: 64
2: 61
3: 47
4: 158
5: 212
6: 182
7: 32
8: 86
9: 90
10: 36
11: 165

Current Year:

Grants:

Complementary Information: The figures for the current financial year refer only to the first five months of 2024

Membership Information

Members25 Percent: 4

Members50 Percent: 4

Members: 8

Members F T E: 3

Structure

Structure Type: Structure

Is Member Of: The EDGE Foundation is a member organisation of the European Partnership for Democracy (EPD), registered as not-for-profit NGO in Belgium (ASBL). Together with the following 17 organisations, EDGE constitutes EPD’s Community of Practice: • Article 19 • ALDA - European Association for Local Democracy • Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy (NIMD) • Club de Madrid • Danish Institute for Parties and Democracy (DIPD) • Democracy Reporting International (DRI) • Demo Finland • Elbarlament • Election-Watch.EU • European Exchange • Kofi Annan Foundation • Netherlands Helsinki Committee (NHC) • Institute for Political Sciences of the Catholic University of Portugal • People in Need (PIN) • Oslo Centre • Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) • CFI – the French Agency for Media Cooperation

Organisation Members: European Partnership for Democracy (https://epd.eu)