News:Election commission of India(ECI) will host the 10th Annual Meeting of The Forum of the Election Management Bodies of South Asia(FEMBoSA) in New Delhi.
Facts:
About FEMBoSA:
- Forum of the Election Management Bodies of South Asia(FEMBoSA) was established at the 3rd Conference of Heads of Election Management Bodies(EMBs) of SAARC Countries in 2012.
- The forum aims to increase mutual cooperation in respect to the common interests of the SAARC’s EMBs.
- Besides ECI,the other seven members of the forum are EMBs from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
Objectives of the forum:
- promote contact among the EMBs of the SAARC countries
- share experiences with a view to learning from each other and
- cooperate with one another in enhancing the capabilities of the EMBs towards conducting free and fair elections.
