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122 ENHANCING ELECTIONS AS INSTRUMENTS OF DEMOCRACY IN THE ASEAN REGION

a) Engage in administrative and organizational review and
restructuring (e.g. integrate system administrators and

project management teams in staff) and institutional change
management programs before AES implementation.

b) Make ample time (at least 2 years) for the necessary
comprehensive planning, operational programming, internal
technical skills development, and public promotion.

c) Ensure transparency by engaging NGO and CSO partners in
the monitoring of all stages of the implementation process

(i.e. procurement, budget planning and spending, AES
design and configuration of security features, technical and

logistical preparations, polling place management, parallel
counting, legal monitoring, and aid).

d) Put in place project and system monitoring and evaluation
(M&E) to facilitate interim and post-election assessments.

6. Performance monitoring and evaluation is key to IECs

institutional development and reform, and engaging partners and
voters in constructive assessments will provide critical insights on

how to make elections more inclusive, honest, orderly, and peaceful.
Impartial, third-party assessments of the electoral system and voting
process over the past decade have guided the COMELEC’s formulation and

adoption of targeted electoral and institutional reform agendas, including
the transition to an automated election system. These assessments

have given impetus to the development of new strategic benchmarks