1.      Representatives from 46 countries and 11 international organisations gathered in Istanbul on 23 and 24 February 2016 to participate in the third Ministerial High‐Level Partnership Forum (HLPF), hosted by H.E. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of the Republic of Turkey and co‐chaired by H.E.  Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of the Federal Republic of Somalia and H.E. Mr. Jan Eliasson, Deputy‐Secretary General of the United Nations. This forum follows previous meetings held in Copenhagen in 2014 and Mogadishu in 2015.

The National Independent Electoral Commission is greatly involved in the preparation of establishing the organizational infrastructure in order to carry out their delegated national duties which are managing and administering of the elections. The function of this commission shall be guided by principles of work such as honesty, transparency, and accountability.This commission is independent to perform its national duties towards holding elections as required by the constitution and the law on which this commission is founded, which was passed by the federal parliament in February, 2015.