Since 1990 we have both travelled a great deal to undertake electoral - and other - assistance missions in support of new and emerging democracies. Michael has clocked up forty-seven missions in thirty-one countries. These have mainly been sponsored by the European Union or the United Nations and sometimes by the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). Many of these missions sprouted their own websites and, together with important links, these are listed below.

Many of these missions sprouted their own websites and, together with important links, these are listed below.

Articles

• Visit to Oman
  Article in Order, Order, Summer 2014, the journal of the Association of Former Members of Parliament

Useful sites

• Wikipedia Election World
• UN Electoral Assistance Department
• Election Resources on the Internet
• International Foundation for Electoral Systems 
• International IDEA (International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance)
• National Democratic Institute
• Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy
• OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights