Menchón López, Isabel creator text MadridES Spain. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation 2014 monographic 206 p. Describes the growing importance of election observation over the last 25 years. Explains the legal basis undepinning election observation activity. Considers funding, the institutional structure of election observation. Presents new approaches and describes the Core Team, long and short-term observers, their functions, aspects of elections to be observed and methods to be applied. Looks at the code of conduct for observers. Discusses issues related to election fraud, gender and elections, monitoring media coverage, the observation of electronic voting and security in missions. 1/26/17 SANDRAW 04.04.02 M536