Election Observation and Democracy Support (EODS) is the capacity building project for EU Election Observation. It is funded by the European Commission. The current EODS project has five main areas of support: • Strengthening the EU Election Observation Mission methodology • Building the capacity of EU election missions to assess the impact of social media on elections • Coordinating the communication strategy for EU election missions • Training election observation specialists in EU methodology and key election principles • Developing tools to support the operational aspects of EU election observation Election Observation and Democracy Support (EODS) follows the principles of the Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation commemorated at the United Nations in October 2005. The current EODS III project is the sixth in a series of EU-funded projects supporting EU election-related efforts since 2002. The EODS III project builds on the activities and resources developed by those previous projects. It is implemented by a consortium led by GIZ, which includes Democracy Reporting International (DRI) and Memo98 as partner organisations. The EODS III project was launched in February 2021. The EODS team includes: Holly Ruthrauff (Team Leader), Francesca Boggeri (Social Media Strategy Coordinator), Claudia Aranda (Communications Coordinator) and Jordi Barrat (Training Coordinator) as key experts. Giorgio Grasso (Editorial & IT specialist) supports the project in information technology and editorial activities, Nuno Loureiro (Project Officer) is responsible for administrative matters and Maria Maouni (Finance Officer) is responsible for finance issues. Keep on following the EODS Website as well as the EODS Facebook page and LinkedIn for regular updates on the project’s activities and events.