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The Elections Reform Support Group or ERSG is an organization co-chaired by the United States and the European Union to coordinate the reform of the Palestine electoral system founded in 2002.<ref name = "IFES_WB&G"> http://www.ifes.org/westbankgaza.html?page=past IFES-West Bank/Gaza. Accessed June 30, 2006Cite error: The opening <ref> tag is malformed or has a bad name (see the help page).<ref name = "UNDP PAPP"> www.undp.org/governance/eventsites/electoral-manila/files/UNDP%2520PAPP%2520democratic%2520elections.doc+Elections+Reform+Support+Group+(ERSG)&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us UNDP/PAPP Support to the Electoral Process in Palestine. Accessed June 30, 2009Cite error: The opening <ref> tag is malformed or has a bad name (see the help page). Members include the states of Denmark, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States.<ref name = "IFES_WB&G"> Also international orginizations such as the European Commission, the office of the European Union Presidency, the United Nations and the United Nations Development Program participate in this program.<ref name = "IFES_WB&G">
The organization is supported by a number of contractors including the International Foundation for Electoral Systems which joined the support of the Group in 2003.<ref name = "IFES_WB&G">
Activities
The program has acted to develop and implement a project to draft election law with the PLC Legal Committee in close coordination with appropriate USAID Mission personnel.<ref name = "IFES_WB&G">
Through the Group the European Union provided five elections experts and 10 million Euros to support the project, UNDP/PAPP provided two experts, Japan contributed 1 million dollars, Canada contributed 1.2 million Canadia dollars and an expert, Norway contibuted 1 million dollars and Denmark provided 300,000 dollars.>[1]