Facilitators and other Contributors Patrick Merloe, Senior Associate and Director of Electoral Programs at NDI, prepared the background documents for the Draft Development Group’s Johannesburg Meeting and facilitated the consensus building process leading to the Declaration’s final text. Richard Klein, Senior Advisor for Electoral Programs at NDI, facilitated the Draft Development Group’s Johannesburg Meeting, along with Patrick Merloe, and contributed to the Meeting’s background documents. Andrew Bruce of the UNEAD contributed to the background documents provided to the Draft Development Group’s Johannesburg Meeting and commented on the initial draft of the Declaration before it was circulated widely to GNDEM members for comment and during the final consensus process that finalized the text. Peter Novotny, former Secretary General of ENEMO, and present Executive Director of Civic Eye, which conducts non-partisan election monitoring in Slovakia, provided written comments to the Draft Development Group’s Johannesburg Meeting. 41