other to recognize the good and/ or bad practices in the region. A joint management institution of elections could be considered good if it fulfils some preconditions: - The tasks are assigned to those agencies best equipped to accomplish them(a form of subsidiary) - The link between the agencies is arranged so that any task initiated by one of them is pursued in a timely manner by other agencies supposed to continue the work so as to necessarily lead to the expected results - Agencies are arranged in a way so as to enable the smooth functioning of mechanisms that give credibility to the process (control, balances, security, settlement of disputes, etc.) All good and less good practices can be appreciated through both the content of the legal framework of elections and the observation of the management of past elections and in their relation to the issues discussed above. A good example: The electoral commission of Sierra Leone In our view, there is no model that could be considered the best in relation to the subject matter in this section. More importantly, whatever model chosen in a country, the tasks of the process should be fully implemented within a framework that reassures both politicians and ordinary citizens. In light of the available experiences, the example of Sierra Leone can be regarded as a promising example. Of course, that is not the only one in the sub-region. The example of the electoral commission of Sierra Leone presents a situation(a strong central referee) where 114