IV. Analysys and recommendations

F. Public funding

It is noted that although no specific provisions on enhancing gender equality in parties (e.g. through financial incentives) are contained in this Law, Article 40a of the Election Law does require parties to have at least one-third of the candidates from each gender.Parties which do not comply with this provision cannot participate in election processes at all and consequently cannot obtain state funding.[1]

[1] International IDEA, Political Finance data for Serbia, available at http://www.idea.int/political-finance/country.cfm?id=190.