(1) The “Electoral expert” Centre, legal entity subordinated to the Permanent Electoral Authority, shall be set up with the following objectives:

a) to support the drawing up and implementation of the strategies of the Permanent Electoral Authority;
b) to increase the level of knowledge and skills of the persons engaged in the preparation, organisation and unfolding of the electoral processes;
c) to improve access to the international and regional legal instruments in the electoral field, to the national electoral legislation, to the case-law and specialised literature in this field;
d) to inform and educate the voters and electoral competitors in the spirit of the international principles and standards in the electoral field;
e) to develop electoral integrity.

(2) The “Electoral expert” Centre shall be headed by a director, appointed by the president of the Permanent Electoral Authority, based on a competition, under the law.

(3) The organisation and functioning regulations of the “Electoral expert” Centre and the number of staff thereof shall be approved by bylaw* of the permanent bureaus of the two Chambers of Parliament, upon proposal by the president of the Permanent Electoral Authority.

(4) The staff of the “Electoral expert” Centre is assimilated, from the point of view of statute and pay, to the staff of the Permanent Electoral Authority.

(5) The staff of the Permanent Electoral Authority can conduct activities paid by the hour within the “Electoral expert” Centre, under the conditions set by the organisation and functioning regulations.