AEOBiH conducted election observation missions to Poland, Lithuania and Slovenia in 2000 and to Italy, United Kingdom, Bulgaria, Albania, Norway and Poland in 2001. These programs for AEOBiH members differed from typical international election observation missions because they were comprehensive study tours lasting from four to seven days.

Two AEOBiH members also participated in an election observation mission to Belarus in September 2001, while three members observed Parliamentary Elections in Hungary in 2002. These two programs were organized under the auspices of the Association of Central and Eastern European Election Officials (ACEEEO), of which the AEOBiH is a member.

All programs included meetings with major political parties, NGOs, election commissions and election administrators at various levels. The talks covered such topics as training of elections officials, the voter registration process, use of modern technology in elections, and decentralization of electoral administration. The programs also included election day observation activities and visits to polling stations.

Evaluation seminars are organized after each mission. Participants use this opportunity to exchange their experiences from abroad and produce reports to share what they have learned with other AEOBiH members. Participants also write newsletter articles and design presentations and exhibits for the AEOBiH annual conferences at the end of the year. Participants have evaluated these programs as valuable educational experiences that have exposed them to the wider world of election systems and alternate solutions to problems similar to those faced by election officials in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

IFES and AEOBiH are planning an election observation mission to Slovakia in 2002 as well as to other countries in the future.

Participation in such international programs has introduced the BiH election officials to different election systems and has brought a greater sense of understanding and appreciation for their own complex system.