New technologies for communication and collaboration also played an important role. Recognizing the importance of the "full participation of citizens in the functioning of democracy", a coalition of 15 national organizations - the Grupo das Organizações da Sociedade Civil para as Eleições (Group of Civil Society Organizations for the Elections, GOSCE) - joined forces to run a domestic electoral watchdog by monitoring the pre-electoral period until the day of elections.
15 guinea-bissauische Nichtregierungsorganisationen schlossen sich zur „Gruppe der Organisationen der Zivilgesellschaft für die Wahlen“ (Grupo das Organizações da Sociedade Civil para as Eleições, GOSCE) zusammen, um gemeinsam eine landeseigene Beobachtung des Wahlkampfs und der Wahlen an sich auf die Beine zu stellen und so allen Bürgerinnen und Bürger faire und gerechte Wahlen zu ermöglichen.