The National Democratic Institute (NDI) organized a pre-election assessment mission to the West Bank and Gaza from April 25 to May 7, 2017, in advance of local elections scheduled for May 13, 2017. The mission aimed to produce an addendum to the Institute’s original pre-election assessment conducted from August 24 to September 1, 2016, in advance of the subsequently postponed October 8 local elections. Members of the original delegation returning for this follow-up assessment included: Owen Kirby, former Senior Advisor in the Department of State’s Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) and currently a consultant for the International Republican Institute (IRI) and Emily Harding, NDI’s Resident Representative for West Bank/Gaza programs.