The Joint EC-UNDP Task Force on Electoral Assistance (JTF) and the UNDP Project in Support of the 2009-2012 Electoral Cycles in the Portuguese-Speaking African Countries and Timor-Leste (Pro-PALOP-TL)1 co-organised a five-day workshop in Maputo, Mozambique from 4-8 March 2013 to address issues surrounding the sustainability of electoral administration and processes. The discussions focused on two core issues: the costs and funding of electoral processes, and the extent to which costs have repercussions on the wider grounding of electoral administration in a state commitment to electoral integrity.