There are some interesting elections coming up before the summer, all of which will presumably have OSCE election observation missions deployed to them, which will in turn need people from OSCE participating states (Europe, former Soviet Union, US and Canada) to do the observing.

Croatia: holds local elections in May some time. Nothing too exciting expected.
Bulgaria: parliamentary elections in June. Interesting politically – how will the King do?
Albania: parliamentary elections to be held in July. Could be, er, exciting.
Kyrgyzstan: date unknown but probably the most interesting election this year!

US citizens interested will find the relevant information here, British citizens here and Canadians here. Irish citizens – I have a copy of the application form and the name of the person to send it to in Development Cooperation Ireland; feel free to contact me (but read the other websites first as they give a pretty good idea of what is required). The Dutch system is less formal but the requirements tougher. The Belgian Foreign ministry has information hier and ici. There’s also an EU form here.