After 40 years of uneven experience, democracy is facing acute challenges in Latin America. The region’s undeniable success in establishing credible electoral processes and in advancing human development levels, has not been replicated in other crucial aspects of the democratic project, such as the rule of law, the workings of representative institutions, and the emergence of peaceful and cohesive societies.
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The Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) presents the fifth annual 360/Open Summit on June 6 and 7 at the Square, in-person in Brussels and online around the world.
The US Government is currently leading a Year of Action (YoA) through the Summit for Democracy (S4D) process- which has important overlaps and implications for the open governance agenda in participating countries and beyond. How can we ensure we are maximizing the opportunity this presents?
As the Chair of the Council of Member States of International IDEA, Canada invites you to an in-person event on “Disinformation and its impact on democratic processes” on April 26th from 16:30-18:00 CEST. The event will take place at International IDEA’s Headquarters located at Strömsborg 1 in Stockholm (by invitation only) and will also be live-streamed on our Youtube channel.
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) and the Government of Italy are co-organizing the virtual Conference SDG 16 'people-centered governance in a post-pandemic world,' 21-22 April 2022.
A red thread links the responses to the pandemic crisis and the capacity to address challenges like those posed by the Russia-Ukraine war: the importance of a rules-based international order for both preventing violent conflict and aggression and coping with global crises.
The Government of the United States hosted the first of two Summits for Democracy on 8–10 December 2021.
The General Elections Commission of the Republic of Indonesia (KPU RI) has been at the forefront of innovation when it comes to keeping the developmental momentum of electoral administration in the world's third largest democracy. Through this international seminar appropriately themed "Adopting Technology, Promoting Transparency and Enhancing Integrity", KPU RI will showcase its most recent achievements as well as obtaining insights from international experts on global trends.
The world is becoming more authoritarian as non-democratic regimes become increasingly brazen in their repression, and many democratic governments restrict free speech and weaken the rule of law.
"COVID-19 is a crisis with a woman’s face… The damage is incalculable and will resound down the decades, into future generations. Now is the time to change course. Women’s equal participation is the game-changer we need.”
“La COVID-19 es una crisis con rostro de mujer… El daño es incalculable y resonará a lo largo de las próximas décadas, en las generaciones futuras. Ahora es el momento de cambiar de rumbo. La participación igualitaria de las mujeres es el cambio de juego que necesitamos”.
There are a number of metrics and indices developed to assess the vibrancy, stability, and health of democratic institutions and culture. But they often measure different things. International IDEA's Head of Democracy Assessment Unit, Dr Seema Shah, will participate in the University of Virginia's Democracy Dialogues, a series produced by the UVA Karsh Institute of Democracy with the goal of strengthening democracy through civil debate.
Högskolan Väst celebrates International Women's Day and as part of this, the Centrum för Hållbarhet (CFH) invites you to a lecture with Rumbidzai Kandawasvika-Nhundu, Senior Advisor in Democracy and Inclusion at International IDEA, on 8 March 2022, 12:05 -12:55 Stockholm time, via Zoom.
The lecture theme is EQUALITY IN DEMOCRACY
To celebrate the International Women’s day, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland invites you to join the discussion “No Democracy without Gender Equality?”. Register here.
The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) invites you to join the Twitter chat session #Summit4DemocracyDialogues: Analyzing official statements and expectations on commitments on Tuesday, 8 February 2022, at 15:00-15:30 (CET/Brussels).
El informe "El estado de la democracia en el mundo: Fomentando la resiliencia en una era pandémica" de International IDEA tiene como objetivo influir en el debate global y analizar las tendencias y desafíos actuales a la democracia, exacerbados por la pandemia Covid-19.
The Second Digital Democracy Dialogue (3D2) will be held on 16-17 November 2021 at the Grand Hotel Suisse Majestic in Montreux. It will be avowedly multi-stakeholder, based on an understanding that to truly place digital technology at the service of democracy requires an inclusive and cooperative approach, with the involvement and collaboration of states, technology companies, civil society, election officials, academics and independent experts.
The 2021 #Tech4Rights Expo will be held virtually from 26 October to 29 October 2021. Join academics, civil society, human rights defenders, state and private sector representatives, artists and many more in exploring how technology influences human rights.
La Cuarta Asamblea Plenaria se celebrará virtualmente los días 21 y 22 de octubre de 2021. Después de un año atípico y nuevos retos que han enfrentado las autoridades jurisdiccionales-electorales alrededor del mundo, regresa esta conferencia de alto nivel a cargo del Tribunal Superior Electoral de la República Dominicana, Presidencia de la RMJE, con el apoyo de la Secretaría Técnica del Tribunal Electoral del Poder Judicial de la Federación de México.