Tom Rogers
Tom Rogers was appointed the Australian Electoral Commissioner in 2014, having previously filled roles as the Deputy Electoral Commissioner and the Australian Electoral Commission’s (AEC) state manager (and Australian Electoral Officer) for New South Wales.
As Commissioner, Rogers has led the agency to successfully deliver the 2016, 2019 and 2022 federal elections, numerous by-elections, and boundary redistributions (redistricting) in every Australian state and territory. Most recently, he has led the AEC to deliver the first referendum in nearly a quarter of a century.
Annual Review 2023
International IDEA
A message from the Secretary-General
Democracy faces critical challenges around the world, from polarization and authoritarianism to disinformation and climate change. What’s more, these issues are not unique to developing countries or to nascent democracies. They are problems common to all democracies, and they require collective solutions. In such a context, the unique mandate of the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) to support sustainable democracy globally has become more important than ever.
For the past 28 years, the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) has honored its mandate to promote and advance democracy worldwide.
This Annual Review highlights our global contributions as a think-and do-tank dedicated to researching, delivering comparative knowledge resources and supporting in the implementation of democratic practices that help everyone build and maintain inclusive and resilient democracies.
A world in which everyone lives in inclusive and resilient democracies.
International IDEA advances, promotes and protects sustainable democracy worldwide in consideration of human rights commitments through policy-relevant knowledge, capacity development, advocacy and the convening of dialogues.
To achieve its mission, and in pursuit of its vision, International IDEA has defined six workstreams to align with the challenges and opportunities of the democracy landscape and the framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Electoral Processes, Constitution-Building Processes, Political Participation and Representation, Democracy Assessment, Climate Change and Democracy, and Digitalization and Democracy. The Institute mainstreams (a) gender and inclusion; (b) conflict sensitivity; and (c) environmental protection across all its work.
Learn about our strategic direction in our current democracy landscape.
Supporting democracy worldwide
How we work
International IDEA’s working modalities constitute a reinforcing loop of knowledge production, capacity development, advocacy and the convening of dialogues. International IDEA’s comparative knowledge and research inform its capacity development; these have policy influence and inform advocacy, and enable the convening of dialogues. In turn, capacity development in the field provides valuable lessons for knowledge production, policy influence and advocacy, enabling continuous learning within the Institute.
Supporting democracy worldwide
Our Impact
International IDEA in numbers
Top media mentions by country
2,416 (34%)
896 (13%)
644 (9.1%)
637 (9%)
276 (4%)
238 (3.3%)
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129 (1.8%)
90 (1.4%)
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Financials
Funding by theme
Member States and Donors’ contributions to the work of International IDEA are instrumental to advance our shared vision of achieving a more resilient and inclusive democracy for all. We are pleased to recognize our donors who have partnered with us for the delivery of key outcomes for democracy in 2023.
Donors
Top 10 core funders
Top 10 restricted funders
Partners
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Australia
In 2002 a team at the Australian National University began a series of democracy assessments to measure Australia's strengths and weaknesses as a democratic society. At the end of the project, called the Democratic Audit of Australia, they published a full assessment report in 2009 called Public Confidence in Australian Democracy and have since published a series of thematic reports.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
The mission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is to promote policies that will improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world. The OECD provides a forum in which governments can work together to share experiences and seek solutions to common problems.
Commonwealth of Nations
The Commonwealth is a voluntary association of 56 independent countries. It is home to 2.5 billion people, and includes both advanced economies and developing countries. 33 of the members are small states, including many island nations.
International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance is an intergovernmental organization. Its programmes aim to: provide knowledge to democracy builders; provide policy development and analysis; and to support democratic reform.
Pacific Islands Forum
The Pacific Islands Forum is an inter-governmental organization, founded in 1971, that aims to enhance cooperation between the independent countries of the Pacific Ocean.