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.
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.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949.
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.
The Organization of American States, or the OAS, is a continental organization founded on 30 April 1948, for the purposes of regional solidarity and cooperation among its member states.
International IDEA does not have a dedicated country programme with knowledge, analysis and technical assistance on Canadian democracy. However, as part of International IDEA’s global comparative analysis on democracy, it occasionally produces comparative analysis on Canadian democracy in a global comparative perspective. A highlight of these resources are provided below.
