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%)
173 (2.4%)
129 (1.8%)
90 (1.4%)
88 (1.3%)
85 (1.2%)
79 (1.1%)
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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Arab League
The League of Arab States, commonly called the Arab League, is a regional organization of Arab states in and around North Africa, the Horn of Africa, and Southwest Asia.
Yemen
Yemen has been in a civil war since 2014, and several different actors are involved. The central conflict is between the internationally recognized government, backed by a Saudi-led military coalition, and the Houthi rebels, which Iran supports. The Houthis control the capital, Sanaa, and much of the country's north. The government heads the south and east of the country.