Costa Rica, junto a Guatemala y El Salvador, es uno de los países de Centro América con mayor experiencia en el uso del balotaje o la segunda vuelta.
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Costa Rica, junto a Guatemala y El Salvador, es uno de los países de Centro América con mayor experiencia en el uso del balotaje o la segunda vuelta.
This article is available in English.
International IDEA has provided technical assistance for the preparation of the new Peruvian electoral schedule to be applied in the elections this year. The aim was to streamline terms and avoid overlaps in the phases of the electoral cycle.
Organized crime networks dedicated to illicit trafficking of drugs, people and wildlife—as well as money laundering and cybercrime, among other activities—are engines of instability.
On 4 May 2017, International IDEA hosted the workshop ‘Political corruption and organized crime: Drivers, effects and responses’ at the 2017 Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development, organized by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
Voting is the right of all adult citizens in Finland, regardless of where they might find themselves at the time of the election. On 17 January , the Embassy of Finland in Yangon organized an advanced voting day for Finns residing or traveling in Myanmar, ahead of the national presidential elections in Finland on 28 January. International IDEA’s Myanmar office arranged for the Union Election Commission (UEC) Chairperson and officials to observe the day.
IDEA Internacional brindó asistencia técnica en la elaboración del nuevo cronograma electoral peruano que se aplicará en elecciones de este año. Esta se orientó a uniformizar plazos y evitar que etapas del ciclo electoral se traslapen.
Electoral risk management (ERM) should be institutionalized by electoral management bodies (EMBs) as a means of strengthening their capacity to deliver credible elections. To this end, experts recommend the promotion of the ERM concept within a broader electoral assistance scheme.
Coinciding with the 2nd birthday anniversary of His Royal Highness the Gyalsey Jigme Namgyal Wangchuck, the Parliament of Bhutan launched the Parliament Committee Manual 2017 and Oversight Manual 2017 in the National Assembly Conference Hall on 5 February. International IDEA supported (both technically and financially) the drafting and publication of both manuals.
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Disclaimer: Views expressed in this commentary are those of the staff member. This commentary is independent of specific national or political interests. Views expressed do not necessarily represent the institutional position of International IDEA, its Board of Advisers or its Council of Member States.
What does the future hold for citizen participation? This is what European leaders came to talk about in Milan, Italy on Monday, 5 February 2018. At the European Open Government Leaders’ Forum, co-organized by the Open Government Partnership and the government of Italy, a mix of government ministers, civil society leaders and international organizations gathered to analyse the decline of citizen participation.
On 2 February 2018, the Secretary-General of International IDEA, Yves Leterme, welcomed a delegation from the European Court of Auditors (ECA) at the headquarters of International IDEA in Stockholm, Sweden, to discuss the results of a recent ECA Audit of EU Election Observation Missions.
iKNOW Politics—a partnership of International IDEA, IPU, UNDP and UN Women—is moderating an online discussion on Women's Participation in Local Government from 2 February to 8 March.
On 6–7 February, International IDEA will convene African parliamentarians and political party leaders in Cape Town to discuss institutional strengthening and natural resource policies.
Disclaimer: Views expressed in this commentary are those of the staff member. This commentary is independent of specific national or political interests. Views expressed do not necessarily represent the institutional position of International IDEA, its Board of Advisers or its Council of Member States.
El IV Foro Internacional de Santo Domingo bajo el tema “El estado de la democracia en América Latina: 40 años desde la tercera ola de la democracia”, organizado por IDEA Internacional, junto la Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (Funglode), se llevó a cabo del 16 al 18 de enero de 2018 en la capital dominicana.
The Fourth International Forum of Santo Domingo under the theme "The state of democracy in Latin America: 40 years since the third wave of democracy", organized by the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (Funglode for its Spanish acronym), together with International IDEA, took place from 16-18 January 2018 in Santo Domingo, the capital city of Dominican Republic.
On 11 January, International IDEA and the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MFA) organized a joint event to familiarize participants - from the MFA Diplomatic Training Program and the European Diplomatic Programme (Croatia, EU delegation)—with the key concepts, opportunities and challenges involved in the democracy support and electoral assistance agenda.
On Wednesday 24 and Thursday 25 January 2018, the Secretary-General of International IDEA, Yves Leterme, travelled to New Delhi, in order to attend an International Conference on the ‘Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities (PwD’s) in Electoral Processes’, and partake in the celebrations for India’s National Voters’ Day.
“Twenty-two years ago, when International IDEA was founded, there was no field of electoral administration… Today, there is a thriving and bustling community of professionals who learn from one another, who have access to cutting edge research and professional resources from around the world, and who have insights into how other countries tackle similar problems.
This paper is the product of the Experts’ General Meeting held on 28 April 2017 at the offices of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN ESCWA) as part of Phase II of the project on the National Agenda for the Future of Syria.