Twenty representatives from six indigenous tribes in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), selected as IP Champions, are attending a weeklong training workshop on International IDEA’s Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in Constitutions Assessment Tool (IPCAT).
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Towards Greater Participation by Youth in Post Revolution Sudan
International IDEA Sudan’s Programme Holds Workshops and Panel Discussions with Young Civil Society and Political Activists
Este martes 10 de agosto a las 17:00 h. (UTC -4) se realizará un acto virtual de lanzamiento del Programa de Capacitación de Candidatas de la Escuela de Formación Política para Mujeres Líderes del Tribunal Superior de Justicia Electoral (TSJE).
A historic first, the Chilean Constitutional Convention embeds gender parity by design. The resulting body, comprised of 78 men and 77 women, will write Chile’s new constitution.
La Convención Constitucional chilena, como hito histórico, contempló un diseño de paridad de género en su integración. Como resultado, una entidad integrada por 78 hombres y 77 mujeres redactarán la nueva constitución chilena.
In February 2021, Perludem and Djokosoetono Research Center (DRC) of Universitas Indonesia, launched their flagship journal, the Asia Pacific Journal of Elections and Democracy (APJED) under The Asia-Pacific Regional Support for Elections and Political Transitions (RESPECT) program conducted by Perludem. APJED serves as a forum that records various research related to elections and democracy in the Asia-Pacific region.
The fourth webinar under the Democratic Development in Melanesia Webinar series 2021 will look at International IDEA’s recently launched updated
This side event at the 14th Session of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP) will serve as a brief introduction to International IDEA's publication, “Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in Constitutions Assessment Tool” published in August 2020.
Challenges facing our representative democracies today cannot be met without open, transparent and accountable parliaments. Marking the launch of the Parliamentary Talks series, OGP, International IDEA and Directorio Legislativo invite policymakers, experts and civil society partners to take stock of the progress made and challenges faced by parliaments in strengthening democracy in the Eastern Partnership region.
International IDEA and the Institute for Autonomy and Governance will launch the EU-funded project IP Champions: Advancing Indigenous Peoples Rights in the Philippines on 8 July 2021.
In recognition of the Swedish Parliament’s ongoing 100-year jubilee of the democratic process, the Stockholm Philanthropy Symposium, International IDEA, International YOUTH Think Tank, and Athens Democracy Forum have joined forces to organize the Almedalen Democracy
Este martes 6 de julio, a las 17:00 h. (UTC -4), se llevará a cabo de manera virtual la inauguración oficial del primer Curso para Candidatas Electorales “Juana María de Lara”, organizado de manera conjunta por el Ministerio de la Mujer de Paraguay, la Comisión Interamericana de Mujeres (CIM/OEA), la Escuela de Gobierno de la Organización de Estados Americanos (OEA), e IDEA Internacional, con el apoyo de la Unión Europea (UE).
A strong civil society is recognized as an important contributor to both launching and sustaining a transition to democratic governance. The role of civil society in elections often takes the form of support for the institutional processes of a democratic election as well as the more substantive empowerment of a democratic electorate. Civil society does, however, have a role to play in reducing election-related conflict dynamics and promoting a peaceful electoral environment.
In the run-up to the Dutch parliamentary elections of 17 March 2021, threats to online political campaigns emerged, related to microtargeting, (foreign) funding, disinformation and lacking transparency by tech giants.
International IDEA invites you to a new Debating Democracy webinar entitled: What’s happening to democracy in Latin America? on Wednesday 16 June 2021, at 16:00-17:30 CEST.
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Desde el año 2014 FOROS SANTANDER, con la moderación de Roberto Artavia, Presidente de VIVA IDEA, ha venido llevando a cabo el ENCUENTRO COSTA RICA, una cita con líderes, intelectuales, y gestores de diferentes organizaciones a fin de plantear alternativas de solución en cada una de las ediciones, a los múltiples problemas que aquejan a la región.
Enhancing transparency in the flow of money in the public sphere is a major driver for the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, especially the realization of SDG16 on peaceful, just and inclusive institutions. Inadequately controlled political finance is one of the most widely exploited entry points for illicit financial flows and for narrow private interests to exert undue influence over public policies and policymaking processes.
Welcome to a conversation about the work to defend and strengthen democracy as Sweden celebrates its centenary, with the Swedish Minister of Culture and Democracy Amanda Lind and Annika Silva-Leander, Senior Programme Manager at the Democracy Assessment Unit of International IDEA.
Pro-democracy forces in Belarus continue to demand the holding of early elections as a way out of the current crisis. We at International IDEA are honored to be co-organizers of the conference Democratic Elections for Resolution of Crisis in Belarus, 1-2 June 2021 convened by the Office of Sviatlana Tikhanouskaya.
International IDEA will participate in this event organized by the Swedish Development Forum (FUF) that takes a regional perspective on democracy, focusing particularly on the state of democracy in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).