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In the first week of September 2017, as two experts from UK Parliament/British Parliament, we were in Thimphu to assist in developing a Guideline for Review of Bill for the Parliament of Bhutan with support of International IDEA.

On 10 October 2017, the Government of Mexico, represented by the Ambassador of Mexico to Sweden, Agustín Gasca Pliego, joined International IDEA's Secretary-General Yves Leterme, and Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean,  Daniel Zovatto, for the signing ceremony of the host-country agreement to establish a sub-regional office of International IDEA in Mexico City.

El 10 de octubre de 2017, el Gobierno de México, representado por el Embajador de México en Suecia, Agustín Gasca Pliego, se reunió junto al Secretario General de IDEA Internacional, Yves Leterme, y el Director Regional para América Latina y el Caribe, Daniel Zovatto, para la firma del Acuerdo de País Sede para establecer una oficina subregional de IDEA Internacional en la Ciudad de México.

Kyrgyzstan is seen as a beacon of hope for democracy in Central Asia, in a region otherwise dominated by autocratic regimes. However, as is the case in many places, money in politics is undermining and threatening the integrity of this young democracy. Vote buying is rampant, political parties are often little more than vehicles for wealthy business figures and the buying and selling of parliamentary seats is commonplace. The country does, however, have a vibrant civil society.

International IDEA's Electoral Processes Programme held the first workshop of its 'Timing and Sequencing of Transitional Elections Workshop' in Dakar, Senegal on 13 and 14 September 2017.

This Primer discusses constitutional rules for the selection and removal of parliamentary governments. Governments in parliamentary democracies are not elected directly by the people; rather, they are selected indirectly by or through parliament, are responsible to parliament and may be removed from office by a parliamentary vote of no confidence.

Con motivo del Día Internacional de la Democracia, el Tribunal Supremo Electoral de Brasil, organizó el pasado 15 de septiembre, un encuentro regional sobre democracia y elecciones, contando con la participación de los representantes de los Órganos Electorales de los países del MERCOSUR; IDEA Internacional; la ONU; la OEA; Human Rights Watch y otros destacados expertos electorales.

On 15 September, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal of Brazil organized a regional conference on ‘Democracy and Elections’ as part of International Day of Democracy celebrations. The conference was attended by electoral body representatives of MERCOSUR countries, International IDEA, the United Nations, the Organization of American States, Human Rights Watch and other prominent electoral experts.

On Monday 2 October 2017, International IDEA hosted a panel discussion on 'Democracy, Poverty and Peace' at International IDEA´s headquarters in Stockholm.

The panel was organized by ATD Fourth World, an international NGO that works on poverty eradication through changing society´s views of people living in poverty, and through the empowerment of marginalized groups.

On 2 October 2017, International IDEA celebrated a decade of work in Bolivia, satisfying the mission of supporting democratic processes and institutions. Its work focuses on four thematic areas: constitutional building; electoral processes; participation and political representation; democracy and development. It also works transversally on gender, diversity, conflict and security issues.

Este 2 de octubre IDEA Internacional celebra una década de trabajo en Bolivia, cumpliendo con la misión de apoyar los procesos y las instituciones democráticas. Su trabajo se enfoca en cuatro áreas temáticas: procesos constitucionales; procesos electorales; participación y representación política; democracia y desarrollo. Así mismo,  trabaja de manera transversal los temas de género, diversidad, conflicto y seguridad.

El incremento de mujeres en la política y en los espacios de toma de decisión se viene dando de manera muy lenta en el Perú.  En 2016 en el país se ha iniciado un importante proceso de reforma electoral que IDEA Internacional ha venido acompañando y en un primer documento de trabajo se ha incluido la paridad y alternancia. Es un importante avance instalar este debate dentro del parlamento peruano.

On Friday 29 September 2017, the Secretary-General of International IDEA, Mr Yves Leterme, travelled to Sopot, Poland, in order to participate in a panel discussion at the yearly European Forum for New Ideas.

_{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.}

The inaugural Melbourne Forum brought together leading academics and practitioners from across Asia and the Pacific to discuss constitution-building in contexts where there is a territorially defined societal conflict. Discussions highlighted both the importance of exchanging knowledge and experiences, and the need for more opportunities for practitioner-focused discussions in Asia and the Pacific.

Desde la puesta en vigencia de la nueva Constitución Política del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia en el año 2009, se constitucionaliza la participación paritaria de hombres y mujeres en los órganos de representación política y en la propia estructura del Estado Plurinacional.

El día 19 de Septiembre, en la ciudad de La Paz, tuvo lugar el Taller Nacional convocado por el Tribunal Supremo Electoral para la socialización de los resultados de las jornadas departamentales de deliberación en torno los contenidos de la Ley de Organizaciones Políticas, que se encuentra en construcción, con el apoyo de IDEA Internacional junto a ONU Mujeres, Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (

The National Workshop convoked by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal took place on 19 September 2017 in La Paz city, for the socialization of the results of the departmental days of deliberation around the contents of the Law of Political Organizations, which is located under construction, with the support of International IDEA with UN Women, the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), the

_{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.}

_{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.}