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International IDEA’s New York office will hold an event today on better coordination of partnerships between regional organizations and civil society in enhancing United Nations (UN) work on peace and security.

Starting today, staff of the Independent Electoral Commission of Lesotho (IEC) will meet up in Maseru for a five-day BRIDGE workshop on strategic planning. The workshop takes place in the context of the IEC’s engagement to develop a new strategic plan foreseen to guide the EMBs work in the coming years.

Election campaign filled with propaganda and heated debates is nothing to the Philippines, a country that enjoys relative success of sustained democracy since ending the authoritarian rule 30 years ago. Philippines’ political landscape may however change considerably as a result of the 9 May general elections where more than 1,800 posts are at stake including that of the President and the Vice President, with implications to the people of the conflict-ridden region of Muslim Mindanao.

Election campaign filled with propaganda and heated debates is nothing to the Philippines, a country that enjoys relative success of sustained democracy since ending the authoritarian rule 30 years ago. Philippines’ political landscape may however change considerably as a result of the 9 May general elections where more than 1,800 posts are at stake including that of the President and the Vice President, with implications to the people of the conflict-ridden region of Muslim Mindanao.

As the second run of presidential elections draw near, International IDEA and RPP Group News will be launching the next stage of the Electoral GPS tool. The software evaluates the degree of affinity voters have with the candidates running for presidency, allowing the voters to identify with a candidate based on policies, not personality. The tool was used in the first round of elections to give voters more insight into the ten presidential candidates.

Dr. Daniel Zovatto, Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, International IDEA

On 10 April, for the first time in modern history, Peru held its fourth consecutive democratic election.

The debate over presidential terms and tenures continue to create challenges for democratic development in Africa – but are we seeing a light at the end of the tunnel?

Por primera vez en su historia moderna, Perú celebró el pasado domingo 10 de abril, su cuarta elección democrática consecutiva, hecho que constituyó todo un record.

On 6-8 April 2016, International IDEA conducted a three-day training on the State of Democracy assessment framework to a broad variety of government and civil society organizations in Thimpu, Bhutan.

On 1–2 December 2015, International IDEA’s Democracy and Development team hosted a workshop, ‘Democracy Assistance and Results Management: From upward accountability and control to ownership and learning’.

TUNIS, TUNISIA – International IDEA will launch Democratic Transitions: Conversations with World Leaders (available in Arabic, French and English) at 18:00 on 25 April 2016 at the Golden Tulip Gammarth Hotel.

International IDEA is hosting a three-day conference on, ‘Constitution building and constitutionalism in transitional and post-conflict situations’[agenda, concept note]

The Organization of American States (OAS) is the oldest regional intergovernmental institution in the Americas, having held periodic meetings of various states since 1889.

The OAS was formalized through the adoption of a charter in the post-World War II period. Since its inception, it has been dedicated to ensuring peace, security and democracy in the region.

STOCKHOLM, 19 April 2016 – Today, Brazil joined International IDEA, bringing the total number of Member States in the organization to 29. At the Council meeting held in Stockholm today, Member States welcomed the membership of Brazil, represented by Marcos Vinicius Pinta Gama, Ambassador of Brazil to Sweden.

Post-conflict democratization has always been regarded as an ordeal, and democracy-building in the South Caucasus countries is no exception.

The countries of the region—Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia—are telling examples of the fact that elections are insufficient for the establishment of democracy.

In a ceremony held at Chile's National Museum of History, 11 April, President Michelle Bachelet passed a Law for the Strengthening and Transparency of Democracy (Law No. 20900), and a Law to Strengthen the Public and Democratic Nature of Political Parties and Facilitate their Streamlining (Law No. 20915).

These two laws supplement five other laws, and together they all make up the Probity Agenda. These five laws are as follows:

The conflict that engulfed Côte d’Ivoire in 2002 divided the country for eight years, with the south controlled by the Government and the north by rebel forces.

The violence and divisions in the country were responsible for the reversal of major economic gains that had been made since independence, and the political uncertainties threatened regional stability.

The African Union (AU) has made considerable strides in its efforts towards democracy promotion and peacebuilding since 2000, when it adopted its Constitutive Act.

This Act brought about an interesting paradigm shift away from the doctrine of non-interference to one of paying attention to human rights abuses within its member states.

Over the past two decades, the Organization of American States (OAS) has accumulated a wealth of experience in post-conflict peacebuilding, dialogue promotion and conflict resolution, providing, in turn, invaluable lessons for strengthening democratic systems of governance.

El pasado lunes 11 de abril, en el Museo Histórico Nacional de Chile, la Presidenta de la República, Michelle Bachelet, promulgó las Leyes para el Fortalecimiento y Transparencia de la Democracia (Ley 20900), y la que Fortalece el Carácter Público y Democrático de los Partidos Políticos y Facilita su Modernización (Ley 20915).