Globally, democracy is at a crossroads. International IDEA’s The Global State of Democracy publication assesses the state of democracy worldwide, with the aim of providing evidence-based analysis and actionable recommendations for current threats and challenges to democracy.
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Globally, democracy is at a crossroads. International IDEA’s The Global State of Democracy publication assesses the state of democracy worldwide, with the aim of providing evidence-based analysis and actionable recommendations for current threats and challenges to democracy.
Globally, democracy is at a crossroads. International IDEA’s The Global State of Democracy publication assesses the state of democracy worldwide, with the aim of providing evidence-based analysis and actionable recommendations for current threats and challenges to democracy.
This event will be live streamed on our Facebook page.
Globally, democracy is at a crossroads. International IDEA’s The Global State of Democracy publication assesses the state of democracy worldwide, with the aim of providing evidence-based analysis and actionable recommendations for current threats and challenges to democracy.
The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) in partnership with L'Association Béninoise de Droit Constitutionnel and l’Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie, will host a Regional Policy Dialogue with the theme, “Three Decades of Democratic Transition in Africa: What are the Dividends for the Citizens?” from 10-12 November 2017 in Cotonou, Benin.
Corruption scandals have affected countries in every region. These events have fuelled distrust in democracy and have undermined the integrity of the political systems.
The Election Commission of India, The Indian International Institute of Democracy and Election Management (IIIDEM), with the support of International IDEA & The Australian Election Commission are organizing a Building Resouces in Democracy Governance and Elections (BRIDGE) implementation/showcase w
Join us for a live chat on International IDEA's Facebook page – as we sit down to discuss the interlinkages between democracy and technology with Peter Wolf. Ever wanted to know more about cyber security and elections, the use of biometrics or how technology can be used to improve the integrity of a vote? Then join the live chat – and pitch your questions to the expert.
International IDEA and the International Center for Local Democracy (ICLD), a Swedish organization dedicated to strengthening local democracy, will once again organize a one-day dialogue training for 26 women local government councilors from nine countries. Participants will be from Mozambique, South Africa, Namibia, Zambia, Botswana, Uganda and Tanzania, Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. The training will take place at IDEA Headquarters in Stockholm.
Background
Within the joint International IDEA-NIMD project “Respect for women’s political rights: fostering Political Environments for Equal Participation and Leadership of Women in Political Parties”, workshops were held with six Tunisian political parties, between July and September 2017, to assist them in developing national action plans to promote women political participation within their ranks.
The 29th Assembly of Heads of States of African Union (AU) highlighted the need for the Continental organization to go beyond Vulnerability Assessment and to adopt a more Structural Preventive Diplomacy approach in order to contribute substantially to the achievement of the AU agenda 2020 on Silencing the Guns in Africa and to the First Ten Years Implementation Plan of the AU Agenda 2063.
As a result, the main objectives of the Inception and Coordination meeting are the following:
The Melbourne Forum on Constitution Building in Asia and the Pacific brings together practitioners and scholars from across Asia and the Pacific to share their experiences of constitution building. All speakers at the Forum have been directly involved in the processes of constitution building in their respective states and polities.
Every day around the world, people living in poverty work for peace in often unseen ways. The book Artisans of Peace Overcoming Poverty shows the violence of extreme poverty and demonstrates just how much people living in poverty do to search for peace, to go beyond violence and to build a sense of community.
The Experts Roundtable event on the New Concept of Governance in Africa due to be held in Accra, Ghana from 29 - 30 September 2017 will bring together leading policy-makers, academics and representatives from bilateral, multilateral, regional and sub-regional organizations and civil society organizations. Among many, it will seek to address the following overarching questions:
Join us in Falun, Sweden to discuss people, power and citizen involvement. Video live streaming of the events will be available at www.falun.se/democracyweek and www.falun.se/democracyday.
Global Voices and Perspectives
13:15-15:15
How can you make the world a much more democratic place? This session will discuss:
Zimbabwe's recent history shows the critical role that compromise and dialogue play in power sharing or coalition agreements to find stability amidst political and social turmoil. At the end of the day, multiparty politics is about balancing competition and cooperation. Cooperation between political parties is unavoidable at all levels of government, not least at the local level to allow for non-partisan delivery of key services.
International IDEA’s Electoral Processes Programme launched the "Timing and Sequencing of Elections” project in 2016 to provide well-needed policy guidelines on the timing and sequencing of transitional elections.
"The Issue of Political and Socio-economic Integration of the African Continent: The Role of the Pan-African Parliament” is a continential conference that will contribute to a better understanding of the importance of functional approaches and the democratic dividends of integration processes.
The Election Commission of India, The Indian International Institute of Democracy and Election Management (IIIDEM), and International IDEA are organizing an international consultative workshop in New Delhi from 24 to 25 July 2017 on the theme "Leveraging Electoral Training Facilities in Democracies".
Women’s political participation and representation is central to equitable and sustainable development goals, and political parties are among the most important democratic institutions for promoting and nurturing such participation.