Marcela Ríos Tobar, Directora para América Latina y el Caribe de IDEA Internacional, participó esta semana de la Séptima Reunión del Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible, actividad que se llevó a cabo en Santiago de Chile.
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Electoral management in the United Kingdom is decentralised and largely delivered by local authorities with local government is a strong feature of governance and democracy. The national Electoral Commission was established in 2000 to provide advice and guidance on election administration and to regulate the financing of political parties.
On 17 of April 2024, the Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption (RoLAC II) Programme, implemented by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance and funded by the European Union, hosted her first Project Steering Committee (PSC) Meeting. Central to the effective implementation of RoLAC II is the Project Steering Committee (PSC), which serves as a linchpin in the governance structure.
level, the EU institutions have traditionally refrained from regulating political finance and electoral campaigns. Instead, this has largely remained the preserve of member states, which have very different political traditions and diverging regulatory regimes for campaign and party finances, including the digital and online aspects.
Data from the Perceptions of Democracy Survey (PODS) point to three broad findings. First, most people from a diverse array of countries around the world lack confidence in the performance of their political institutions and their access to them, and they are more dissatisfied than satisfied with their governments.
Against the backdrop of growing concerns about protecting the integrity of elections in Europe from internal and external threats, the 2024 European Parliament elections carry significant importance. On 9 April 2024, European political parties gathered in a pivotal commitment to uphold ethical and fair campaign practices leading up to the elections.
En un contexto de creciente preocupación por proteger la integridad de las elecciones en Europa frente a amenazas internas y externas, las elecciones al Parlamento Europeo de 2024 revisten una importancia significativa. El 9 de abril de 2024, los partidos políticos europeos se reunieron en un compromiso fundamental para defender prácticas de campaña éticas y justas antes de las elecciones.
In an era where digital platforms have become arenas for political discourse, fuelling the use of unethical campaigning and the spread of disinformation, trust in the legitimacy of election campaigns grows in importance.
The widespread use of generative artificial intelligence tools poses a challenge for journalism, both in terms of resource optimization and in preventing threats related to misinformation and fake news. According to Honduran digital transformation specialist Rogelio Umaña, it is important to strengthen the principles of good journalism to leverage technology for the benefit of political coverage.
El uso masivo de herramientas de inteligencia artificial generativa representa un reto para el periodismo, tanto en términos de optimización de recursos como en la prevención de amenazas relacionadas a la desinformación y las noticias falsas. Para el especialista en transformación digital hondureño Rogelio Umaña, es importante fortalecer los principios del buen periodismo para aprovechar la tecnología en beneficio de la cobertura política.
Popular uprisings, protests and unconstitutional regime changes are common characteristics of political change and political life in Africa. The decade 2011–2021 has seen a wave of popular uprisings slamming against the bedrock of long-established autocratic regimes.
On March 29, 2024, Kyiv hosted a momentous conference titled "The Role of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on the Path to Full Membership of Ukraine in the European Union," organized by International IDEA in collaboration with NGO "Internews-Ukraine" and the Ukrainian Parliament’s Committee on Ukraine’s Integration into the European Union. This conference became a pivotal platform for defining the strategic directions for the development of parliamentarism within the context of Ukraine's European integration. The discussion was moderated by experts of the USAID RADA: Next Generation Program.
Mientras África navega por este súper año de elecciones, la integridad electoral y de la información y los derechos de voto se verán presionados debido a la naturaleza de suma cero de la política africana.
As Africa navigates this super year of elections, election and information integrity and voting rights will come under pressure due to the zero-sum nature of Africa's politics.
International IDEA’s Anna Dziedzic spoke to Dr Yu Jie Chen to hear her reflections on the 2024 Taiwanese elections. They discuss the implications of the new status quo – in which neither of the two major parties hold a majority of legislature seats – and the increasingly sophisticated ways that Beijing seeks to influence Taiwan’s elections.
International IDEA’s Anna Dziedzic spoke to Dr Yu Jie Chen to hear her reflections on the 2024 Taiwanese elections. They discuss the implications of the new status quo – in which neither of the two major parties hold a majority of legislature seats – and the increasingly sophisticated ways that Beijing seeks to influence Taiwan’s elections.
Within the framework of its MOU with the ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions (ECONEC) and with funding from the European Union, through the – ‘Strengthening Pan-African Capacities for Electoral Observation and Assistance project, the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) supported the ECONEC Peer Support and Learning Mission (PSLM) to the 24 March 2024 Senegalese Presidential Election .
De cara a las elecciones generales del 5 de mayo de 2024, IDEA Internacional en Panamá, en conjunto con el PNUD, la Oficina de Igualdad de Género y el Instituto de Estudios Democráticos del Tribunal Electoral, presenta el Calendario político electoral de género, en un esfuerzo por promover la participación política de las mujeres en Panamá.
Con el apoyo del Programa Estado de Derecho y Anticorrupción (RoLAC), el Consejo de Asistencia Jurídica de Nigeria y la Fuerza de Policía de Nigeria han intensificado sus esfuerzos para garantizar que los sospechosos de delitos tengan acceso a la justicia mientras están detenidos mediante la prestación de asistencia jurídica en el marco del Plan de abogados de servicio policial (PDSS).