In a highly interactive day full of testimonies and examples, International IDEA shared its work experience on the rights of youth and women in Bolivia with a delegation from the Swedish Embassy who arrived from Guatemala to learn about the good practices that have been in place in Bolivia.
With the main goal of contributing to the informed vote of the population for the 2019 General Elections in Bolivia, not seeking to induce a decision or establish a trend of any nature, as of today the digital tool CANDI Dat@s is published online. This is a digital tool developed by International IDEA, with support of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany.
La justicia electoral va más allá de la resolución de conflictos entre partidos políticos, candidatos y militantes.
Con el principal objetivo de contribuir al voto informado de la población para las Elecciones Generales 2019, sin inducir su decisión ni establecer tendencia de ninguna naturaleza, está desde hoy en internet CANDI Dat@s. La herramienta digital desarrollada por IDEA Internacional, con el apoyo de la Embajada de la República Federal de Alemania.
This Constitution Brief discusses the appointment of ministers in different systems of government.
It focuses on the question of whether ministers should have seats in the legislature. It is tailored to the specific needs of the Myanmar context.
The Constitution Brief explores: (a) the appointment of ministers at the union level and (b) the appointment of chief ministers and ministers at the region and state levels.
El Boletín de Justicia Electoral de IDEA Internacional de este mes explora los Mecanismos de Democracia Directa en México, Centroamérica y el Caribe.
There is no neat, one-size-fits-all global solution to the challenges posed by social media to electoral processes. Disinformation and polarising political views, undermining public trust, a lack of accountability and public scrutiny, personal data privacy, money in politics, foreign interference—these are just some of the issues that demand immediate international attention.
International IDEA’s Regional Europe Programme celebrated the International Day of Democracy (15 September) by co-organizing a high-level conference on ‘No Democracy without Accountability’, at the European Committee of the Regions in Brussels on 17 September 2019.
This Primer discusses independent regulatory and oversight institutions. These are public bodies, politically neutral and independent from the three main branches of government, whose purpose is to ensure the integrity—and improve the quality and resilience—of democratic governance.
This primer discusses the constitutional rules for choosing presidents in countries where the president exercises significant governance powers. This includes both: (a) countries where presidents perform the functions of both head of state and chief executive; and (b) countries where presidents, although required to share power with a prime minister who is responsible to the legislature, nevertheless have an active role in governance and more than merely formal or ceremonial powers.
The Tunisian electoral authority (ISIE), with the support of International IDEA, UN Women and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), launched a guiding document on 'Violence against women in elections' for its staff monitoring electoral campaigns, on 4 September 2019.
On the 12th of September 2019, International IDEA hosted a panel discussion on the “Timing and Sequencing of Transitional Elections” at the Press Club Brussels Europe.
Having just passed the midway point of 2019, now is an opportune moment to take stock of Latin America. These first eight months confirm that it has been an economically mediocre, socially tense, electorally intense, politically polarized, and increasingly complex year in terms of governability.
Tras el transcurso de más de la primera mitad del 2019, la ocasión es propicia para tomarle el pulso a América Latina. Estos primeros ocho meses confirman que estamos ante un año económicamente mediocre, socialmente crispado, electoralmente intenso, políticamente polarizado y crecientemente complejo en materia de gobernabilidad.
International IDEA, the Community of Democracies, the Organization of American States and the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC) will hold the 8th High Level Meeting of the Inter-Regional Dialogue on Democracy (IRDD), and the International Conference on “Achieving Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions: The Role of Global and Regional Intergovernmental Organizations and Civil Society Actors”.
Transforming Our World is the title of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Four years into its implementation, how transformative has it really been?
Transformando nuestro mundo es el título de la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible. Cuatro años después de su implementación, ¿qué tan transformadora ha sido realmente?
The key findings on tracking the progress on SDG 16 using the Global State of Democracy Indices data are as follows:
