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El Director Regional de IDEA Internacional para América Latina y el Caribe, Daniel Zovatto, participó en un panel de alto nivel en el Foro Económico Mundial sobre América Latina, que tuvo lugar en Buenos Aires, Argentina, del 5 al 7 de abril de 2017. (Read this news article in English)

El Director Regional para América Latina y el Caribe de IDEA Internacional, Daniel Zovatto, participó como panelista en la sesión “Combatiendo la corrupción: el camino hacia adelante”, que tuvo lugar el 7 de abril de 2017 en el Foro Económico Mundial sobre América Latina, en Buenos Aires, Argentina.

International IDEA’s Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, Daniel Zovatto, participated as keynote speaker at the forum “In the road to peace – Political dialogue for democratic opening” held in Cartagena, Colombia, on 24-25 March 2017, where the Special Electoral Mission presented its proposals for political reform in Colombia.

Los intentos del presidente paraguayo Horacio Cartes de reformar la Constitución para habilitar la relección inmediata y poder aspirar a un segundo periodo consecutivo provocaron hace poco una grave crisis política que aun no ha desaparecido por completo, pese a la reciente renuncia (el 17 de abril pasado), expresa y por escrito, del propio Cartes a ser candidato presidencial para el periodo 2018-2023.

El Director Regional de IDEA Internacional para América Latina y el Caribe, Daniel Zovatto, participó como comentarista principal en el foro “En la Ruta de la Paz – Diálogos políticos para la apertura democrática”, que se desarrolló en Cartagena, Colombia, los días 24 y 25 de marzo de 2017 y en el que se presentaron las propuestas de la Misión Electoral Especial para avanzar en una reforma política en Colombia.

This Constitution Brief provides a basic guide to constitutional courts and the issues that they raise in constitution-building processes, and is intended for use by constitution-makers and other democratic actors and stakeholders in Myanmar.

This Constitution Brief provides basic information about the nature and functions of constitutions and is intended for use by constitution-makers and other democratic actors and stakeholders in Myanmar.

International IDEA’s Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Director, Daniel Zovatto, participated as a keynote panelist at the session “Fighting corruption: The new way forward” held on 7 April 2017 at the World Economic Forum on Latin America in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

International IDEA, the Community of Democracies and the United Nations Development Programme-UNDP held the MENA region Consultation on Gender Equality and Political Empowerment of Women, in Tunis, on 12 April 2017. This Consultation was attended by government officials, regional governmental organisations and civil society organisations, experts, practitioners and academics from Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia.

تلعب المحكمة الدستورية دوراً رئيسياً في ضمان سيادة القانون عبر ضمان سيادة الدستور، والحفاظ على الشرعية وصيانة استقرار النظام السياسي بالحفاظ على التوازن بين سلطات الدولة وتوفير مرجعية لحل النزاعات والخلافات السياسية
عبر التفسير الدستوري والمراجعة القضائية والفصل في النتائج الانتخابية، وهي بذلك تلعب دوراً سياسياً بالغ الأهمية رغم صبغتها القضائية التي تفترض عدم الانحياز والنأي عن التجاذبات والمصالح السياسية المتناقضة. ويستلزم هذا الدور

International IDEA’s Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Director, Daniel Zovatto, participated in a high-level panel at the World Economic Forum on Latin America, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 6-7 April 2017. (Read this news article in Spanish)

The Secretary-General of International IDEA, Yves Leterme, undertook a working visit to Benin 3-5 April 2017 to deepen the partnership between International IDEA’s and its newest Member State Benin. The Republic of Benin joined as International IDEA’s 30th Member State in June 2016.

On 4 and 5 April 2017, the Secretary-General of International IDEA, Yves Leterme, undertook a working visit to explore future partnership opportunities with Senegal.

The Office of International IDEA to the European Union (EUO), with the support of the Canadian Mission to the European Union and in collaboration with the European Institute for Peace (EIP), WeCitizens and the European Institute for Asian Studies (EIAS), organized a Roundtable in Brussels on 23 March 2017 enti

The concept of open data is based on the idea that data should be freely available for anyone to access, use and share.

In recent years, the concept has taken root as an increasingly accepted practice for public and government produced data, with data seen as a public good, and data infrastructure as the key to accessing it.

On the 20^thand 21^st of March 2017, International IDEA’s Secretary-General Yves Leterme and Daniel Zovatto, IDEA’s Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, travelled to Brasilia, to participate in the seminar “Models of electoral systems - international contribution to the political reform in Brazil” organized by the Superior Electoral Court and the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil, with support of International IDEA.

Africa has significant natural resource wealth. However, the continent suffers from the paradox of plenty, meaning that abundant endowments of natural resources do not lead to equivalent levels of prosperity for Africans in terms of broad-based development and resource-based industrialisation.

Yves Leterme, International IDEA’s Secretary-General, travelled on 9 March 2017, to present the work of International IDEA in support of Agenda 2030 at the United Nations Office in Geneva. During his presentation, Leterme highlighted International IDEA’s contribution to the implementation and monitoring of the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) through the strengthening of democratic institutions and accountability at both national and global levels.

The elder generation comprises the fastest-growing age group in Europe; the proportion of elderly people has increased significantly compared to the younger generation.

On 21 March 2017, International IDEA's Secretary-General Yves Leterme signed a cooperation agreement with the Electoral Court of Mexico, represented by its Chief Justice, Janine M. Otálora Malassis. The partnership will aim at promoting and implementing bilateral and multilateral projects on issues related to the development of democracy, electoral processes and electoral justice.