The European Union, Member States and election bodies need to explore the possibilities to provide support for Ukraine to ensure that the millions of displaced voters due to the Russian aggression can vote in the first post-war elections, according to a dialogue of European lawmakers, election management bodies and experts.
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Kimana Zulueta-Fülscher, Senior Advisor at International IDEA's Constitution-Building Programme, hosts a conversation on the ongoing 2023 constitution-building process in Chile, and its relationship with the failed 2021-2022 constitution-building process.
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Whether decentralization, and particularly devolution and federalism, is advantageous or disadvantageous for women is a long-debated issue. The effectiveness of decentralization in promoting gender equality depends on how the system is designed, the quality of implementation planning and the adequacy of resources.
El 9 de mayo de 2023, IDEA Internacional presentó los hallazgos y recomendaciones de 'Elecciones en Emergencias y Crisis: Lecciones para la Integridad Electoral de la Pandemia de Covid-19' en un libro durante la conferencia parlamentaria “Elecciones en Tiempos de Crisis” organizada por la Asamblea Parlamentaria del Consejo de Europa (PACE) y el Parlamento Suizo.
En Paraguay, como en gran parte de los países a nivel mundial, existe el mito de que las personas jóvenes tienen “apatía” y no están dispuestas a participar en política. Nada más lejos de la realidad: las juventudes están detrás de los movimientos sociales que transforman el mundo.
Democracy is on trial in the climate crisis. It is charged with having failed to prevent dangerous climate change. To its critics, the very same features of democracy praised as its defining virtues—popular sovereignty, the accountability and responsiveness of elected officials, public debate and deliberation—are handicaps that impede effective climate action. However, this trial is not over and it would not be safe to deliver a verdict at this stage.
On 24 May 2023, International IDEA hosted a workshop organized by the Swedish Presidency in the framework of the Informal meeting of the EU Council Working Party on Human Rights (COHOM).
No es extraño que al intentar periodizar la historia electoral de una sociedad el analista se tope con traslapes entre el final de un ciclo y el comienzo de otro. La realidad no es tan definida como para permitir cortes tajantes.
A conversation between International IDEA's Head of Communications and Knowledge Management, Alistair Scrutton and the authors of the recently published report "The Constitution and Laws of the Taliban 1994-2001: Hints from the Past and Options for the Future", M. Bashir Mobasher, Shamshad Pasarlay and Mohammad Qadam Shah.
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The Dialogue on Federalism, Managing Diversity and the Practice of Fiscal Federalism in Sudan is a workshop held in Nairobi, Kenya in January 2023 by International IDEA and the Peace Research Institute of the University of Khartoum.
Training is an investment in the ability of the electoral management body (EMB) ability to perform its primary task, administering an electoral contest. Building the EMB workforce’s capacities reinforces and inculcates electoral administration values and principles, those of integrity, impartiality, transparency, efficiency, sustainability and service-mindedness.
The strength of the Internet lies in its original design, which in some ways mirrors democratic ideas. As with the separation of powers in a true democratic state, the architecture of the Internet has no centre of control and allows power to flow from the bottom up and even from the margins, rather than always from above.
La Oficina Electoral de Fiji (OFE) y el Instituto Internacional para la Democracia y Asistencia Electoral (IDEA Internacional) firmaron conjuntamente un Memorando de Entendimiento (MoU) en Canberra, Australia y Suva, Fiji, el jueves 25 de mayo de 2023 que restablece los lazos entre las organizaciones.
Las crisis presidenciales latinoamericanos ofrecen con frecuencia novedades para el estudio de la política comparada.
Aclaración: Las opiniones expresadas en este comentario son las del autor. Este comentario es independiente de intereses políticos o nacionales específicos. Las opiniones expresadas no representan necesariamente la posición institucional de IDEA Internacional, su Junta de Asesores o su Consejo de Estados Miembros.
Key takeaway: Digital tools can be applied to and leveraged in many areas of democratic governance such as inclusion, participation, transparency, accountability, decision-making, and innovation to positively impact democracy.
Del 15 al 19 de mayo, se desarrolló el Centro de Altos Estudios Parlamentarios, una iniciativa de la Escuela de Gobierno de Uruguay y de la Fundación Giménez Abad, conjuntamente con el Parlamento Latinoamericano y Caribeño (PARLATINO), que contó con el apoyo del Instituto para la Democracia y Asistencia Electoral (IDEA Internacional), y el financiamiento de la Unión Europea.
While the regulatory frameworks of most countries include some provisions on the transparency of political finance, the mere declaration of this principle is often not sufficient to guarantee a fair political competition or comprehensive accountability and integrity on the part of political actors.
Local governance comprises a set of institutions, mechanisms and processes through which citizens and their groups can articulate their interests and needs and mediate their differences. The participation of citizens in governance is one of the underlying components of democracy. Engaging citizens in the act of governance engenders transparency, improves accountability and public resource management and brings about good policy outcomes, development and the social well-being of citizens.
El entendimiento sobre la viabilidad y benignidad de los gobiernos de coalición en sistemas presidenciales ya está bastante consolidado en la literatura de ciencia política. No solamente no son más vistas con aprensión sino que ya son consideradas como banales.
La observación electoral, tanto internacional como ciudadana, consiste en la evaluación de los procesos electorales con base en la normativa nacional y los principios internacionales para elecciones democráticas. La observación de elecciones puede tener impactos positivos, como el efecto disuasorio sobre el fraude o el fortalecimiento de la confianza ciudadana y de la credibilidad del proceso.