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INTERNATIONAL IDEA

SUPPORTING DEMOCRACY WORLDWIDE

The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance is an intergovernmental organization.
Its programmes aim to:

Provide knowledge to democracy builders
Provide policy development and analysis
Support democratic reform

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Areas of expertise Democracy and Development International IDEA aims to strengthen political institutions to deliver on development. Electoral Processes International IDEA provides support for making electoral administration more professional. Constitution Building Processes International IDEA supports inclusive and participatory constitution-building processes Political Parties, Participation and Representation Representative democracy cannot function properly without parties.	New releases 1 July, 2010 One Size Does Not Fit All: Lessons Learned from Legislative Gender Commissions and Caucuses Provides information on gender commissions and caucuses in Latin America 31 May, 2010 Democracy in Development - global consultations on the EU’s role in democracy building (French) Aims at giving a deeper understanding of how the EU can best assist democracy building efforts worldwide. 28 May, 2010 Assessing the Quality of Democracy: An Overview of the International IDEA Framework (French) Presents International IDEA’s State of Democracy (SoD) Assessment Framework. 25 May, 2010 Democracy in Development - global consultations on the EU’s role in democracy building (Spanish) Aims at giving a deeper understanding of how the EU can best assist democracy building efforts worldwide. 20 May, 2010 A Comparative Latin American Perspective of Political and Electoral Reform Experiences in Colombia, Costa Rica and Mexico (Spanish) Analysis of the recent reform processes in Mexico and Colombia	In focus July 22, 2010 Election-related conflict and violence… ...has become widespread and there is a pressing need for electoral assistance providers and others to come up with a means of mitigating conflict during elections. Read International IDEA’s report Towards a Global Framework for Managing and Mitigating Election-related Conflict and Violence May 31, 2010 Sudan’s elections bring challenges into focus The April 2010 elections in Africa’s largest country, Sudan, offered us a snapshot of some of the challenges currently facing electoral processes throughout the world and particularly in countries with a heavy legacy of conflict May 12, 2010 BRIDGE wins United Nations Public Service Award The leading global training curriculum for election administrators, BRIDGE, has won the 2010 UN Public Service Award in the category "Improving the delivery of public services". Read more
Are you... Engaged in the process of building democracy? Involved in policy debate on democracy and development? Looking for data and statistics?	Spotlight on International Day of Democracy 15 September 2010 International IDEA is launching "15 Years of Supporting Democracy Worldwide" More databases and networks	What's new Aug 05 2010 Tender Notice: Software development for the Elections and Conflict tool Jul 30 2010 Zambia State of Democracy assessment project launched Jul 19 2010 Vacancy: Director Corporate Services More Newsletter: April-June 2010 Subscribe to IDEA's newsletter Job Opportunities and Tenders

Page last updated September 8, 2010