This lecture marks the second event in the Stockholm Series of Public Lectures on Climate Change and Democracy. This new initiative is a cooperation between renowned Stockholm-based institutions with a particular focus on climate change and democracy from different perspectives. It aims to inform, inspire, and engage experts and the general public alike by providing high-profile public lectures on the interlinkages between climate change and democracy followed by debate.
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This lecture marks the first event in the Stockholm Series of Public Lectures on Climate Change and Democracy. This new initiative is a cooperation between renowned Stockholm-based institutions with a particular focus on climate change and democracy from different perspectives. It aims to inform, inspire, and engage experts and the general public alike by providing high-profile public lectures on the interlinkages between climate change and democracy followed by debate.
A Gambia Press Union’s Report on Sexual Harassment in the media of 2020 revealed distressing findings: one out of four media workers heard about alleged incidents of sexual harassment in their workplaces and one person out of 10 reported having been personally sexually harassed.
Read the manuscript of Jennie King's lecture "Overheated - The Fight for Information Integrity, Climate Action, and Democracy", the first in the Stockholm Series of Public Lectures on Climate Change and Democracy.
Climate disinformation and what it means for the democratic conversation was the topic of the first event in the Stockholm Series of Public Lectures on Climate Change and Democracy, which took place on 23 April 2024 at International IDEA’s Headquarters in Stockholm.
La desinformación climática y lo que significa para la conversación democrática fue el tema del primer evento de la Serie de Conferencias Públicas de Estocolmo sobre Cambio Climático y Democracia, que tuvo lugar el 23 de abril de 2024 en la sede de IDEA Internacional en Estocolmo.
Serving as the founding Secretary-General of International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, Bengt Säve-Söderbergh played a key role in establishing International IDEA in February 1995. During his tenure as the first Secretary-General from 1995-2002, he positioned the Institute at the forefront of electoral assistance, gender equality, and democracy support.
Bengt Säve-Söderbergh, como secretario general fundador del Instituto Internacional para la Democracia y Asistencia Electoral, desempeñó un papel clave en el establecimiento de IDEA Internacional en febrero de 1995. Durante su mandato como primer secretario general, de 1995 a 2002, posicionó al Instituto a la vanguardia de la asistencia electoral, la igualdad de género y el apoyo a la democracia.
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.
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.
In a bid to foster democracy and increase advocacy on human rights, International IDEA and the European Union have established a new partnership with the CSO-Gender Platform, which is part of support for the consolidation of democratic dispensation in The Gambia (EU-CODE Project).
The Gambia Press Union (GPU) leadership is in Nairobi this week on a learning visit to the Kenya Union of Journalists (KUJ) and affiliates and allied media organisations.
Adopting a new constitution to fully reflect the new democratic principles on which The Gambia is building its new political system represents the mother of all reforms. The constitution indeed establishes and regulates the political institutions of the country and the relations between them.
The International IDEA and its partners on 14 February 2024 organised the inaugural Steering Committee meeting for the Consolidation to Democratic Dispensation (CODE) Project funded by the European Union at the Bakadaji Hotel.
The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA), in collaboration with the National Assembly of The Gambia and supported by the European Union, hosted an induction meeting on 12-13 February 2024 at the Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Conference Centre in Bijilo. This gathering marked a significant step towards resuming the Constitutional Reform Process in The Gambia.
This Discussion Paper reviews the performance of 16 lobbying registers according to 3 interlinked dimensions: (a) transparency; (b) regulatory capacity; and (c) interoperability. Under ‘transparency’, the paper examines the scope of lobbying information collected by the register in question, as well as how that information is administered and subsequently disclosed.
Between December 7th and 9th, 2023, International IDEA’s Tunis Office collaborated with the non-profit organization "The Model African Union" to organize a Model African Union event in Tunis, Tunisia. The event brought together 28 students from Tunisia and Sub-Saharan Africa, with a thematic focus on climate change and migration.
International IDEA wrapped up a two-day capacity-building session on project management for 25 National Human Rights Commissioners (NHRC) and staff from 22-23 November 2023 at the NHRC Conference Room.
This Brief presents some findings on the Summit for Democracy process from the perspective of participating countries based on a selected number of interviews with representatives from the governments of six countries (Germany, Lithuania, Norway, Spain, Sweden and Zambia) and the European Union (European External Action Service).
As part of Meeting Minds 2023, Head of Division Professor Tim Power hosted the panel ‘Democratic backsliding: liberal democracy at risk’. The session was very well-attended, tempting a large crowd away from the glorious September sunshine.