Political Parties, Participation and Representation
Representative democracy cannot function properly without political parties. Political parties provide the vehicle for the electorate to express itself by accommodating diverse interest groups and offering voters different political options. They are also key institutions for inclusive participation and accountable representation, responding and delivering to the needs of the people.
Work programme
International IDEA's programme Political Parties, Participation and Representation supports political parties and promotes gender equality, while focusing on four areas;
1. Political Party Finance: to improve regulation on party and candidate finance; 2. Programmatic Parties: to allow political parties to develop policy platforms; 3. Effective party assistance: stronger alignment of approaches in party assistance; 4. Cooperation in competition: to seek consensus within the prevailing political culture of competition, through more effective interparty dialogue.
