About Us

The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) is an intergovernmental organization that supports sustainable democracy worldwide.

International IDEA is governed by its Council of Member States.

The organization is governed by its Statutes, the latest of which entered into force November 2008. Membership in International IDEA is open to governments which demonstrate, by example in their own state, their commitment to the rule of law, human rights, the basic principles of democratic pluralism and strengthening democracy.

 

 

Governance Login

Member States

Chair
Netherlands
Joined 1995
First Vice Chair
Chile
Joined 1995
First Vice Chair
Ghana
Joined 2008
Australia
Joined 1995
Barbados
Joined 1995
Belgium
Joined 1995
Benin
Joined 2016
Botswana
Joined 1997
Brazil
Joined 2016
Canada
Joined 1997
Cape Verde
Joined 2003
Costa Rica
Joined 1995
Dominican Republic
Joined 2011
Estonia
Joined 2021
Finland
Joined 1995
Germany
Joined 2002
India
Joined 1995
Indonesia
Joined 2013
Luxembourg
Joined 2018
Mauritius
Joined 1999
Mexico
Joined 2003
Mongolia
Joined 2011
Namibia
Joined 1997
Norway
Joined 1995
Panama
Joined 2018
Peru
Joined 2004
Philippines
Joined 2013
Portugal
Joined 1995
South Africa
Joined 1995
Spain
Joined 1995
Sweden
Joined 1995
Switzerland
Joined 2006
Tunisia
Joined 2019
Uruguay
Joined 2003
Japan
(official observer)
United States
(official observer)

Our Partners

We value working with all groups that are dedicated to improving democratic governance. Our partnerships with national groups include electoral management bodies and political parties as well as regional and sub-regional organizations. Our funding and other types of contributions come from our Member States and other financial partners. Learn more about our Partners.

 

ACE Project
Afghanistan Constitutional Studies Institute
African Network of Constitutional Lawyers (ANCL)
African Union
Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID)
Andalas University, Center for Constitutional Studies (PUSaKO)
Arab EMBs Organization
Arab Network for Democratic Elections
Arab Network for Women in Elections
Ashoka University, Trivedi Centre for Political Data
Asia Media Forum
Asia-Europe Foundation
Association of Local Authorities in Namibia (ANLAN)
Australian National University
Austrian Development Agency
Bhutan Network for Empowering Women
Botswana Association of Local Authorities (BALA)
Carnegie Europe
Center for Continuous Electoral Trainings (CCET) - Moldova
Central Commission of Municipal Council Elections (CCMCE)
Central Election Commission (CEC): Palestine
Centre for Multiparty Democracy Kenya
Centre for Policy Alternatives
Centre of Policy and Legal Reform
Centre UA – Ukraine
Centrul de Instruire Continuă în Domeniul Electoral
CHAIRE UNESCO Innovation for Emergence of Africa
Chiang Mai University, Faculty of Law
Citizens Constitutional Forum
Club de Madrid
Comissão Nacional de Eleições (CNE)/ Secretariado Técnico de Administração Eleitoral (STAE)
Comparative Constitutions Project
Constitution Transformation Network
Constitutional Review Commission (CRC) of The Republic of The Gambia
Coordinadora de la Mujer (Bolivia)
Council of Europe
Council of the European Union
Deloitte
Design 4 Democracy Coalition
Dialoge Fiji
E-Vote-ID
ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions (ECONEC)
Edinburgh Centre for Constitutional Law (ECCL)
Egmont Institute
Electoral Integrity Project
Electoral Tribunal of Mexico
Electoral Tribunal of Panama
European Centre for Development Policy Management
European Commission
European Endowment for Democracy
European External Action Service
European Institute for Asian Studies
European Network of Political Foundations
European Parliament
European Partnership for Democracy
European Union
European Youth Forum
Extractives Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Federal Public Service, Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Belgium
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office / UKaid
Fortify Rights
Friends of Europe
Fundación UNIR
FUNGLODE (Dominican Republic)
German-Southeast Asian Centre for Policy and Government
Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO)
Hanns Seidel Foundation
Helvetas
Human Rights Watch
iKNOW Politics
Independent Election Commission – Jordan
Independent High Authority for Elections of Tunisia (ISIE)
India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management
Institute for Autonomy and Governance
Institute for Development and Social Initiatives (IDIS) Viitorul
Institute for Economics and Peace
Institute of Legal Research of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (IIJ/UNAM)
Inter-Parliamentary Union
International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES)
Josef Korbel School of International Studies (University of Denver)
Kathmandu University, School of Arts
Kvinna till Kvinna
Lebanese Association for Democratic Elections (LADE)
LEGITIMULT
Librairie Filigranes
Libyan High National Election Commission (HNEC)
Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs
Master in Electoral Policy and Administration (MEPA)
Mecanismo de Apoio à Sociedade Civil (MASC)
Media Watch Group
Melanesian Spearhead Group Secretariat
Mid-West University
Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
Minority Rights Group International
Mozambique Parliament / Assembleia da República
National Assembly of Bhutan
National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections
National Council of Bhutan
National Council of Human Rights (NCHR) Egypt
National Democratic Institute (NDI)
Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI)
Nepal Economic Forum
Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy (NIMD)
Network for Democracy and Electoral Integrity (NETGRIT)
Nitishala
Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Observatorio Nueva Constitución
OECD/DAC/Govnet; Effective Institutions Partnership
Office of the Ombudsman of Malawi
Office of the Registrar for Political Parties Kenya
Open Government Partnership
Open Society Foundation (OSF)
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
Oslo Governance Center
Pacific Centre for Peacebuilding
Pathfinders
Perludem (Association for Elections and Democracy, Indonesia)
RECEF (Le Réseau des compétences électorales francophones)
Regional Centre for the Development and Training of Civil Society (RCDCS)
Rewaq Baghdad Center For Public Policy
Robert Bosch Stiftung
SADC Lawyers` Association
SADC Parliamentary Forum
Sida—Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
Spring University Myanmar
State Audit Office of Georgia
Stockholm Environment Institute, Asia Office
Stockholm University
Sudan Social Development Organization (SUDO)
Sunlight Foundation
Sweden Sverige
Sweden: Government Offices of Sweden-Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Swedish International Liberal Centre (SILC)
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
Tanzania Centre for Multiparty Democracy
The African Union Democracy and Electoral Assistance Unit
The Arab Association of Constitutional Law
The Carter Center
The Commonwealth (Secretariat)
The East African Community
The Electoral Commissions Forum of SADC Countries (ECF-SADC)
The Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC)
The Oslo Center
The Swedish Institute in Alexandria
Transparency International (TI)
Ukrainian Think Tanks Liaison Office in Brussels
UN Democracy Fund
UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations
UN Department of Political Affairs
UN Development Programme
UN Women
UNDP Latin America and the Caribbean
University of Fribourg, Switzerland
University of Gothenburg
University of Kwa Zulu Natal
University of Melbourne, Electoral Regulation Research Network
UNU-CRIS
USAID - U.S. Agency for International Development
V-Dem Institute
Venice Commission
Windhoek City Council
Woodrow Wilson International Center

Democracy Now & Next

The International IDEA 25th Anniversary Global Virtual Conference  was held on 19-20 November 2020.

This global conference offered presentations and conversations on the current and future state of democracy.

Various topics, ranging from the link between climate change and democracy, the impact of the 4th Industrial Revolution,
the future of political participation, and the role of youth in shaping the future of democracies, were discussed.

In case you missed it, learn more about all the sessions and watch them on replay!

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What We Do

We develop, share and enable the use of comparative knowledge in our key impact areas of expertise: electoral processes, constitution-building, democracy assessment, and political participation and representation. We also address the important issues of gender equality and inclusion, and conflict and security as they relate to democracy.

Our efforts to support democratic change build on our convening potential. We facilitate dialogue at the country, expert and international levels. We work in the spirit of peer dialogue, in which everyone has experiences and knowledge to share.

 

Mission & Values

 

REPORT: Annual Review 2022

 

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