Preparations for the next elections in Moldova should start well before the formal electoral period and rely on the legal and crisis-management mechanisms already in place. This was the main message of a closed-door policy dialogue held in Chișinău on 19 October, where senior officials and civil society experts tested the draft Common Roadmap for Strengthening Resilience against Election-related FIMI.

Thank you for your submissions! All applicants will be informed about the outcome towards end of October! In case of questions, please feel free to reach out to fimi@idea.int International IDEA invites organisations to submit proposals for panels at a two-day global conference on Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) in electoral contexts and democratic resilience.

Before the next elections in North Macedonia, every institution involved in the process should designate a person whom journalists can contact when a false claim about the vote starts to circulate. This is the first recommendation of the Draft Policy and Accountability Roadmap, presented in Skopje on 22 September and developed by the Metamorphosis Foundation in collaboration with International IDEA.

International IDEA, with support from Global Affairs Canada, invites civil society organisations, academic researchers, and regulatory bodies from around the world to a two-day global exchange on countering election-related foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI).

This article draws on discussions from the event "Building Resilience to Gender-Related Information Manipulation," organised by the Metamorphosis Foundation and International IDEA, part of the project "Combating Electoral Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI)," supported by Global Affairs Canada.

On November 5, 2024, International IDEA successfully hosted a one-day workshop in Brussels titled Designing a Global Methodology for Analyzing Electoral Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI). The workshop aimed to advance the development of a global methodology for analyzing electoral FIMI and brought together over 30 FIMI experts from across Europe.

The project "Combatting Electoral Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI)” is advancing in supporting civil society actors to increase their capacity to counter foreign interference during elections.

On the 13th of May, the Ivorian Human Rights Observatory (OIDH) in collaboration with International IDEA, launched the report titled “Analyse de la manipulation de l’information et de l’ingérence menées depuis l’étranger (FIMI) en Côte d’Ivoire” to share the main finding on FIMI in the country. This is the first report about FIMI made by Ivorian actors in the country and the event gathered academia, authorities and CSOs to discuss information integrity and its main challenges in the Ivory Coast. 

As foreign information manipulation grows faster, cheaper, and more sophisticated, Moldova finds itself on the front line of a new kind of democratic battlefield—one where algorithms shape opinions, hidden money fuels narratives, and influence operations move seamlessly across borders and platforms.