SHAREFeb
10
2023
10
2023
Speech
Statement by International IDEA delivered by Ms Amanda Sourek
'Global Digital Compact'
Third informal consultation
10 February 2023
Oct
31
2022
31
2022
Speech
The Secretary-General of International IDEA, Dr Kevin Kasas-Zamora, gave remarks in New Delhi, India, to talk about the current and future challenges for electoral management bodies, an event convened by the Electoral Commission of India on 31 October...
Oct
25
2022
25
2022
Speech
The Digital Campaigning and Political Finance in the Asia and the Pacific Region report was launched on Tuesday 25 October 2022 at Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne. International IDEA's Secretary-General, Dr Kevin Casas-Zamora, delivered...
Oct
01
2020
01
2020
Speech
Democracy in a time of crisis
Dr Kevin Casas-Zamora
Secretary-General, International IDEA
Good morning.
Sep
15
2020
15
2020
Speech
Thank you so much Ryota, Carl, colleagues and friends.
We are here to discuss a battle of narratives that we need to win, if we want democracy to prevail.
The good news is that the case for democracy remains strong, as we've seen here. Now, I would...
Nov
26
2015
26
2015
Speech
Jun
12
2007
12
2007
Speech
Why has diversity become such a popular theme? It has always existed, both in human society and in a way, in each of us, as individuals and products of the most obvious, “primordial” diversity – the diversity between a woman and a man.
We use the term...
May
28
2007
28
2007
Speech
This background paper reviews the extant research and debates on the causes and consequences of democracy to provide guidance to the international donor community on the key conceptual and methodological issues surrounding democracy promotion and aid...
Mar
27
2007
27
2007
Speech
How does the socialisation of people into becoming voters work?
What makes young people become habitual voters? It is tempting to assume that those who do not vote may participate in other ways - but we don’t know whether this is true. Sometimes those who...
Mar
26
2007
26
2007
Speech
This event marks the successful conclusion of a ground-breaking project. Three international organisations, UNDP, OAS, International IDEA, and one national development assistance agency, Canadian CIDA, have joined forces to produce an innovative and much...
Jun
01
2006
01
2006
Speech
Since the end of the cold war democracy has been a buzzword, slowly being filled with substance.
During the past 10 years democracy has advanced, but it is also increasingly challenged. Challenged because it does not live up to high expectations of rising...
May
19
2006
19
2006
Speech
It is almost one hundred and fifty years since Abraham Lincoln said that ‘Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people.’ The clarity of his words has rarely been matched since, but their content has acquired today an almost unique...
Apr
20
2006
20
2006
Speech
"When my daughters were young, they, like so many, spent hours in front of video game machines. One of their favourites was called The Mole Hunter."
May
26
2005
26
2005
Speech
International IDEA’s interest in direct democracy concerns whether, when and how the use of direct democracy mechanisms is appropriate to enhance democratic systems.