North America

Our work with the United Nations
The Office of the Permanent Observer for International IDEA to the United Nations fosters partnerships, multilateral dialogue and UN policies that advance democracy. Through its Permanent Observer status at the United Nations General Assembly and its office in New York, International IDEA acts as a leading voice on democracy at the UN General Assembly, contributing to UN debates, convening dialogues and producing knowledge and data supporting International IDEA’s Member States with expertise on democracy relevant to UN processes and agendas.

We also collaborate with the UN Secretariat, UN agencies and programmes, and partners on the ground on issues related to electoral processes, constitution building, parliaments, women’s political participation, data on democratic governance and the state of democracy, and on the 2030 Agenda, in particular on Sustainable Development Goal 16.  

North American outreach and partnerships
The North America programme partners with democracy assistance organizations, think tanks, universities, governmental institutions and multilateral organizations based in the United States and Canada, to share IDEA’s knowledge and data and foster collaboration. It convenes the Global Democracy Coalition, a multistakeholder coalition of more than 160 organizations working together to strengthen democracy around the world.