International IDEA Africa and West Asia Programme is proud to announce the hosting of its annual International Day of Democracy Roundtable in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Skylight Hotel on September 17, 2024.
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International IDEA's Africa and West Asia Programme will launch the 2024 edition of its flagship Global State of Democracy report in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on September 17th, 2024.
Within the framework of their Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), the Electoral Commissions’ Forum of SADC Countries (ECF SADC) is collaborating with the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) to organize the 12th New Commissioners’ Orientation (NCO) Programme, that will be hosted by the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ), in Lusaka, Zambia from August 27-29, 2024.
Boundary delimitation is a crucial stage in the electoral cycle. It plays a significant role in ensuring proportional political representation through adherence to the one person – one vote – one value (OPOVOV) principle.
Promoting peer-learning through International IDEA’s Flagship New Commissioners’ Orientation Programme – 12th Orientation Programme in Southern Africa Wraps Up in Lusaka, Zambia.
The strategic reflection meeting for women chairpersons of election management bodies (EMBs) in Africa, which was held in Accra, Ghana, from August 5-6, 2024, concluded with significant outcomes. The key outcome of this meeting was a resolution to establish a continental women's leadership network in electoral management in Africa.
Natural resources feature prominently in many political and economic settlement processes after conflict. When these processes include constitutional reform, it may be expected that mechanisms for natural resource governance would be included in the new constitutional framework, but often this is not the case.
Popular uprisings, protests and unconstitutional regime changes are common characteristics of political change and political life in Africa. The decade 2011–2021 has seen a wave of popular uprisings slamming against the bedrock of long-established autocratic regimes.
As Africa navigates this super year of elections, election and information integrity and voting rights will come under pressure due to the zero-sum nature of Africa's politics.
Mientras África navega por este súper año de elecciones, la integridad electoral y de la información y los derechos de voto se verán presionados debido a la naturaleza de suma cero de la política africana.
One of the particularities of what is currently being negotiated between Saudi Arabia and Ansar Allah is that the parties are contemplating establishing a revenue allocation mechanism in the absence of an overarching constitutional or political framework.
عملت المؤسسة الدولية للديمقراطية والانتخابات في عام ٢٠١٦ مع خبراء بارزين في القانون الدستوري على وضع منهجية جديدة لتقييم الدساتير. وتتألف المنهجية من تقييم ‘أداء’ الدستور المعني، وهذا يتضمن تحديد أهدافه والسعي للتأكد من تحقيقها بناء على بيانات مأخوذة من مصادر مختلفة. وقد طبقت المؤسسة تلك المنهجية منذ ذلك الحين على عدد من البلدان بالتعاون مع خبراء وشركاء محليين.
The year 2020 was very challenging for electoral stakeholders and administrators Indonesia; direct local elections were held simultaneously in all regions of the country amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Compounding this challenge, the 2020 direct local elections were held on 9 December, which coincides with the peak period of the rainy season in Indonesia.