September 19, 2024 - September 20, 2024
International Democracy Day Brussels is an annual Brussels-based event organised each September to mark the UN International Day of Democracy.
Since 2015, this event has been organised by a partnership of democracy organisations and think tanks, namely: European Network of Political Foundations (ENoP), European Endowment for Democracy (EED), the European Partnership for Democracy (EPD), International IDEA, and since 2020, Carnegie Europe.
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July 02, 2024 - July 03, 2024
Money is an essential resource for politics and voter outreach. However, if not effectively regulated, it can compromise the integrity of political processes and democracies. Effective state regulation of funding of political parties and election campaigns (commonly known as political finance) and their implementation are vital for promoting the integrity, transparency, and accountability of democratic systems of government.
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May 08, 2024
Most countries that have experienced conflict have been through some form of peace or transition process. However, to prevent conflict recurring, peace and transition processes need greater capacity.
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April 16, 2024
The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) and the Rule of Law Centre of Finland (RoL Centre), in partnership with the Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina, will host the regional conference “Which Role for Artificial Intelligence in Electoral Processes?”, taking place in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina on 16 April 2024.
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April 11, 2024
International IDEA is launching on 11 April the Perceptions of Democracy Survey (PODS), aimed at identifying how people understand and assess a range of attributes of democracy in their country contexts. Its unique value-add is a comparison of expert assessments and public evaluations of democracy and a comparison of representative samples and marginalized groups.
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December 18, 2023 - December 20, 2023
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December 11, 2023
The 10th Session of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) Conference of the State Parties (COSP) will be held in Atlanta, USA on 11-15 December 2023. The conference gathers global leaders to advance the implementation of the Convention and set a common vision for the future anti-corruption work.
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November 22, 2023 - November 23, 2023
On the 22nd and 23rd of November 2023, the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) in partnership with members of the Network for the Promotion of Constitutionalism in Eastern Europe is organizing a roundtable discussion 'Democratic Resilience: Does Institutional Design Matter?' in Yerevan, Armenia.
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November 17, 2023
With Hadja Lahbib, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belgium; Dr. Adam Bodnar, Elected Senator of the Polish Senate; Erica Gerretsen, Director at the European Commission; H.E Anders H.
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November 02, 2023
The New Checks and Balances
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July 06, 2023 - July 07, 2023
On the 6th and 7th of July, the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA), in partnership with the Central Electoral Commission of Moldova, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR), the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) will hold a Money in Politics Regional Conference 2023"Online Campaign Finance: Challenges and Solu
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July 04, 2023 - July 05, 2023
The CEC Albania, International IDEA and the Rule of Law Centre of Finland are initiating a peer to peer exchange among EMBs and other relevant agencies that operate in the areas of digitalization/cybersecurity in the Western Balkans, in order to jointly explore experiences and best practices of interinstitutional cooperation in the digitalization of electoral processes.
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June 29, 2023
INTER PARES | Parliaments in Partnership – EU Global Project to Strengthen the Capacity of Parliaments aims to strengthen representative and inclusive democracy through support to the effective functioning of parliaments in partner countries, by enhancing their legislative, oversight, representative, budgetary and administrative functions.
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May 30, 2023 - May 31, 2023
Securing Ukraine’s capacity to conduct future post-war elections in a free, orderly, and transparent manner will be vital for the continued integrity of its democratic governance and for the success of its recovery and reconstruction. One key challenge lying ahead of Ukraine will be to ensure the voting rights and opportunities for its displaced citizens, many of whom will be casting their vote from outside of Ukraine.
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April 27, 2023
International IDEA’s Democracy Tracker is an interactive, policy-oriented tool that monitors and assesses the state of democracy and human rights around the world.
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April 24, 2023
25 April 2023 marks the 49th anniversary of the Portuguese Democratic Revolution, also known as the Carnation Revolution, which put an end to 48 years of autocratic regime in Portugal. In celebration of this, International IDEA, in collaboration with the Embassy of Portugal in Stockholm, invites you to a discussion on the transition to democracy in Portugal and the lessons that can be drawn from it. Some of the questions that will be discussed are:
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April 19, 2023
Transparency of politics, particularly political finance, is a cornerstone of every democratic system. International IDEA supports global efforts to improve political finance transparency, including in the Western Balkans, where the revised EU enlargement methodology has placed the issue amongst the Fundamentals of Democracy.
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February 10, 2023
Watch live on Webex by registering at this link. Please make sure you have uploaded Webex beforehand.
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January 31, 2023
Sweden and the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) have the pleasure to invite you to “EU´s external democracy action in a new geopolitical reality”, an in-person multi-stakeholder conference and recommendations report launch.
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December 14, 2022
This event will be in Albanian and English (simultaneous translation) at the Tirana International Hotel
The Central Elections Commission (CEC), in cooperation with the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) and the Rule of Law Centre of Finland, will host on 14 December an interagency roundtable on crosscutting dimensions of digitalization of elections.
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