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In January 2025, the United States government launched a far-reaching restructuring of its foreign assistance architecture, closing USAID, consolidating its functions into the State Department, and freezing all foreign aid programming. By March 2025, the review concluded with the termination of 86 percent of USAID awards and 41 percent of State Department awards, amounting to roughly USD 80.5 billion in cancelled funding.

El evento en colaboración con la Unión Europea, busca generar un espacio de reflexión multisectorial e impulsar acciones concretas frente a los desafíos de la violencia digital y los ciberdelitos, siempre con un enfoque centrado en la igualdad de género, los derechos humanos y la justicia digital.

International IDEA is launching the second report in the Perceptions of Democracy Survey (PODS) series, aimed at identifying how people perceive and experience the many aspects of democracy in their country. Like its predecessor, this report is based on a unique poll of popular attitudes derived from a nationally representative sample. 

On 26 November, International IDEA, the Republic of Indonesia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Embassy of Switzerland to Indonesia will convene a round table discussion on the political rights of overseas citizens.

About the Integrated Framework for Protecting Election

Democratic elections are essential for ensuring the functioning of democratic societies. However, when electoral challenges are of significant scope and not appropriately managed, they can undermine the integrity of electoral processes and the credibility of election results. Therefore, protecting electoral integrity is of existential importance for democratic societies.

The report Enablers and Incentives of Election-Related Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference in North Macedonia provides a comprehensive analysis of the enablers and incentives driving foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI) in North Macedonia.

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Inter Pares and the International Parliament Engagement Network (IPEN) invite you to the official launch of the Citizen Engagement Guides for Parliaments - an innovative eight-part resource designed to help parliaments strengthen trust through meaningful citizen engagement.

The 30th UN Climate Change summit (COP30) takes place on 10-21 November 2025 in the city of Belém, Brazil, at the edge of the Amazon rainforest. COP30 marks ten years since the adoption of the Paris Agreement and the focus of the summit is on implementation and how to turn climate pledges into concrete action. International IDEA is on the ground with the message that democracy is an essential part of the response to the climate crisis.

La 30.ª Cumbre de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio Climático (COP30) se celebrará del 10 al 21 de noviembre de 2025 en Belém, Brasil, al borde de la selva amazónica.

International IDEA will host a mini-workshop entitled “Reimagining Democracy in Asia: Addressing the Threat of Backsliding” on the sidelines of the International Civil Society Week in Bangkok, Thailand. The workshop will take place on 3 November 2025.

International IDEA will launch the report Let the Courts Decide? The Potential and Limitations of Climate Litigation from a Democracy Perspective as part of CIVICUS International Society Week 2025, in Bangkok, Thailand. The launch will take place on 1st November at 15:30 local time.

The event will be held in a hybrid format, offering both in-person and online participation options. 

Este encuentro que se realizará en la Asamblea Nacional de  Panamá y tiene como objetivo principal impulsar la modernización parlamentaria y la gobernanza digital en la región, a través de un diálogo estratégico sobre la Inteligencia Artificial.

En el marco del proyecto “Apoyo al Congreso Chileno para un ejercicio legislativo más transparente, inclusivo, accesible y responsable”, implementado por IDEA Internacional y financiado por la Unión Europea, el próximo 27 de octubre se realizará el seminario “Participación ciudadana: mecanismos para fortalecer la democracia”, en la sede del Congreso Nacional en Santiago.

Poland’s democracy has undergone severe challenges over the past decade. The erosion of checks and balances and the weakening of judicial independence became a source of political contestation at home and abroad. The 2023 election, however, brought in a new government committed to restoring Poland’s democratic standards and adherence to the rule of law.

El evento busca fomentar un debate estratégico y prospectivo sobre la evolución y los desafíos de la democracia panameña, con el objetivo de analizar este desarrollo bajo el marco de la experiencia de IDEA Internacional a lo largo de sus 30 años, subrayando y poniendo en valor el rol fundamental y los aportes del

International IDEA in partnership with the Government of Indonesia c.q. the Ministry of State Secretariat and the Non-Aligned Movement Centre for South-South Technical Cooperation, will host the International Workshop on Electoral Efficiency and Sustainability. It will take place in Bandung, Indonesia from 21 to 24 October 2025.