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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 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. 

The fifth Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Electoral Actors Executive Workshop is set to take place in Dakar, Senegal, between the 30th of September and the 1st of October, 2025.

The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA), in partnership with regional and international partners, is pleased to announce the Fourth Annual Retreat for Special Envoys and High Representatives of the Regional Economic Communities, to be held in Dakar, Senegal, from 14 to 16 September 2025.

Can democracy keep pace with a world on the move? 

International IDEA, in collaboration with the ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions (ECONEC), through the EU funded Strengthening pan-African capacities for electoral observation and assistance (SPEC) project is pleased to announce the Africa Regional Workshop on Protecting Elections in the Information Environment, scheduled to take place from 26 to 28 August 2025 in Abuja, Nigeria.

International IDEA in partnership with the African Union under the EU-funded project “Strengthening Pan-African Capacities for Electoral Observation and Assistance Project", is proud to announce the upcoming Building Resources in Democracy, Governance, and Elections (BRIDGE) training workshop. This initiative targets Election Management Bodies (EMBs) and EMB Networks from countries across Africa scheduled to hold elections in 2026 and 2027.

International IDEA is organising and convening,  a High-Level Dialogue on “Re-imagining Democracy in Africa: Comparative Experiences from the Global South," together with the African Union, Open Society Foundations, Switzerland’s Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, the European Union and the Department of International Cooperation and Relations (DIRCO) of the Government of South Africa, on 19–2

Electoral processes are conducted in increasingly challenging environments. The Stockholm Conference on Electoral Integrity will serve as an opportunity for policy dialogue between electoral management bodies (EMBs) and electoral stakeholders, emphasising EMB leadership and independence in complex regulatory questions.  

The Africa and West Asia Electoral Process Programme of International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), in collaboration with the African Union (AU) is organizing a reflection and technical meeting on electoral processes in Africa. The meeting will take place from April 9th to 12th April 2025, in Johannesburg, South Africa.

International IDEA's Democracy Assessment Unit is hosting a discussion event on Thursday, 3 April 2025, aimed at exploring how strategic foresight can help shape democratic futures. 

On April, 3 and April, 4, International IDEA’s Democracy Assessment team will provide training in the State of Democracy (SoD) assessment framework for the Institute of Governance Reform (IGR) in Sierra Leone, and its data collectors, as well as members of the National Commission for Democracy (NCD) and the assessment’s technical sub-committee.

Women are often marginalised from decision-making in conflict and transitional contexts. Despite evidence that women’s presence and participation lead to better and longer lasting outcomes for peace, they remain underrepresented in transitional governments and peacebuilding bodies.

The UN has identified Gender-based violence (GBV) against women as one of the most severe human rights violations across the world. Despite the scale and scope of GBV incidents, survivors who seek help through formal or informal justice sector channels, continue to navigate numerous challenges in doing so. According to the Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey 2018 (NDHS), 31 percent of girls and women aged 15-49 years have experienced physical or sexual violence at least once in th

The UNDP Regional Service Centre for Africa, in partnership with International IDEA, will convene a policy dialogue in Addis Ababa to examine and explore ways to make elections more meaningful to African citizens beyond the ballot. 

The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) is organising a Regional Dialogue on Advancing Transformative Gender Social Norms to Enhance Women and Youth Participation and Representation in Leadership and Decision-Making and a National Intergenerational Dialogue on Advancing Youth Participation and Representation in Leadership and Decision-Making in cooperation with UN Women.

The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) is partnering with the African Union (AU) on the implementation of this activity, within the framework of its MOU with the African Union Commission (AUC). International IDEA is providing technical and financial support through the EU-funded Strengthening Pan-African Capacities for Electoral Observation and Assistance (SPEC) project.

As part of the operationalization of the Regional Mechanism on Support to Inclusive Constitutional Transitions (RMSICT), International IDEA is organizing – in partnership with the Government of Kenya and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), its 3rd Annual Retreat for African Regional Economic Communities (RECs) Special Envoys and High Officials in Nairobi, Kenya from 29 to 31 October 2024.

Helping parliaments evaluate their performance and strengthen democratic governance through data-driven assessment tools will be in focus at the AGORA Community of Practice Workshop on "Measuring Parliaments’ Effectiveness within Democracy", held online on 23 October 2024, from 14:00 to 16:15 CEST.