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International IDEA is pleased to invite you to the launch of the report “Political Participation of Refugees: Bridging the Gaps” in Tunis, followed by a panel of experts and practitioners who will discuss the challenges and good practices with regards to refugees’ formal and non-formal political participation in host countries, as well as refugees' role in peace and democracy-building in their origin countries.

Hosting an estimated 1.3 million refugees mainly from South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Uganda has become Africa’s major destination of refugees and one of the top five worldwide.

Professional electoral administrators are key to delivering well-organized, credible and genuine elections. Electoral management bodies (EMBs) perform best when their leadership has thorough understanding of the mechanics, principles and good practices in electoral administration.

International IDEA will launch the second round of Building Resources in Democracy, Governance and Elections (BRIDGE) workshops cycle on Media and Elections from 23-26 December 2017.  The workshop will target 22 media representatives from across Libya’s geographic and media spectrums.

The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) in partnership with L'Association Béninoise de Droit Constitutionnel  and l’Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie, will host a Regional Policy Dialogue with the theme, “Three Decades of Democratic Transition in Africa: What are the Dividends for the Citizens?” from 10-12 November 2017 in Cotonou, Benin.

Background

Within the joint International IDEA-NIMD project “Respect for women’s political rights: fostering Political Environments for Equal Participation and Leadership of Women in Political Parties”, workshops were held with six Tunisian political parties, between July and September 2017, to assist them in developing national action plans to promote women political participation within their ranks.

The 29th Assembly of Heads of States of African Union (AU) highlighted the need for the Continental organization to go beyond Vulnerability Assessment and to adopt a more Structural Preventive Diplomacy approach in order to contribute substantially to the achievement of the AU agenda 2020 on Silencing the Guns in Africa and to the First Ten Years Implementation Plan of the AU Agenda 2063.

As a result, the main objectives of the Inception and Coordination meeting are the following:

The Experts Roundtable event on the New Concept of Governance in Africa due to be held in Accra, Ghana from 29 - 30 September 2017 will bring together leading policy-makers, academics and representatives from bilateral, multilateral, regional and sub-regional organizations and civil society organizations. Among many, it will seek to address the following overarching questions:

Zimbabwe's recent history shows the critical role that compromise and dialogue play in power sharing or coalition agreements to find stability amidst political and social turmoil. At the end of the day, multiparty politics is about balancing competition and cooperation. Cooperation between political parties is unavoidable at all levels of government, not least at the local level to allow for non-partisan delivery of key services.

"The Issue of Political and Socio-economic Integration of the African Continent: The Role of the Pan-African Parliament” is a continential conference that will contribute to a better understanding of the importance of functional approaches and the democratic dividends of integration processes. 

Women’s political participation and representation is central to equitable and sustainable development goals, and political parties are among the most important democratic institutions for promoting and nurturing such participation.

The African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) is planning to launch in Stockholm, Sweden on 30th May 2017, its flagship publication, the 2017 Africa Capacity Report (ACR2017) which is on the theme: Building Capacity in Science, Technology and Innovation for Africa’s Transformation.

International IDEA’s Global Programme (Political Participation and Representation Processes Team) will implement an internal training of trainers for its Interparty Dialogue Skills Module from 17-18 May 2017 in Kigali, Rwanda.

“No citizens, no true democracy” is a widely held view in academic research and in democracy building processes.

Le programme Afrique et Asie de l’Ouest de l’International IDEA (IDEA-AWA), en partenariat avec la Fondation pour le Renforcement des Capacités en Afrique (ACBF), organise un Dialogue de haut niveau sur « Les partis politiques et la gouvernance des ressources naturelles : renforcement des capacités pour une approche développementaliste » en marge du Forum Africain des Mines Indaba.

International IDEA’s Africa and West Asia Programme (IDEA-AWA) in partnership with the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF), is convening a high level panel on 'Political parties and natural resource governance: building capacities for a developmental approach'.

International IDEA is launching the first module of its 'Youth Democracy Curriculum'. 

In the later part of 2016, the United Nations’ Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General to Yemen (“UNOSESGY”) requested International IDEA to provide assistance to Yemen’s constitutional process. 

Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) is working to promote the organization of credible and participatory elections in the Kingdom of Lesotho.