The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) and the Netherlands announced today a six-year, 12-million-euro agreement to support International IDEA’s critical democracy work.
With the global refugee population reaching an estimated 22.5 million by mid-2017, compared to 10.4 million in 2011, the world is seeing an unprecedented increase in the number of refugees and asylum seekers. More than half of the global refugee population comes from only three countries: Syria, Afghanistan, and South Sudan.
On 25 November, the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA), in partnership with Vytautas Magnus University and the European Humanities University, will hold International Conference “Constitutionalism in Europe: Current Challenges and Prospects for the Future”.
Uncontrolled finances can rob democracy of its unique strengths: political equality, the empowerment of the disenfranchised, and the ability to manage societal conflicts peacefully. The integrity of democratic process and representative bodies of government remains heavily affected by the lack of transparency in political and campaign finance.
In his State of the Union 2017 address, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker stated that the “Union needs to take a democratic leap forward”, and referred explicitly to the role of European political parties in the next European Parliament elections, new rules on the financing of political parties and foundations, transnational lists, and the Commission’s Citizens Dialogues and democratic conventions.
This free, online workshop will bring together academics and practitioners to discuss current challenges of electoral integrity around the globe, addressing questions such as: What role do elections play in this debate on democratic backsliding? What new challenges are elections facing? Have the practical challenges of organizing an election during a pandemic proven too strong?
The Office of International IDEA to the European Union, with the support of the Permanent Representation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the European Union, will organize a Roundtable on "The 2030 Agenda: Addressing corruption in support of democratic governance and sustainable development".
The European Commission and the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) are pleased to facilitate a Post Summit for Democracy Dialogue: Analyzing country commitments and exploring opportunities for engagement on 20 June 2022 in Brussels, Belgium and online.
The Office of International IDEA to the EU is co-organizing a conference in celebration of the International Day of Democracy in Brussels, on 27 September 2017.
On 31 January 2023, International IDEA and the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the EU jointly organized in Brussels a conference to launch the Recommendations Report on the EU’s External Democracy Action in a New Geopolitical Reality. Over 180 participants from civil society, EU institutions, and EU Membe
Join keynote and panelist Kevin Casas-Zamora, Secretary-General at International IDEA, for a preview of the assessment report, Global State of Democracy 2021, on 11 November from11:30 and 12:00.
