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Democracy building in a post-conflict setting is a complex process requiring strong political and state institutions and processes. Yet, one of the adverse impacts of the prolonged intra-state violent conflict in the Muslim Mindanao region in the Philippines, has been weakening of these very institutions.

International IDEA in consultation with one of its C³- Fiji Project partners, Media Watch Group (MWG), organized a National Forum on Women in Politics (NFWP) in Lami, Fiji, on Friday 18 October 2019. One of the topics that got a lot of attention during the NFWP was that of Temporary Special Measures (TSM) for getting more women in parliament.

International IDEA was invited to present its views on delegated electoral rule-making at the Electoral Regulation Research Network’s workshop in Melbourne, Australia, on 1 October 2019. The topic derived from a discussion paper by Michael Maley and Graeme Orr about the tension between prescriptive electoral legislation and principles-based ones (the paper will be available on the Network’s website later in the year).

This Constitution Brief discusses the appointment of ministers in different systems of government.

It focuses on the question of whether ministers should have seats in the legislature. It is tailored to the specific needs of the Myanmar context.

The Constitution Brief explores: (a) the appointment of ministers at the union level and (b) the appointment of chief ministers and ministers at the region and state levels.

International IDEA is saddened by the death of B. J. Habibie, president of Indonesia from 1998 to 1999.

As President Habibie passed away in Jakarta today, we recall his dedication and strength in introducing democratic principles in Indonesia.

In partnership with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), International IDEA’s Coherence Programme in Nepal develops an animated video, titled "Same Budget, Two Stories," on local governance, more specifically, planning and budgeting. The video visualizes two different uses of the same annual budget.

Dili, Timor-Leste - The Technical Secretariat for Electoral Administration (STAE), the National Elections Commission (CNE), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) are jointly organizing a Building Resources in Democracy, Governance and Elections (BRIDGE) workshop on financing of elections on 26-28 August in Dili, Timor-Leste.

Disclaimer: Views expressed in this commentary are those of the staff member. This commentary is independent of specific national or political interests. Views expressed do not necessarily represent the institutional position of International IDEA, its Board of Advisers or its Council of Member States.

Enhancing the integrity of political finance systems is one of the main ways to address political corruption.

In Asia, the comprehensiveness of political finance systems and the level of implementation vary significantly across countries. This policy paper draws on the 2018 data of the International IDEA Political Finance Database and covers South Asia, South East Asia and East Asia.

It investigates three key questions:

ဤသင်ရိုးညွှန်းတမ်းသည် ကျောင်းသားလူငယ်များအတွက်ရည်ရွယ်၍ ရေးဆွဲထားသော စာအုပ်ဖြစ်ပြီး ဆရာများအတွက်လည်း သင်ကြားရေးတွင် အဆင်ပြေချောမွေ့စေရန် ဆရာမှတ်စုများ ထည့်သွင်းထားသည်။ ဤစာအုပ်သည် လူငယ်များကို ဒီမိုကရက်တစ် စံနှုန်းများနှင့် တန်ဖိုးများကို မိတ်ဆက်ပေးခြင်းဖြင့် မျိုးဆက်သစ်မဲဆန္ဒရှင်များနှင့် ခေါင်းဆောင်များပေါ်ထွန်းလာစေရန် ရည်ရွယ်ပါသည်။

ဤသင်ရိုးညွှန်းတမ်းသည် ကျောင်းသားလူငယ်များအတွက်ရည်ရွယ်၍ ရေးဆွဲထားသော စာအုပ်ဖြစ်ပြီး ဆရာများအတွက်လည်း သင်ကြားရေးတွင် အဆင်ပြေချောမွေ့စေရန် ဆရာမှတ်စုများ ထည့်သွင်းထားသည်။ ဤစာအုပ်သည် လူငယ်များကို ဒီမိုကရက်တစ် စံနှုန်းများနှင့် တန်ဖိုးများကို မိတ်ဆက်ပေးခြင်းဖြင့် မျိုးဆက်သစ်မဲဆန္ဒရှင်များနှင့် ခေါင်းဆောင်များပေါ်ထွန်းလာစေရန် ရည်ရွယ်ပါသည်။

The first Indigenous Peoples’ Constitutional Assessment Tool (IPCAT) workshop was hosted to enable 30 participants from five IP communities recognized in Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) to systematically analyze the legal framework for indigenous rights as represented by the 1987 Constitution, national Indigenous Peoples Rights Act (IPRA, 1997) and the BOL.

The first Indigenous Peoples’ Constitutional Assessment Tool (IPCAT) workshop was hosted to enable 30 participants from five IP communities recognized in Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL), including Bangsamoro Transitional Authority (BTA) indigenous MP Romeo Saliga, to systematically analyze the legal framework for indigenous rights in BARMM as represented by the 1987 Constitution, national Indigenous Peoples Rights Act (IPRA, 1997) and the BOL.

In partnership with the Institute for Autonomy and Governance (IAG) and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) Philippines, International IDEA supported a number of events centered on challenges and opportunities presented by the recent promulgation of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL).

In order to ensure that young people are given the knowledge needed to participate in their democratic surroundings from an early age, International IDEA and its two national partners, Scholar Institute and Paññā Institute, are working on the development and implementation of a civic education curriculum geared towards students from ages 13-16 through the EU funded STEP Democracy programme.

After the success of the first Constitution Academy in 2018, International IDEA Myanmar held its second Constitution Academy last month. The programme took place in Pyin Oo Lwin from 27 May to 4 June 2019.

The weeks leading up to a major election are a frenzy of campaigning, speeches, and outreach events. Almost immediately after election day, however, the frenzy dissipates, and people forget about the results and carry on with their lives until the next round of campaigning begins.

International IDEA Myanmar’s MyConstitution programme is growing fast!

Nepal held local elections in 2017 for the first time in almost 20 years – a critical step set out in the 2015 Nepalese constitution for the implementation of the federal system. For the first time in Nepal, a quota system ensured seats for over 40% women and representation of marginalised communities in the 753 local governments of Nepal. In many cases, however, representation te

The health of a democracy can be measured from the engagement of its citizenship. In Bhutan, this wisdom is well received because it is traditionally accepted that citizens have to contribute towards the welfare of the communities and the society they live in.