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The Election Commission of India, The Indian International Institute of Democracy and Election Management (IIIDEM), with the support of International IDEA & The Australian Election Commission are organizing a Building Resouces in Democracy Governance and Elections (BRIDGE) implementation/showcase w

The Melbourne Forum on Constitution Building in Asia and the Pacific brings together practitioners and scholars from across Asia and the Pacific to share their experiences of constitution building. All speakers at the Forum have been directly involved in the processes of constitution building in their respective states and polities.

The Election Commission of India, The Indian International Institute of Democracy and Election Management (IIIDEM), and International IDEA are organizing an international consultative workshop in New Delhi from 24 to 25 July 2017 on the theme "Leveraging Electoral Training Facilities in Democracies".

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

The Department of Political Science of UP Diliman, in partnership with the Political Science Program, College of Social Sciences, UP Cebu and the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA), will hold a forum on “PH Constitution@30: Institutional Choices in a Time of Change”.

The University of the Philippines Visayas (Tacloban College) POLITIKON, in partnership with the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA), will hold a forum, "Lessons from Haiyan: Engaging the community to effect change in the accountable delivery of public services".

The Council of Member States of International IDEA has elected India as the Institute’s Chair for 2026. India assumed the annual Chairship from the 2025 Chair, Switzerland, at a meeting of the Council in Stockholm, Sweden on 3 December 2025.

The 2025 Philippine mid-term elections marked a pivotal experiment in democratic innovation: the first nationwide deployment of an
Online Voting and Counting System (OVCS) for overseas voters. Implemented across 77 jurisdictions, this reform sought to address

The International Day of People with Disabilities highlights the urgent need to protect and empower persons with disabilities (PWD) in Myanmar in the wake of the 2021 military coup and the March 2025 earthquake. For many PWD, these crises have deepened existing inequalities, leaving PWD more vulnerable to violence, displacement, and exclusion from essential services.

STOCKHOLM — On 21 November, International IDEA welcomed Chairperson Rho Tae-ak and a senior delegation from the National Election Commission of the Republic of Korea (NEC) to its headquarters in Stockholm for the signing of a renewed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), reaffirming a long-standing partnership focused on strengthening democratic institutions and electoral integrity worldwide.

After hosting five workshops across five countries with Electoral Management Bodies and Civil Society Organizations on the use of AI in elections, what has International IDEA learned from these exchanges?

Online voting is no longer just an experiment—it is reshaping how elections are run around the world. From boosting accessibility for voters abroad to tackling longstanding concerns about accuracy and fraud, its promise is clear. Yet experiences so far show that success depends on far more than technology. Legal frameworks, institutional capacity, timing and voter trust have all made the difference between innovation and failure.

Democratic backsliding – the phenomenon of legitimately elected leaders and governments manipulating the electoral playing field or chipping away at independent institutions – has emerged as one of the foremost threats to democracy globally, and particularly in Asia and the Pacific.

On 1 November, International IDEA hosted a panel during the International Civil Society Week in Bangkok, Thailand, to launch the newly published report, “Let the Courts Decide?

As International IDEA marks its 30th anniversary, another historic milestone took place this year: the 70th anniversary of the Asia-Africa Conference. Held in Bandung, Indonesia, the original conference brought together representatives from numerous countries, laying the groundwork for South-South cooperation and future collaboration between Asia and Africa.

This brief examines the financing of Sri Lanka’s Election Commission (EC) and the challenges surrounding the 2023 local elections, which became an unprecedented test of the Commission’s authority and financial independence. 

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is spreading to all corners of the world, but its impact varies wildly between the contexts in which it's developed and deployed. If considerations are not made for how AI might interact with national and regional ethics and regulation, it risks exacerbating harmful externalities for already marginalized groups, democratic institutions, and the environment.