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The ruling parliamentary group Peruanos por el Kambio and International IDEA co-organized an internal working meeting in August 2018, in which the members of Congress addressed the two central topics of the constitutional reform, which the President of the Republic proposed to Congress, i.e. the reform of the administration of justice and the political reform.

In the spirit of the importance of accountability and transparency, at the end of August 2018, the Head of Programme for Mexico and Central America, Dr Miguel Ángel Lara Otaola, met with Dr Francisco Javier Acuña, Commissioner President of the National Institute of Transparency, Access to Information and Protection of Personal Data

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.

The Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean of International IDEA, Daniel Zovatto, participated, as a special guest of the National Electoral Council (CNE) and the National Registry of Colombia, in the popular consultation on anti-corruption measures that took place on August 26.

Mexico and International IDEA share a long history of collaboration. Their relationship was taken to the next level on April 2018, when the Sub-regional Office for Mexico and Central America started its activities. To carry out its new programmes, a strategic partnership was established with the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary (TEPJF), the highest electoral justice body in Mexico.

Closing the election cycle of 2018, Brazil will go to the polls on the first Sunday of October (07/10) to choose the next President of the country, together with the total renovation of the Chamber of Deputies, two thirds of the Federal Senate, State Deputies and Governors. Below is a summary of the Brazilian electoral process.

The X Ibero-American Conference on Electoral Justice took place in Panama City, from 6-8 August 2018, with the theme "Social networks: threats and challenges for electoral justice." The conference was organized by the Electoral Tribunal of Panama in collaboration with International IDEA.

“What do the scandals concerning the notebooks of corruption and the fake contributions to the Cambiemos political coalition tell you about political financing?” “That it is like the tango ‘Yira, yira.’” “And why is that?” he is asked.

The President of the Republic, Martín Vizcarra, has announced that the Executive Branch will start with the necessary procedures for people to decide on the approval of a series of reforms, among which the prohibition concerning the re-election of members of Congress, the creation of a Senate and improvements to the regulation on the private financing of electoral campaigns.

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.

International IDEA Haiti’s office organized a training day on 4 July 2018 for consultants from various political parties represented in parliament to draft their strategic plan.

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Corruption in Peru has had a great impact on politics and government institutions. The perception that exists surrounding corruption in the public sector, combined with a local culture that is permissive of microcorruption (e.g. bribing the police and running red lights), generates a greater tolerance of corruption and leads to the normalisation of such actions.

Dans le cadre d’un processus de planification stratégique, il est essentiel que les partis politiques prennent en compte la dimension de genre.

Cette brochure s’adresse aux membres des partis politiques qui travailleront à l’élaboration de leur plan stratégique, et explique comment intégrer la dimension genre dans chacune des étapes du processus de planification.

Après 1986, Haïti a choisi la voie démocratique en adoptant une nouvelle Constitution, qui prévoit notamment l’établissement d’un organisme de gestion électorale indépendant : le Conseil électoral permanent (CEP). Toutefois, trente ans plus tard, le pays ne connait qu’une succession de conseils électoraux provisoires.

Peru’s members of parliament  reflected on the forms of parliament and political financing measures. The meeting on political participation of citizens and more transparent political financing was attended by members of congress belonging to four parliamentary groups: Fuerza Popular, Frente Amplio, Peruanos por el Kambio and Partido Aprista Peruano.

The Plurinational State of Bolivia recently incorporated the Comprehensive State planning System (SPIE), which establishes instruments to articulate public policy planning within central and regional autonomous governments. The main instrument for regional governments is the Comprehensive Development Territorial Plan (PTDI), which determines specific institutional courses of action needed to reach goals and outcomes defined in medium term planning.

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.

On 28 May 2018 in the city of Trinidad, capital of the Department of Beni, Bolivia, the session of honor of the Departmental Legislative Assembly (ALD) of Beni was held in which International IDEA was awarded a recognition plaque for its work in support of the Department.