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In 2022, the Collins Dictionary selected “Permacrisis” as the word of the year for 2022. Permacrisis describes “an extended period of instability and insecurity”, highlighting that the world faces – and will continue to face- multiple crises: from pandemics to conflict. 

Securing Ukraine’s capacity to conduct future post-war elections in a free, orderly, and transparent manner will be vital for the continued integrity of its democratic governance and for the success of its recovery and reconstruction. One key challenge lying ahead of Ukraine will be to ensure the voting rights and opportunities for its displaced citizens, many of whom will be casting their vote from outside of Ukraine.

Gender equality is an integral part of thriving democracies, but few think of it as a prerequisite for democracy. At the same time, democracy is being undermined by the same forces that are pushing back on women’s rights, participation, and representation in public life. This event contributes and sustains the efforts to sustain gender equality on the global agenda for democracy. 

Thailand’s May 14 election has been one of the most closely tracked polls the country has ever held. The outcome will not be finalised for 60 days, but the campaign period as well as voting patterns and conduct of the poll are being carefully tracked.

The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) invites you to an online panel event, “Webinar 2: Municipal Elections in Fiji: Legal and Practical Considerations”, on Tuesday, 11 May 2023, from 9:00-10:30 GMT +12.

The East Africa High-Level Ministerial Conference on Youth, Peace and Security, a four-day hybrid event, will take place in Burundi, 9-10 May 2023.

This is the third edition of the high-level ministerial conference of East African states. This year's theme focuses on the role of regional economic communities REC's and regional mechanisms RM's in promoting youth, peace, and security agenda in the East African region.

International IDEA’s Democracy Tracker is an interactive, policy-oriented tool that monitors and assesses the state of democracy and human rights around the world.   

25 April 2023 marks the 49th anniversary of the Portuguese Democratic Revolution, also known as the Carnation Revolution, which put an end to 48 years of autocratic regime in Portugal. In celebration of this, International IDEA, in collaboration with the Embassy of Portugal in Stockholm, invites you to a discussion on the transition to democracy in Portugal and the lessons that can be drawn from it.

Transparency of politics, particularly political finance, is a cornerstone of every democratic system. International IDEA supports global efforts to improve political finance transparency, including in the Western Balkans, where the revised EU enlargement methodology has placed the issue amongst the Fundamentals of Democracy.

The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) invites you to an online panel: “Perceptions of corruption in Fiji and Melanesian anti-corruption mechanisms” on Tuesday 4 April 2023, from 11:00-12:30 (GMT +12).

As a side event to the Costa Rican Summit for Democracy focused on “Promoting the role of youth in political and democratic spaces”,  International IDEA and the Latin American Network and Caribbean for Democracy (Redlad), under the umbrella of the Global Democracy Coalition, propose to organize an event that aims at providing a space

The Global Democracy Coalition is holding the Pre-Summit for Democracy Dialogue (S4D) around citizens engagement in democracy in Lusaka, Zambia, on 27 and 28 March 2023.

The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security, the governments of Sweden and Romania, and International IDEA invite you to an event ahead of the second Summit for Democracy on Promoting Equitable Gender Norms to Foster Democratic Resilience, on Friday, March

The International IDEA Tunis Office will hold its third edition of the “Moot Court Competition on the Limitation Clause and the Principle of Proportionality in the Tunisian Constitution”, under the project “Supporting the Application of Article 49 and Proportionality in Tunisia” funded by the German Federal Foreign Office.

While many African Member States have signed and ratified regional and global instruments to promote women’s political participation, the proportion of women in parliament is at a paltry 24% far from the targets set in these instruments.

International IDEA invites you to the prelaunch of the Inclusion Portal on 13 March 2023, 13:15-14:30 EST, at the United Nations Headquarters, Conference Room A, Conference Building, New York.

The Gender Cohort Co-leads Sweden, Romania, Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS) and International IDEA invites you to the side event Gender Equality as a Prerequisite for Democracy, on 9 March 2023, 15:00-16:15 EST, at the United Nations Headquarters, Conference Room B, Conference Building, New York.

The prioritisation of technology in enhancing gender equality is enshrined in Sustainable Development Goal 5. Although digital technologies are regarded as a tool to enhance gender equality and women’s empowerment global data shows there are glaring disparities in access, use, affordability, knowledge and more.

International IDEA and Rule of Law Centre of Finland in partnership with the Central Election Commission are organizing a three-day Workshop on Cybersecurity and Disinformation in Elections (a BRIDGE Training Module), in the framework of the project “Integrity and Trust in the Albanian Elections”.

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