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To discuss the role of Regional Organisations in conflict prevention and peacebuilding International IDEA, GPPAC, UNU-CRIS, the OAS and OSCE  organized the International Conference on Strengthening Peace and Security Cooperation towards Democracy and Development.

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 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.

El Consejo de Estados Miembros de IDEA Internacional ha elegido a la India como presidente del Instituto para 2026. India asumió la presidencia anual de Suiza, quien presidió el año 2025, en una reunión del Consejo en Estocolmo, Suecia, el 3 de diciembre de 2025.

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.

Globally, an estimated one in five women have a disability. While there are no concrete statistics on the proportion of women in political leadership positions, an analysis of many parliaments and local authorities does not indicate their proportionate representation in leadership positions.

This policy brief highlights why democracy is essential for achieving inclusive and sustainable social development and shared prosperity.

Peace from the Ground Up: Civil Society in Regional Interventions in the Horn of Africa report provides a thoughtful analysis of how civil society actors can strengthen their strategic engagement with the AU and IGAD to gain effective roles in their multilateral peace
initiatives and preventive diplomacy work in the Horn of Africa. The report outlines challenges and opportunities for this type of

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.