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ESTOCOLMO — El 21 de noviembre, IDEA Internacional recibió al presidente Rho Tae-ak y a una delegación de alto nivel de la Comisión Electoral Nacional de la República de Corea (CNE) en su sede en Estocolmo para la firma de un Memorando de Entendimiento (MdE) renovado, reafirmando una colaboración de larga data centrada en el fortalecimiento de las instituciones democráticas y la integridad electoral en todo el mundo.

STOCKHOLM – The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) welcomes the strengthening of its partnership with France in support of democracy worldwide, with France’s new 200 000 EUR core funding for the Institute formally delivered on Thursday by Thierry Carlier, the Ambassador of France to Sweden.

ESTOCOLMO – El Instituto Internacional para la Democracia y la Asistencia Electoral (IDEA Internacional) celebra el fortalecimiento de su colaboración con Francia en apoyo a la democracia en todo el mundo. El nuevo fondo de financiación básica de 200.000 euros de Francia para el Instituto fue entregado oficialmente el jueves por Thierry Carlier, Embajador de Francia en Suecia.

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?

As foreign information manipulation grows faster, cheaper, and more sophisticated, Moldova finds itself on the front line of a new kind of democratic battlefield—one where algorithms shape opinions, hidden money fuels narratives, and influence operations move seamlessly across borders and platforms.

Between 10 and 14 November 2025, International IDEA organized a "Protecting Elections Framework Training the Trainers" event in Nacka, Sweden. The five-day workshop brought experienced facilitators from 20 countries from Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America to receive training on the Framework's resources.

IDEA Internacional, en colaboración con el Tribunal Electoral de Panamá, compiló tres conferencias magistrales en cuadernos que buscan sensibilizar a la sociedad, denunciar la discriminación y violencias y contribuir al desarrollo de propuestas a favor de la igualdad de género en el país.

The future of democracy in Africa and the broader Global South is increasingly shaped by forces beyond traditional electoral politics. Climate change, digital innovation and natural resource governance have emerged as defining arenas where democratic principles are being tested, renegotiated and potentially redefined.

Twenty years ago, governments gathered in Geneva to establish common principles for multistakeholder digital governance, resulting in the WSIS Agreement. Today, as the WSIS is being reviewed, the effectiveness of that collaborative process is being tested against a digital landscape that is vastly different from what it was in 2005.

Would you take a job where abuse and violence were almost guaranteed? This is the reality of modern political life, making it less appealing to women - especially younger women - leading to even less representative democracies. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Parliaments around the world are taking practical steps to prevent violence, protect women, and prosecute offenders.

International IDEA, the Embassy of Switzerland to the United States and The Organization of American States (OAS), convened a high-level gathering on 31 October 2025 in the Hall of the Americas of the OAS to commemorate 24 years of the Inter-American Democratic Charter and 30 years since the founding of International IDEA.

Every 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women reminds us that gender-based violence remains one of the most pervasive and devastating human rights violations globally. It affects women in every region, social group and political system.

A fin de contribuir con la mejora en la accesibilidad del voto para personas con discapacidades, IDEA Internacional apoyó al Tribunal Electoral de Panamá con la elaboración del “Estudio de observación de la accesibilidad al voto en las Elecciones Generales del 5 de mayo de 2024”.

International IDEA, with support from the European Union, convened media experts from Guyana in Panama to analyse the handling of information before, during, and after the general and regional elections held on September 1st. The workshop aimed to reinforce information integrity and promote good journalistic practices in electoral contexts, at a time when disinformation and polarization pose growing challenges to democracy.

IDEA Internacional, con el apoyo de la Unión Europea, reunió en Panamá a expertos en medios de Guyana para analizar el manejo de la información antes, durante y después de las elecciones generales y regionales del 1 de septiembre pasado. El taller tuvo como objetivo fortalecer la integridad informativa y promover buenas prácticas periodísticas en contextos electorales, en un momento en que la desinformación y la polarización representan desafíos crecientes para la democracia.

In an era of intensifying information manipulation and disinformation, democratic societies are facing increasingly complex threats. Malign influence campaigns—conducted by both state and non-state actors—have exploited vulnerabilities in national information ecosystems, eroding trust, deepening polarization and undermining confidence in democratic processes. A range of initiatives have been launched to counter these threats, but responses remain fragmented and uneven across contexts.

This case study examines the preservation of election results in Guatemala through the lens of the political crisis that occurred in that country in the second half of 2023. Despite Guatemala’s democratic deficiencies, electoral results had not previously been threatened there in the 40 years since the democratic opening in 1983. 

The project "Combatting Electoral Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI)” is advancing in supporting civil society actors to increase their capacity to counter foreign interference during elections.

The Protecting Elections Training Curriculum comprises 19 customizable activities on the Integrated Framework for Protecting Elections, with an emphasis on electoral risk management, resilience-building and crisis management. It is a comprehensive and highly interactive capacity-development tool, designed for a two-day training workshop to be run at the country, regional or global level.