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On 14 February 2021, a snap election took place in Kosovo. The short timeframe for holding the elections, the political and judicial controversies that led to it, and Covid-19 meant that the electoral system was under pressure. Due to the pandemic, the presence of international observers was limited, and domestic observers were also forced to reduce their presence. These circumstances presented potential challenges to the acceptance of the legitimacy of the results and the identification of technical improvements required in future elections.
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Matthew Hedges, who was until recently Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Paraguay, will take the reigns as Westminster Foundation for Democracy’s Regional Director for Asia and the Americas in September 2020. He will be responsible for the strategy, programming and team management across both regions.
The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in the Muslim Mindanao, a new devolved administration in the Southern Philippines, was one year into a complex transition period when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Following decades of conflict, the transitional authority in charge of the region faced the same challenges more seasoned governments have been buffeted by around the globe. All the while, a raft of complex governance issues urgently demanded attention too
We need new approaches and more ambitious efforts to reverse the fifteen-year downward trend in global democracy. WFD wants to contribute to a more coherent and integrated approach to democracy support.
This framework clarifys what electoral commission independence is and offers a framework for election observers, civil society groups, parties, journalists, and the public to use to assess the independence of a specific electoral commission.
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CEO Anthony Smith shares his top ten moments where WFD made a difference to the quality of democracy around the world in 2018.
As each and every day takes us closer to the 2030 goal of achieving the sustainable development goals, we need policies that can close the inequality gap to be backed up by allocating adequate resources in the budget towards actualising them. Gender-responsive budgeting is part of the way forward.
Delivering impactful programmes and policy support is a main goal of WFD’s strategy for 2022-2025. In this article, WFD’s Director of Policy and Programmes and Director of Quality and Innovation set out our ambition.
Aan introduction to independent oversight institutions and their relationship with parliament.
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WFD’s politically neutral programme in Venezuela works on a cross-party basis and a wide range of civil society organisations in Venezuela to support their capacity to research and respond to the priorities of citizens.
In the past, WFD Venezuela supported the National Assembly of Venezuela in becoming a more responsive institution that can effectively represent citizens, develop quality legislation and provide oversight of government, by implementing a modernisation strategy, designed by the Assembly with WFD support.
In the past, WFD Venezuela supported the National Assembly of Venezuela in becoming a more responsive institution that can effectively represent citizens, develop quality legislation and provide oversight of government, by implementing a modernisation strategy, designed by the Assembly with WFD support.
Day 3 of our Conference on Environmental Democracy focuses on putting environmental Democracy into practice.
Following the Conference on Environmental Democracy, WFD commissioned research from the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, which explores how a greater focus on environmental democracy and governance may help address climate change and environmental degradation. The study with recommendations for policymakers is available here.
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I live in Northern Ireland, a small, charming part of the world that has had some big, devastating problems.
This study explores the potential for development cooperation to help address climate change and environmental degradation through greater focus on environmental governance.
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