{"id":75419,"date":"2025-11-28T11:55:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T06:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=75419"},"modified":"2025-11-28T12:00:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T06:30:14","slug":"international-institute-for-democracy-and-electoral-assistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/international-institute-for-democracy-and-electoral-assistance\/","title":{"rendered":"International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chief Election Commissioner of India is set to assume the role of the Chairperson of the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) for the year 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>an inter-governmental organisation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> established in 1995.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It works to <\/span><b>strengthen democratic institutions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and electoral processes worldwide.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International IDEA has been <\/span><b>granted <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/the-united-nations-un\/\" target=\"_blank\">UN<\/a> observer status.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Objective:\u00a0 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The objectives of the Institute are to <\/span><b>support stronger democratic institutions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and processes, and more sustainable, effective and legitimate democracy.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Member countries:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It currently has <\/span><b>35 member countries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with the United States and Japan as observers. <\/span><b>India<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is <\/span><b>a founding member<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of International IDEA<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Governance:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Institute&#8217;s governance consists of a <\/span><b>Council of Member States<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a Steering Committee, a Finance and Audit Committee, a Board of Advisers and a <\/span><b>Secretariat<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, led by the Secretary-General.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Each year<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the <\/span><b>Council <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">elects a Chair and two Vice Chairs among its Member States.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Core Functions: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its working modalities include four elements: <\/span><b>knowledge production<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>capacity development, advocacy as well as convening of dialogues.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>It focuses on <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">six workstreams namely:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Electoral Processes<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Constitution-Building\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Democracy Assessment<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Political Participation and Representation<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Climate Change and Democracy<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Digitalization and Democracy<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Secretariat:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Stockholm, Sweden<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/incoming\/cec-gyanesh-kumar-to-assume-chairpersonship-role-of-international-institute-for-democracy-and-electoral-assistance\/article70326512.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance is an inter-governmental organisation established in 1995. 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