IFES News in Brief 2008

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IFES News in Brief 2008

Elizabeth Cote, chief of party in Guinea for the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), comments on the Guinean coup:

"One of the lessons learned from Guinea's transition from the Sekou Toure Regime in 1984 is that it suffered from lack of accompaniment on the part of the international community with regards to inte… read more » December 30, 2008

Election Technology Exhibition

IFES and Pakistan Election Commission host national electoral reform workshop

On June 21, 2008, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and IFES successfully hosted the National Stakeholder Workshop on Electoral Reform in Pakistan. The event elicited direct feedb… read more » July 11, 2008

Paraguayan Delegation Visits IFES, Discusses Plans for New Administration

A Paraguayan delegation representing newly-elected President Fernando Lugo visited IFES on June 20, 2008, to share information over a round-table discussion regarding the recent Paraguayan electi… read more » June 27, 2008

Yemen Supreme Commission to Redraw Boundaries and Address Issues of Political Finance

The term of previous commissioners of the Yemen Supreme Commission for Elections and Referendum (SCER) expired in November 2007. Since then a political impasse on the composition of the commissioners … read more » June 23, 2008

IFES, Indonesian Election Commission Pledge Cooperation

IFES and Indonesia's National Election Commission agreed to work closely to prepare Indonesia for legislative and presidential elections in 2009. H. Abdul Hafiz Anshary, chairman of the Komisi Permili… read more » April 18, 2008

IFES, Mexican Tribunal Pledge Cooperation

IFES and Mexico’s Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary are vowing to increase cooperation and strengthen their ties in order to jointly expand the reach of democracy. IFES President Jean-Pierre… read more » March 21, 2008

IFES to Award Democracy Fellowships

A New Means of Measuring Democracy?

University of New Mexico doctoral candidate Yury V. Bosin used his recent IFES fellowship to develop a prototype for an index to measure the quality of elections. The index, with 37 weighted variables… read more » February 27, 2008

A Case for Measuring Democracy

Current efforts to 'score' countries based on a set of common democratic principles are flawed, but these indices have tremendous value to policy makers, international donors, academia and media. In a… read more » January 31, 2008

Sierra Leone Elections Retreat

Sierra Leone’s National Electoral Commission savored the success of its work organizing the 2007 elections and looked for areas of improvement at a retreat organized by IFES January 9-11. Some 60 elec… read more » January 31, 2008

IFES Hosts Spanish Delegation

The U.S. presidential primaries offered an opportunity for IFES to exchange views on a wide range of democratic topics with a visiting delegation from Catalan, Spain January 30. The delegation include… read more » January 31, 2008

India 'Girl Child' Campaign Releases Handbook

Young people in Rajasthan are using a new tool to educate their community about the dangers of female feticide and the value of women in a democratic society. The Society to Uplift Rural Economy (SURE… read more » January 29, 2008