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Upcoming Guide to Best Practices on Civil and Voter Registries

Accurate civil and voter registries are critical base components of electoral integrity and ensuring enfranchisement of all voters. Well-actualized voter registration lists also help mitigate electi… read more » July 02, 2009

Palestinian Election Commission Participated in Observing the June Lebanese Elections

The Palestinian Central Elections Commission (CEC) Commissioner Judge Iman Naserdin, Deputy CEO Ashraf Shuaibi, and Jerusalem District Coordinator Ziad AlBakry participated in the observation of th… read more » July 02, 2009

IFES Releases Briefing Paper on 2010 Palestinian Elections

Media reports as well as statements by President Abbas, Fatah and Hamas leaders indicate that Palestinian factions have agreed to hold the elections in January 2010, even if the agreements on other … read more » June 30, 2009

Manatt Fellow Paper on Foreign Aid and Democracy

Does African dependence on foreign aid undermine the evolution of representative institutions? Using cross-national data and public opinion data, Olufunmbi M. Elemo, a PhD candidate in political sci… read more » June 30, 2009

IFES President Receives Honorary Award for Strengthening the UK-US Business Relationship

The British Embassy has awarded Bill Sweeney, IFES president and CEO, the honorary title of Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE). Given by Queen Elizabeth II, the award is… read more » June 23, 2009

IFES Organizes Conference on Electoral Environment for Palestinian Media

On June 10 and 11 in Ramallah, West Bank, members of the local news media and elections specialists gathered to discuss electoral developments in the West Bank. The aim of the workshop was to help … read more » June 17, 2009

IFES Board Member Becomes a Member of the Order of Malta

Robert L. Livingston, an IFES board member and president of the Livingston Group, a consulting firm he founded after 22 years in Congress, has been confirmed by the Sovereign Council of the Order of… read more » June 16, 2009

2009 IFES Supplier Directory Now Available

IFES released the latest edition of its Buyer’s Guide to Election Suppliers, an industry specific directory featuring information about companies selling voting equipment, electoral supplies and profe… read more » June 16, 2009

IFES Organizes Study Trip for Palestinians to Northern Ireland

IFES-West Bank & Gaza organized a study trip in May for the Palestinian Central Elections Commission to Northern Ireland. The trip was implemented in cooperation with NI-CO, a not for profit organizat… read more » June 16, 2009

Results of the 2009 Lebanese Election

On June 9, Richard Chambers, IFES Chief of Party in Lebanon, participated at a conference held by the Middle East Center of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Beirut. Chambers gave an o… read more » June 09, 2009

Photographs from the Lebanon June 7, 2009 Elections

On June 7, Lebanon held its hotly-contested parliamentary elections. The March 14 coalition won a surprising majority over the March 8 parliamentary block that includes Hezbollah. Since 2005, IFES has… read more » June 09, 2009

IFES, an Observer of the Yerevan, Armenia Elections, Comments on the Poll

IFES was one of the international groups monitoring the Yerevan Council elections. IFES has been working with Armenia’s Central Election Commission on a USAID project to promote the more professiona… read more » June 01, 2009