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IFES began working with Nicaragua’s Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) in 1997, and it has continued to work with the CSE to improve its capacity to conduct free and fair elections. In the past five years, IFES has also worked with Nicaraguan civil society, voters with disabilities, and political finance regulators.  IFES’ work in Nicaragua has been funded by USAID and SIDA.

 

Current Projects
Promoting Political Integrity
IFES has been working with Nicaraguan NGOs and civil society to develop the means to ensure all Nicaraguans comply with the country’s political finance laws. Working from experience gained through its Money and Politics (MAP) program, IFES is helping to set up a network of political finance regulators, develop a handbook that will detail Nicaragua’s political finance system in comparative perspective, and create a political finance website to keep the public informed. In addition, IFES is supporting campaigns to make the public more aware of the consequences of bad political finance practices on Nicaragua’s democracy.
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Building Nicaragua’s Electoral Infrastructure
For the November 2006 presidential elections, IFES worked with the CSE to improve its ability to effectively manage the electoral process. Specifically, IFES worked with the CSE to improve voter registration processes, improve the CSE’s ability to communicate with the public, and implement measures to better train pollworkers.
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Ensuring Everyone Can Exercise Their Right to Vote
In preparation for Nicaragua’s 2006 presidential elections, IFES worked with the CSE and Fundación SOLIDEZ (a group that advocates for the rights of women and the disabled) to ensure that people with disabilities could exercise their right to vote.
 
IFES helped the CSE incorporate elements into their poll worker training about the rights of disabled voters. IFES also gave Fundación SOLIDEZ a grant that enabled them to station trained facilitators at polling stations to offer assistance to disabled voters and to air radio and TV ads encouraging disabled voters to participate in the November election.
 
As part of this project, IFES created a video describing and advocating for the rights of voters with disabilities.
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Nicaragua News and Materials
January 3, 2008
IFES.org Feature: Program Helps Nicaraguans Probe Politicians' Finances
October 1, 2007
IFES.org Feature: IFES to Conduct Census of Nicaraguans with Disabilities
June 6, 2007
IFES News in Brief: En Nicaragua, un Nuevo Manual Para Registradores Civiles
June 2007
Manual/Handbook: Manual del Registrador del Estado Civil de las Personas (.pdf)
May 22, 2007
IFES News in Brief: Nuevo Reporte Compara las Reformas al Sistema de Registro Civil
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