11 Apr 2017 | News and Updates
On March 28, Tunisia’s High Independent Authority for Elections (ISIE) organized an international conference on the financing of political life during electoral periods with support from the...
10 Apr 2017 | Election FAQ
The Republic of Turkey will hold a constitutional referendum on Sunday, April 16. This will be the sixth constitutional referendum in the country since the passage of the 1982 constitution.
9 Mar 2017 | News and Updates
IFES and Tunisia's National School of Administration (ENA) share a common objective to raise awareness among Tunisia’s future leaders on electoral matters.
7 Mar 2017 | News and Updates
On International Women’s Day, and every day, we honor and support the tireless efforts of women's rights advocates. One of the ways these women leaders affect change is by working with and...
23 Feb 2017 | News and Updates
IFES is currently organizing a series of trainings for Tunisian community radio and print journalists. The goal of these training sessions is to build the capacity of Tunisian journalists...
12 Dec 2016 | News and Updates
The annual International Day of Persons with Disabilities, held on December 3, commemorates the human rights of persons with disabilities. This year we also celebrate the 10th anniversary of the...
21 Nov 2016 | News and Updates
On November 1, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) lost a member of its extended family. Ahmed Alhrari Dakam, a passionate political inclusion activist and a major advocate for...
14 Nov 2016 | News and Updates
On Tuesday, November 8, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) honored Chafik Sarsar, President of Tunisia’s Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE), with its 2016 Joe C....
19 Oct 2016 | Multimedia
In collaboration with a Moroccan Sign Language (MSL) consultant, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) as part of the Consortium for Elections and Political Process Strengthening...
11 Oct 2016 | News and Updates
From September 15-18, 2016, IFES organized a celebration for International Day of Democracy with the support and participation of 82 Tunisian and international organizations.
4 Oct 2016 | Election FAQ
Parliamentary elections will be held in Morocco on October 7. They will be the second set of legislative elections after the constitutional reform initiated by King Mohamed VI passed through a...
30 Sep 2016 | News and Updates
On September 26, 2016, IFES, under the U.S. Agency for International Development-funded “Libya Elections Governance Support” project, held an event for the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding...
23 Sep 2016 | News and Updates
The International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) is pleased to announce that Chafik Sarsar, president of Tunisia’s Independent High Authority for Elections, is the recipient of the 2016 Joe...
19 Sep 2016 | Election FAQ
In 2016, Jordan changed its Elections Law to put in place a new electoral system for parliamentary elections, implementing an open-list proportional system for each of the multimember electoral...
30 Aug 2016 | News and Updates
From August 24-26, 2016, IFES hosted the first ever governance workshop for members of Libya’s Washington D.C.-based diplomatic corps. The USAID-funded training provided the 17 members of the...
21 Jul 2016 | News and Updates
For Deaf Libyans, language barriers are a profound challenge to full participation in political life. In Libyan elections – as in many elections worldwide – speeches, voting materials and other...
10 Jun 2016 | News and Updates
On May 10, 2016, IFES Middle East and North Africa Regional Director Zeinab Abdelkarim addressed a regional forum that brought together representatives from electoral management bodies in the...
19 May 2016 | Multimedia
In this interview, IFES President and CEO Bill Sweeney, IRI President Ambassador Mark Green, and NDI President Kenneth Wollack discuss how CEPPS’ collaborated during recent milestone elections in...
22 Apr 2016 | News and Updates
The International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) and Egypt’s National Council for Disability Affairs hosted a conference in Cairo on April 12 and 13, 2016 on electoral access for persons...
7 Apr 2016 | News and Updates
On March 24, 2016, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), in collaboration with the Tunisian Court of Accounts and the Parliamentary Commission Responsible for Electoral...
7 Mar 2016 | News and Updates
On February 29, 2016, IFES hosted a delegation from the League of Arab States as part of a United Nations Development Programme-organized trip to meet with signatories of the Declaration of...
23 Feb 2016 | News and Updates
On February 11, 2016 the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) and the Tunisian Administrative Tribunal, with support from the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), co-...
17 Feb 2016 | Election FAQ
On February 26, Iranians will vote for the 290-member Islamic Consultative Assembly (Iran’s Parliament, also known as the Majlis) and the 88-member Assembly of Experts. The Majlis and the Assembly of...
16 Feb 2016 | News and Updates
IFES is playing an integral role in revising and expanding Tunisia's existing electoral law by providing support on electoral legislative reforms to enhance the effectiveness and credibility of...
6 Jan 2016 | News and Updates
Used by The Elders following the recent Syrian peace talks in Vienna, #wherearethewomen is an important social media petition that exposes the disconnect between interested and engaged Syrian women...
16 Dec 2015 | News and Updates
For nearly three decades, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) has been at the forefront of promoting democracy, compelled by a vision of a world in which strong democratic...
16 Dec 2015 | News and Updates
Iraq has undergone dramatic change in the past decade. The U.S.-led war in Iraq that began in 2003, and the subsequent de-Ba’athification process led by the Coalition Provisional Authority, spike in...
14 Dec 2015 | Multimedia
The past year saw a slew of important elections across the globe. The International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) was engaged with election commissions, civil society and a variety of other...
9 Dec 2015 | Publication
With support from USAID's Global Women’s Leadership Program, IFES is developing a systematic approach for engaging men to support women in leadership and decision-making roles in political and...
23 Nov 2015 | News and Updates
On November 19, 2015, IFES and the Office of Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18) hosted “Beyond the Headlines: The Movement of Women and Girls in Conflict,” the third installment of the “Women,...
27 Oct 2015 | Election FAQ
On November 1, 2015, Turkish voters will return to the polls to vote in their second election this year for the Grand National Assembly (TBMM).
14 Oct 2015 | Election FAQ
On October 17, 2015, Egyptian citizens will head to the polls to elect members of the House of Representatives. The elections represent the final milestone of a transitional roadmap following the...
7 Oct 2015 | News and Updates
On September 29, 2015, IFES, in collaboration with Tunisia’s Administrative Tribunal and with support from the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affair, organized a workshop on the electoral...
15 Sep 2015 | News and Updates
In celebration of International Day of Democracy on September 15, the Presidents of IFES, the International Republican Institute and the National Democratic Institute, which together compose the...
15 Jul 2015 | News and Updates
On July 14, 2015, IFES President and CEO Bill Sweeney provided testimony to the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa on “Tunisia’s Fragile Democratic Transition.”...
8 Jul 2015 | News and Updates
On Tuesday, July 14, International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) President and CEO Bill Sweeney will testify before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs’ Subcommittee on the Middle East...
1 Jun 2015 | Election FAQ
On June 7, Turkish citizens will head to the polls to elect Deputies to the 550-member Grand National Assembly (Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi, or TBMM). With electoral victories in the previous three...
15 May 2015 | Survey
Following the April 2014 Council of Representatives elections, IFES conducted a public opinion survey of voting-age citizens in Iraq.
22 Apr 2015 | News and Updates
In April 2015, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) released a report assessing the legal framework of campaign finance mechanisms for the 2014 legislative and presidential...
15 Apr 2015 | News and Updates
On December 21, 2014, Tunisian citizens cast their ballots in the second round of the presidential elections; the third and final election of the 2014 electoral period. The first election was held on...
14 Apr 2015 | News and Updates
Greg Kehailia is currently the Senior Governance and Civil Society Advisor at the International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX). Previously, he was the International Foundation for Electoral...
19 Mar 2015 | News and Updates
Four years after the fall of Moammar Gadhafi’s regime, fractures in governance and society have given way to violence and civil unrest. Two competing governments have since emerged – each backed by...
2 Mar 2015 | News and Updates
On February 24, 2015, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) organized a presentation at the headquarters of Tunisia’s election management body (EMB), the Independent High...
20 Feb 2015 | News and Updates
As Egypt prepares for parliamentary elections that will be held starting in March 2015, International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) President and CEO Bill Sweeney traveled to Egypt to...
15 Jan 2015 | News and Updates
Having a reliable voter register is a key concern for election management bodies. An accurate voter register ensures voter access to, and the integrity of, the electoral process. Launched in October...
15 Jan 2015 | News and Updates
In 2014, a host of international crises – from the rise of ISIS to the Ebola crisis – dominated the agenda of the international community. While there were some notable democratic...
18 Dec 2014 | News and Updates
During any democratic election, the need for transparency and up-to-date information is paramount to the credibility of the vote. Since 2011, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES...
24 Nov 2014 | Multimedia
On November 23, 2014, Tunisians went to the polls for the first direct election of a President in the country’s history. During this historic day, the International Foundation for Electoral...
21 Nov 2014 | Multimedia
On November 20, 2014, Tunisia’s High Independent Authority for Elections (ISIE) held a press conference to reopen its Media Center for the November 23 presidential election. The International...
20 Nov 2014 | News and Updates
On December 17, 2010, a Tunisian street vendor called Mohamed Bouazizi doused himself in flammable liquid and self-immolated, sparking a revolution that would not only change the political trajectory...
18 Nov 2014 | Election FAQ
Nearly four years after the Arab Spring was sparked in Tunisia and much of the region, Tunisians head to the polls on November 23 to elect their next President.