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Code of Conduct and Privacy Policy for Virtual IFES Events
Our Priority The International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) is dedicated to creating and protecting safe spaces for people, online and off. We strive to treat people with dignity, decency and respect, and to build a community for everyone, free of intimidation, discrimination or hostility — regardless of gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, nationality, origin, race, ethnicity, religion, age, disability, political affiliation or physical appearance. We do not tolerate harassment in any form.
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3.1.4 Policy Development
The role that an impartial and politically neutral body with oversight of political finance issues can play in policy development will usually be limited, but can still be important.
3.1.5 Increasing Public Awareness
Political finance is crucially important in any democratic state today. The role of money in politics is also critical to public confidence on the political and electoral processes in any country.
3.2 Compliance Control Mechanisms
Compliance control mechanisms cover all the different methods and processes oversight institutions can resort to in order to supervise and check compliance with political finance regulations.
3.2.1 Supervision and Monitoring
Supervision and monitoring are part of the tasks political finance oversight bodies can be vested with. Depending on the country and the mandate entrusted to the political finance oversight body, supervision and monitoring of political finances can encompass different mechanisms or powers.
3.2.2 Preparing Reporting
A cornerstone in political finance transparency is the financial reporting system for political parties and election contestants, whether it relates to annual or ongoing party finance reports or to campaign finance reports submitted before or after an election.