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Electoral Cybersecurity Briefing Series
USAID supports IFES in developing a five-part Electoral Cybersecurity Briefing Series under the DAI Digital Frontiers Project.
June 20, 2023
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Cybersecurity is Fundamental to Elections
A resource for EMBs about Cybersecurity.
October 13, 2022
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Vote for Free: A Global Guide for Citizen Monitoring of Campaign Finance
IFES is proud to publish the definitive guide, "Vote for Free: A Global Guide for Citizen Monitoring of Campaign Finance," authored by Dr. Magnus Ohman, IFES’ senior political finance adviser.
September 27, 2022
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Why We Should Stop Asking “What Works in Democracy Assistance”
IFES' Fernanda Buril discusses democracy assistance and an IFES reflection exercise on 25 years of programmatic history.
March 09, 2022
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IFES COVID-19 Briefing Series: Preventing Government Corruption in Crises
How does COVID-19 entrench state capture and threaten democracies?
August 25, 2020
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Leadership in Crisis: Ensuring Independence, Ethics and Resilience in the Electoral Process
Leaders of election management bodies operate in a unique and challenging space. They may be required to carry out their mandates during complex transitions and under crisis scenarios like COVID-19.
February 28, 2020
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Leadership in Crisis: Ensuring Independence, Ethics and Resilience in the Electoral Process
IFES initiated a project with the support of USAID under the Global Elections and Political Transitions mechanism to craft an executive leadership training curriculum that can foster the leadership skills necessary to preserve EMB independence and ethics even amid crisis.
February 02, 2020
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Cybersecurity in Elections
In a new publication, IFES outlines strategies for election management bodies to strengthen their technology and procedures to resist vulnerabilities by following what we have termed a Holistic Exposure and Adaptation Testing (HEAT) process.
October 17, 2018
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Electoral Assessment
New Report on Abuse of State Resources Assessment in Bosnia and Herzegovina
As part of a two-year research effort, IFES recently developed a detailed methodology for evaluating a country’s legal framework related to the abuse of state resources (ASR) in elections. A new report details findings from an ASR assessment conducted by IFES in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
June 20, 2018
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Abuse of State Resources Research and Assessment Framework
IFES recently concluded a two-year Technical Leadership project examining the abuse of state resources (ASR) in election campaigns. The Abuse of State Resources Research and Assessment Framework: Guidelines for the Democracy and Governance Community of Practice is an abbreviated companion document to the complete Abuse of State Resources Research and Assessment Framework developed in this effort.
April 20, 2018