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Comunicado de Prensa
“Press Release” is a press statement, available in Spanish, issued in 1996 by Orlando Abello Martinez-Aparicio from the National Registrar of Civil Status, Colombia. The press statement comes to inform about a civic education program involving a youth initiative proposal by the Electoral Organization of Colombia.
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Civic Education Material
Un Pais mas Seguro para Todos
“Building a Safer Country for All” is a civic education discussion guidebook, available in Spanish, issued by the Department of Political Science within the University of the Andes, Colombia. The guidebook is intended to encourage community participation in the effort to reduce violence and crime in Colombia through various means such as increasing the programs of social development, educating people in the spirit of civic and moral values, to stimulate young people to take part in community activities and/or to strengthen the judicial system and reform the police. Additionally, the guidebook contains some surveys.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Participar, Y Votar, la Decision es Nuestra
“It is Our Decision to Participate and Vote” is a civic education discussion guidebook, available in Spanish, believed to be issued in the 1990s by the National Registrar of Civil State, Colombia. The guidebook encourages citizens to participate and vote while offering various options for participation. Additionally, the guidebook includes surveys and an evaluation.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
El Mandato Nacional de los Ninos por la Paz
“Children’s National Mandate for Peace” is the resume of a youth participation work booklet, available in Spanish, issued in 1996 by the National Registrar of Civil Status, in Colombia. The informational workbook is intended to guide youth towards becoming conscientious and responsible citizens in a democratic society. The workbook puts a great emphasis on the importance of rights and the need for young people to grow up in the spirit of respecting each other’s rights as a prerequisite for the existence of a peaceful and democratic society in Colombia.
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Book
Financing Politics: The Middle East and North Africa
Financing Politics: The Middle East and North Africa is a collaborative effort between the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) and the Arab Region Parliamentarians against Corruption (ARPAC). It represents a concerted attempt to better understand and document existing political finance regulations and experiences in five countries – Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Tunisia and Yemen. The availability of information on the funding of parties and campaigns is a first and significant step in enhancing transparency.
September 30, 2013
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Report/Paper
A Lebanon Political Primer
IFES-Lebanon has released the third briefing paper for the June 7, 2009 Lebanese election. This latest paper provides information about the parties that make up the two blocks or alliances in parliament, known as March 14 and March 8.
May 13, 2009
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Report/Paper
Briefing Paper on Lebanon's Parliamentary Blocs
On June 7, 2009, Lebanon held parliamentary elections that resulted in a majority of 71 deputies and an opposition of 57 deputies. Each coalition is composed of different political parties and independent deputies. On August 31, the Majority forces held a meeting at the residence of designate Prime Minister Saad Hariri which resulted in a change of composition with 69 deputies for the majority, 57 for the opposition and 2 independents.
September 02, 2009
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Report/Paper
Lebanon’s New Government
Five months after the June 7 elections, and following protracted wrangling between the different Lebanese political factions over the allocation of portfolios, the proposed members of the Council of Ministers were today announced by President Michel Sleiman and the Prime Minister designate, Saad Hariri.
November 08, 2009
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Report/Paper
The Political Finance Framework in Lebanon
In this report Dr. Magnus Ohman provides an analysis of the oversight mechanisms put in place for the 2009 Parliamentary elections in Lebanon.
August 01, 2009
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Report/Paper
Focus on Lebanon | Control of Financial Assets Topic Brief
This topic brief presents key findings about asset control based on data from the 2009 SWMENA survey in Lebanon. It includes an analysis of women’s control over assets, focusing on how earnings are spent, financial decision making and control over personal property and financial savings.
February 18, 2010