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10 May 2019 | Press Release
IFES is pleased to announce that Alan Wall, a senior elections adviser and former IFES chief of party, is the recipient of the 2019 Joe C. Baxter Award, after being unanimously selected by IFES’...
7 May 2019 | Feature
On April 2-5, IFES coordinated a visit for Haitian election officials to the Central Electoral Board’s Civil Status and Electoral Training Center in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
7 May 2019 | Feature
Alessandra Rossi arrived in Guatemala City in January 2019 to serve as IFES' resident director in Guatemala and provides technical leadership and overall direction to IFES’ “Electoral Governance and...
3 May 2019 | Feature
As part of its efforts to ensure access to reliable information and promote high-quality journalism in Ukraine, IFES organized a study trip to the Baltics for investigative journalists to gain hands-...
3 May 2019 | Feature
As we celebrate World Press Freedom Day and this year’s theme of “Media for Democracy: Journalism and Elections in Times of Disinformation,” we highlight the important work done by IFES to promote...
3 May 2019 | Feature
IFES is hosting the Press Secretary of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Armenia Hermine Harutyunyan as part of the American Councils Professional Fellowship Program. In this Q&A,...
2 May 2019 | Feature
IFES is working to establish regional peer networks of election arbiters, which allow judges and election commissioners to discuss best practices and share comparative examples of how other countries...
2 May 2019 | Feature
From March 18-28, IFES partnered with Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council to conduct a Building Resources in Democracy, Governance and Elections (BRIDGE) train-the-facilitators workshop in Port-au-...
2 May 2019 | Feature
From March 15-17, IFES conducted a workshop and training for Haitian journalists on advanced investigative journalism, the inclusion of persons with disabilities, women’s representation and violence...
2 May 2019 | Feature
The “Agreement for a Transparent, Ethical and Peaceful Electoral Process” was signed on March 11 by representatives of 18 of the 28 political parties that will participate in Guatemala’s upcoming...
29 Apr 2019 | Feature
A new assessment from IFES on violence against women in elections in Afghanistan was made possible by the support of the Canadian people through Global Affairs Canada. In this Q&A, Ambassador...
18 Apr 2019 | Feature
Over the past 18 months, IFES has been designing and pilot testing the IFES Executive Curriculum in Electoral Leadership (iEXCEL). iEXCEL develops skills to strengthen institutional independence,...