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Libyan and Tunisian Election Commissions Sign Memorandum of Understanding with IFES Support
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 between the Libyan High National Elections Commission and the Tunisian Independent High Authority for Elections.
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A Quarter Century of Democratization: Electoral Processes and their Development
This September, the ACEEEO celebrated its 25th anniversary with a conference in Tirana, Albania focusing on the “Development of Electoral Systems and Processes in the Last 25 years.” IFES President and CEO Bill Sweeney and IFES Regional Director for Europe and Eurasia Dr. Beata Martin-Rozumiłowicz represented IFES at the conference and wrote an article assessing on the development of electoral processes and democratization over the last 25 years.
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President of Independent High Authority for Elections of Tunisia to Receive 2016 IFES Baxter Award
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 C. Baxter Award.
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Video: 2016 Democracy Awards Ceremony
On September 13, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) held its seventh annual Charles T. Manatt Democracy Awards ceremony in Washington D.C. This event brings diverse groups of domestic and international leaders together who share a belief in advancing good governance and democratic rights by empowering and encouraging active citizen participation.
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World Leaders Convene in D.C. to Activate Disability Rights Implementation
The International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), in partnership with Mobility International USA (MIUSA), Disability Rights and Education Defense Fund (DREDF), and the U.S. International Council on Disabilities (USICD), is honored to welcome 24 disability rights leaders from six countries to Washington D.C. for the “RightsNow!: Exploring the U.S. Model” conference, from September 17-24.
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Register for the USEP and GEO-7 Now or Become a Sponsor
The International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) invites you to support its 2016 United States Election Program (USEP). Each national election, the USEP unites hundreds of senior electoral officials, government and judicial leaders, parliamentarians and diplomats from over 60 countries in Washington, D.C. to collaborate, network and celebrate democracy.
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Photos of the 2016 Democracy Awards Ceremony
On September 13, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) held its seventh annual Charles T. Manatt Democracy Awards ceremony in Washington D.C. This event brings diverse groups of domestic and international leaders together who share a belief in advancing good governance and democratic rights by empowering and encouraging active citizen participation.
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Learn more about USEP and GEO-7
On Tuesday, November 8, 2016, voters in the United States will cast ballots in the 58th quadrennial U.S. presidential election.
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Nay Lin Soe and the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Myanmar
Myanmar’s 2015 election was a historic moment for democracy in the Southeast Asian nation. Ahead of the elections, Nay Lin Soe’s collaboration with Myanmar’s Union Election Commission, government, civil society and media was critical to ushering in a new and inclusive era for Myanmar and serves as an exemplary model of how to advocate for the rights of persons with disabilities in nascent democracies.
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Nay Lin Soe Remarks: 2016 Charles T. Manatt Democracy Awards Ceremony
Nay Lin Soe, a disability rights advocate and Founder and CEO of the Myanmar Independent Living Initiative, received the 2016 Charles T. Manatt Democracy Award for his work advocating for the rights of persons with disabilities in Myanmar and Southeast Asia. Read his remarks accepting the Democracy Award.