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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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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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Elections in Jordan: 2016 Parliamentary Elections
In 2016, Jordan changed its Elections Law to put in place a new electoral system for parliamentary elections, implementing an open-list proportional system for each of the multimember electoral districts and eliminating the single district at the national level.
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IFES Trains Libyan Diplomats on Electoral Processes
From August 24-26, 2016, IFES hosted the first ever governance workshop for members of Libya’s Washington D.C.-based diplomatic corps. The USAID-funded training provided the 17 members of the corps with tools and resources to bolster awareness among participants about the standards that are used globally to assess democratic governance and electoral processes.
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Libyan Electoral Sign Language Lexicon Facilitates Deaf Empowerment
For Deaf Libyans, language barriers are a profound challenge to full participation in political life. In Libyan elections – as in many elections worldwide – speeches, voting materials and other essential electoral information are not translated into sign language. This creates an alarming gap in access to information for Libyan Deaf communities, and opens a subsequent possibility for manipulation by others.
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The League of Arab States and UNDP Welcome IFES to Regional Conference
On May 10, 2016, IFES Middle East and North Africa Regional Director Zeinab Abdelkarim addressed a regional forum that brought together representatives from electoral management bodies in the Arab world.
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Video: CEPPS Presidents Discuss Historic 2015 Elections
In this interview, IFES President and CEO Bill Sweeney, IRI President Ambassador Mark Green, and NDI President Kenneth Wollack discuss how CEPPS’ collaborated during recent milestone elections in Myanmar, Nigeria, and Tunisia.
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Egypt’s National Council for Disability Affairs and IFES Host International Conference on Electoral Accessibility
The International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) and Egypt’s National Council for Disability Affairs hosted a conference in Cairo on April 12 and 13, 2016 on electoral access for persons with disabilities, with over 180 participants in attendance.
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Controlling Campaign Finance in Tunisia
On March 24, 2016, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), in collaboration with the Tunisian Court of Accounts and the Parliamentary Commission Responsible for Electoral Legislation, organized a workshop on the provisions of the draft amendments to the electoral code pertaining to campaign finance and its control. The workshop was supported by funding from the U.S. Department of State’s Middle East Partnership Initiative.
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League of Arab States Delegation Visits IFES
On February 29, 2016, IFES hosted a delegation from the League of Arab States as part of a United Nations Development Programme-organized trip to meet with signatories of the Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation.