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On 8 April 2022 the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in partnership with V-Dem will hold an online event to discuss the findings of V-Dem’s latest Varieties of Democracy annual report, which indicates that in 2021 the health of democracy globally is the worst it has been in thirty years. Only fifteen countries in 2021 … Continued
On 7 April 2022, the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) in partnership with the US Mission to NATO will hold an event discussing the challenges related to official Chinese disinformation regarding Russia’s unjustified invasion of Ukraine. Chinese disinformation works to reduce Russia’s role in the war, accusing the United States of encouraging … Continued
The 2022 edition of V-Dem’s annual Democracy Report shows the continued retreat of democracy and growing autocracy globally, despite the fact that evidence shows that democracies perform better across different indicators of development than autocracies. On 7 April 2022, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) and V-Dem will hold an online discussion on V-Dem’s … Continued
On 6 April 2022, International IDEA and the V-Dem Institute, in partnership with the Permanent Mission of Sweden to the UN, will present the results of their analyses on the state of democracy in the world. In a growingly inter-connected and inter-dependent world, no country can afford to deal with crises of such nature without … Continued
On 7 April 2022, the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies will hold an online event analysing the outcome of the 3 April Hungarian elections. The discussion will address such questions as what direction the ruling party will now take regarding the EU, how it may influence the wider region, and the potential impact of … Continued
On 5 April 2022, at 9am EST/3pm CET, International IDEA will convene under the Global Democracy Coalition initiative an online panel discussion of the written Summit commitments submitted by countries to strengthen and protect democracy at home and abroad. The discussion will aim to: 1) provide an overview of the commitments made, identifying focus areas, … Continued
On 4 April 2022 at 9amEDT/3PM CEST, International IDEA and Accountability Lab will co-host a twitter chat to discuss preliminary findings on the Summit for Democracy’s country commitments on Monday, 4 April 2022, 0900-10:00 EDT/15:00-16:00 CEST, with support from the European Union. The Twitter Chat is organized in collaboration with the Global Democracy Coalition’s Webinar … Continued
On 7 April 2022, Club de Madrid, in partnership with International IDEA and European Partnership for Democracy, will hold an in-person session in Brussels to discuss the complex challenges for democracy globally. The discussion will feature identifying mechanisms to improve democracy’s resilience against these challenges, while maintaining its fundamental rights and values, and will explore … Continued
As a part of the International Foundation for Electoral Systems’ (IFES) Discussion Series on Democratic Resilience in Europe, on 31 March 2022, it will hold an online event in English and Ukrainian on how tearing down Russia’s information curtain can aid in mobilising anti-war sentiments and strengthening democratic resilience in the region. Disinformation has been … Continued
On 29 March 2022, the Center for Strategic and International Studies will hold an online event on the acceleration and expansion of Russian efforts to clamp down on media and freedom of speech in the wake of Russia’s unjustified invasion of Ukraine. The discussion will address what this could mean for the future of independent … Continued
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