Democracy support ought to be comprehensive, long-term and adjusted to local realities. Electoral assistance, to promote genuine pluralist political participation, is an important entry point, but must go hand in hand with strengthening parliaments and political parties and promoting independent and professional media.

This picture shows a man voting at the ballot box. Election and democracy concept.

    EU engage and support Faith Based Organisations comes with specificities. This webinar organised by INTPA offers an overview of related opportunities and challenges and of  the principles and criteria to guide EU engagement.

    Duration: 1h 30

    This webinar is destined to EU staff.

      This study documents and illustrates how civil society around the world has been responding to the challenges of shrinking space. This study focuses on matters of democratic participation, citizen election observation, and digital democracy drawn from studies and interviews with approximately 40 activists and specialists from around the world.

      Version July 2019

        This collection of documents focused on supporting EU Delegations in taking actions to strengthen Access to Information within their local context, meaning supporting the fundamental right of citizens in a democracy to access information on Government activities.

        These files are destined mainly for the use of European Commission Staff in HQ and delegations as well as EU Member States.

          The Guidelines aim to guide EU staff on mainstreaming anti-corruption in development interventions, with a focus on actions under the Global Gateway. They provide analytical tools for identifying corruption and formulating and implementing activities to counteract corruption across different sectors and in different contexts.

            This collection contains materials to strengthen EU Delegations actions to counter disinformation and strengthen independent media during COVID. There are Media4Democracy expert analyses with recommendations to the EU Delegations to Venezuela and Brazil.

            The related 5-part webinar series, Defending Independent Media During COVID-19, is available here.

            These files are destined for the use of European Commission Staff in HQ and delegations as well as EU Member States.

              The CSO Thematic Programme: Designing Effective Calls for Proposals is an interactive resource designed to assist EU Delegations in developing clear and effective Guidelines for CSO Call for Proposals applicants.

              Duration: 2h

              This course is destined to EU staff in HQ and delegations.

                V-Dem is a unique approach to measuring democracy – historical, multidimensional, nuanced, and disaggregated – employing
                state-of-the-art methodology. The Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute’s seventh annual Democracy Report 2023: Defiance in the Face of Autocratization highlights some of the ongoing challenges democracies face, but also showcases new cases where agents have reclaimed democracy and stopped negative trends.

                V-Dem Institute, 2023

                  In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), citizen election observation has always been characterised by a multitude of actors, lack of resources and methodological weaknesses. The involvement of impartial, quality, citizen election observation for the 2018 elections was therefore an important challenge for both the people of DRC but also for the international community.

                  Version October 2019

                  Also available in: French

                    This collection of documents contains Media4Democracy reports, briefing notes, analysis and recommendations focused on strengthening EU Delegation actions to counter disinformation.

                    These files are destined mainly for the use of European Commission Staff in HQ and delegations as well as EU Member States.

                      The purpose of this guide is to provide citizen observers with a clear framework for understanding good practices in terms of their approach to external communications, namely the critically important pre-election statements, post-election preliminary statement and the final report with recommendations.

                      Version March 2019

                      Also available in: French

                        This step-by-step guide is aimed primarily at citizen observer groups and other CSOs that are interested in leveraging their potential to play an influential role in improving electoral processes throughout the electoral cycle. It provides user-friendly guidance on how citizen observer groups and others can effectively follow up on observer recommendations using the existing networks, visibility and capacity that they developed during the elections.

                        Version March 2019

                        Also available in: French

                          This guide is a publicly available resource for any organisation that wishes to observe social media in elections. It was written in particular for civil society organisations that observe social media in their own country, and uses as little jargon as possible to make this technical topic easy to understand.

                          Version March 2019

                          Also available in: French