A concept of democracy that is anchored in clear principles and values helps provide a framework for high-quality democracy against which localities can evaluate and measure themselves. Using a common set of democratic principles, such as popular control over public decision-making and equality among citizens, is important throughout all phases of the State of Local Democracy assessment.
The State of Local Democracy Assessment Framework is made up of three thematic pillars, each of which includes a set of questions that help to assess the quality of democracy at the local level. It also includes a separate series of questions to analyze the local context.
This page lets you dynamically navigate the thematic pillars and questions of International IDEA's State of Local Democracy assessment framework. Click on the three pillars below to start exploring and create your own questionnaire.
The State of Democracy Assessment Framework may be applied in any democracy, regardless of its level of economic development. It consists of five main phases, and it can be used as a whole, in part or targeted at specific priority areas.
The combination of core principles and mediating values generates a list of questions to be answered during the State of Democracy assessment.
The State of Democracy assessment framework is divided into four thematic pillars, each consisting of two to six sub-themes and several questions that contribute to the guiding questionnaire.
