To respond to the challenges that artificial intelligence (AI) presents for electoral management bodies (EMBs), International IDEA launched a project in 2024 on AI literacy for electoral actors.
Policymakers, advisors, influencers, civil society organizations and scholars used the Stockholm Series of Public Lectures on Climate Change and Democracy to engage in a cross-discipline dialogue on the nexus between climate change and democracy.
A workshop held in November 2024 produced a refined global methodology for identifying and analysing the factors that affect election-related foreign information manipulation and interference. The methodology empowers national stakeholders, particularly civil society organizations, to conduct country-level analyses and develop effective policy responses.
As in previous years, International IDEA’s Global State of Democracy (GSoD) report was an important source of data and analysis for public officials throughout 2024. More than 350 media outlets from around the world, including ABC News, the Associated Press and El País, covered the launch of the 2024 report.
Fifteen countries experienced extreme weather events during election periods in 2024. International IDEA is raising awareness of the increasing threats that natural hazards—particularly climate-related events such as floods, heat waves, tropical storms and wildfires—pose to electoral processes.
Electoral integrity is under increasing pressure in both transitional and well-established democracies.
In 2024 International IDEA designed and executed its first global annual advocacy campaign, focused on electoral integrity.
In 2024 International IDEA launched a programme of thematic dialogues with and among Member States.
