13: Regional and Country Focus

Strengthen our focus on the country level.

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In line with the recognition that democracy’s key actors are citizens and their representatives, International IDEA shall strengthen its focus on the country level. It will do so by engaging more closely with governments and other national and civil society actors across the political spectrum, and by making its knowledge production and its policy-influencing initiatives directly relevant and accessible to users at the country level. Regional organizations and institutions have had an increasing role in supporting democracy through the development of regional normative instruments, as well as direct pro-democracy involvement in their respective regions. International IDEA will therefore strengthen its engagement with these organizations through dialogue initiatives, knowledge sharing and capacity building. International IDEA will maintain, and further develop, regional programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, and Western Asia and North Africa (WANA). International IDEA will incorporate Europe and North America into its global comparative knowledge sharing as well as its analysis of global trends and challenges. The establishment and consolidation of International IDEA’s regional programme for the WANA region will have particular priority as the next strategy period commences. The implementation of this Strategy will require strengthening the capacity of International IDEA’s regional programmes to:

Stakeholder(s):

• Latin America


• The Caribbean


• Africa


• Asia


• The Pacific


• Western Asia


• North Africa


• Europe


• North America

Objective(s):

13.1: Trends & Needs

13.2: Knowledge Sharing

13.3: Democracy-Support Programmes

13.4: Resources

13.5: Interlocutors, Partners & Advisors

13.6: Democracy Cooperation

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