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| + | * Established field offices in more than 35 countries | ||
| + | * Conducted over 50 Pre-Election Technical Assessments | ||
| + | * Carried out Poll Worker Training Programs in more than 20 countries | ||
| + | * Administered more than 75 on-site Technical Assistance Programs | ||
| + | * Managed election equipment and commodities procurements in over 40 countries | ||
| + | * Directed Voter and Civic Education Programs in over 30 nations | ||
| + | * Coordinated more than 15 Regional Networking Programs of election officials, donors, and NGO representatives | ||
| + | * Overseen more than 45 Election Observation Programs | ||
| + | * Built a cadre more than 1,500 democracy and governance consultants | ||
| + | * Created a Center for Participatory Democracy with 6,500 items on contemporary elections and political processes to assist scholars, election practitioners, and other democracy building institutions | ||
| + | * Issued more than 215 publications on democratic development worldwide.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20040213193120/www.ifes.org/mission.htm Mission and Goals], IFES website, version placed in web archive 25 Jan 2004, accessed in web archive 14 Sept 2009</ref> | ||
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*[[IFES Africa Programs]] | *[[IFES Africa Programs]] | ||
*[[IFES Asia Programs]] | *[[IFES Asia Programs]] | ||
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IFES has produced a website which enables the monitoring of elections, the election process, and information about parties. The website was paid for by "a generous grant" from USAID. | IFES has produced a website which enables the monitoring of elections, the election process, and information about parties. The website was paid for by "a generous grant" from USAID. | ||
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===Contact and personnel=== | ===Contact and personnel=== | ||
*[[Dorin Tudoran]] -- Editor in Chief | *[[Dorin Tudoran]] -- Editor in Chief | ||
Revision as of 12:04, 14 September 2009
The International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) was founded in 1987. Based in Washington DC, it fosters "democratic initiatives", extending loans and grants to various "developing" countries, and it provides "targeted technical assistance to strengthen transitional democracies". IFES notes: "the end of the Cold War in 1989 created opportunities… to respond to an overwhelming demand for technical non-partisan expertise in democracy and governance."
On its website it states:
- As one of the world's premier democracy and governance assistance organizations, IFES provides targeted technical assistance to strengthen transitional democracies. Founded in 1987 as a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, IFES has developed and implemented comprehensive, collaborative democracy solutions in more than 100 countries.[1]
Contents
Summary of activities
On its website current in 2004 IFES stated that to date it had:
- Established field offices in more than 35 countries
- Conducted over 50 Pre-Election Technical Assessments
- Carried out Poll Worker Training Programs in more than 20 countries
- Administered more than 75 on-site Technical Assistance Programs
- Managed election equipment and commodities procurements in over 40 countries
- Directed Voter and Civic Education Programs in over 30 nations
- Coordinated more than 15 Regional Networking Programs of election officials, donors, and NGO representatives
- Overseen more than 45 Election Observation Programs
- Built a cadre more than 1,500 democracy and governance consultants
- Created a Center for Participatory Democracy with 6,500 items on contemporary elections and political processes to assist scholars, election practitioners, and other democracy building institutions
- Issued more than 215 publications on democratic development worldwide.[2]
Programmes around the world
- IFES Africa Programs
- IFES Asia Programs
- IFES Eurasia Programs (former Soviet republics)
- IFES Latin America Programs
- IFES Middle East Programs
Election guide
IFES has produced a website which enables the monitoring of elections, the election process, and information about parties. The website was paid for by "a generous grant" from USAID.
Contact and personnel
- Dorin Tudoran -- Editor in Chief
- Karen Buerkle -- Data Editor
- Oana Luca -- Research
Website: www.electionguide.org
Handing out prizes
In October 2007, IFES, a private company and contractor, awarded Charles T. Manatt Democracy Award to the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza.[3]
Pontificating about elections
Besides handing out prizes, many of IFES's operatives lecture on how elections should or should not be conducted. The emphasis is on the process or mechanics of elections and not on the nature of the political system.[4] IFES, an American corporation, is suggesting that money-dominated elections yield corruption and vote rigging. However, the US is the most money-intensive election systems. It is a case of double standards.
IFES principals and staff
Board members
- William J. Hybl, Chairman
- Jean-Pierre Kingsley – President and Chief Executive Officer
- Peter G. Kelly, Vice-Chairman
- Richard Soudriette, IFES President and member of the US State Dept.
"advisory committee on democracy promotion"[1]
- Leon J. Weil, Secretary
- Joseph Napolitan, Political consultant; president and CEO of Napolitan Associates; founder of the American Association of Political Consultants and co-founder of the International Association of Political Consultants; author of numerous articles and books on political campaigns; campaign advisor to various candidates both in the U.S. and abroad.
- Judy Black
- Don V. Cogman
- Judy G. Fernald
- Tyrone Freeman
- Frederick P. Furth
- Jeffrey Glassman
- Steny Hoyer -- (US Congress Rep. (MD))
- Patricia Hutar
- Lesley Israel
- Barbara Kennelly
- Maureen Kindel
- Jean-Pierre Kingsley
- Kathleen M. Linehan
- Robert L. Livingston
- Jane Bergman Norton
- Andres Pastrana — Former President of Colombia (1998-2002)
- R. Scott Pastrick
- Michael Pinto-Duschinsky
- T. Timothy Ryan, Jr.
- Robert H. Tuttle
IFES Senior Field Staff
| IFES Field-Based Senior Staff | ||
|---|---|---|
| Bradley Austin – Senior Field Development Manager, East/South Africa | Dickson Bailey – Project Director, IFES Albania and Kosovo (Elections) | Dan Blessington – Chief of Party, Azerbaijan |
| Elizabeth Côté – Chief of Party, Guinea | Almami Cyllah – Chief of Party, Liberia | Peter Erben – Deputy Director and Senior Advisor, Center for Transitional and Post-Conflict Governance |
| Ched Flego – Chief of Party, Armenia | Ben Goldsmith – Chief of Party, Egypt | Beverly Hagerdon Thakur – Chief of Party, Philippines |
| Paul Harris – Chief of Party, Yemen | Leone Hettenbergh – Chief of Party, Uganda | Richard John – Chief of Party, Iraq |
| Edward Kibirige – Chief of Party, Burundi | Charles Lasham – Chief of Party, Nigeria | Dr. Cecile Marotte – Chief of Party (Victims of Violence), Haiti |
| David Mikosz – Chief of Party, Kyrgyz Republic | Katherine Müller --Chief of Party, Tajikistan | Theo Noel – Chief of Party, Kenya |
| Mauricio Claudio López-Rivera – Chief of Party, Timor Leste | Carmina Sanchis-Ruescas – Chief of Party, DRC | Hermann Thiel – Chief of Party, Lebanon |
| Rodolfo Ticao – Senior Program Manager, Iraq | Marcin Walecki – Senior Political Finance Advisor, Center for Transitional and Post-Conflict Governance | Peter Williams – Chief of Party, Afghanistan |
| Jennifer Wilson – Chief of Party, Kazakhstan | ||
Other Consultants
Countries where IFES has been active
IFES states that it is active in 35 countries (inc. most of the former Soviet republics), but major activity occurred here:
| Countries where IFES has major operations | ||
|---|---|---|
| Alabania | Angola | Azerbaijan |
| Dominican Republic | East Timor | Ethiopia |
| Georgia | Guatemala | Guinea |
| Guyana | Haiti | Honduras |
| Indonesia | Iraq | Kazakhstan |
| Nicaragua | Nigeria | Pakistan |
| Palestinian Territories | Paraguay | Philippines |
| Tajikistan | Yemen | |
Affiliations
- Center for Transitional and Post-Conflict Governance – Organization belonging to IFES
- Council for a Community of Democracies
- NED
- Eurasia Foundation
- Freedom House
- International Center for Human Rights and Democratic Development (Canadian NGO)
- International IDEA
- International Republican Institute
- National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI)
- Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
- Soros Foundation
- United States Agency for International Development (USAID) (main funding source).
- U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) funding [2] Source
Contact, References and Resources
Contact
- IFES
- 1101 15th Street, N.W., Third Floor
- Washington, D.C. 20005
- 202.828.8507, Telephone
- 202.452.0804, Fax
- Website: www.ifes.org
Resources
References
- ↑ About Us, ElectionGuide website, accessed 14 Sept 2009
- ↑ Mission and Goals, IFES website, version placed in web archive 25 Jan 2004, accessed in web archive 14 Sept 2009
- ↑ IFES Honors OAS Secretary General Insulza With Its Annual Democracy Award, Media Newswire, October 2007. (Accessed: 9 October 2007)
- ↑ Achara Ashayagachat, Close monitoring by public urged, Bangkok Post, 17 November 2007.
- ↑ Navbahor Imamova, [http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-11-07-voa24.cfm Uzbekistan to Hold Presidential Elections in December], VOA News, 7 November 2007
