We express our condolences on the passing of Ron Gould, a distinguished leader in election management and democracy support around the world, from Cambodia to South Africa and Haiti. 

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The Framework, tested and piloted from 2023 to 2025, will be launched in late November 2025.

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This Friday, representatives from EU Member States and Western Balkans electoral authorities, independent institutions, civil society, and media experts gathered in Tirana for the regional conference “Overseeing Digitalization in Electoral Processes: Towards Closer Convergence Between the EU and the Western Balkans.”

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AI’s Nuanced Role in Democracy 

Artificial intelligence is transforming democratic processes, both empowering citizens and enabling manipulation.

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In this digital era, millions of voters can easily access civic education, but are also exposed to waves of misinformation and disinformation.

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Digitalization is transforming electoral processes across the European Union and its aspiring members. While it strengthens democratic participation, it also introduces risks, from opaque political financing and disinformation to foreign interference and cybersecurity threats.

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Since its inception, the WSIS has become a cornerstone of Internet governance, bringing together diverse perspectives about the future of the Internet.

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Since its first publication in 2013, the Annual Review of Constitution-Building has become a trusted global reference on how constitutions evolve, and what that evolution reveals about democracy, governance, and the rule of law around the world.

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The workshop was held in Erbil, Kurdistan Region of Iraq, with 30 members of the multistakeholder group formed by representatives from Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC), civil society organizations, academics, among others.

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The main objective of the Retreat, which gathered around a hundred participants, was to take stock of the impact of geopolitics, in particular the crisis of multilateralism and how this is affecting the work of RECs in addressing transitions and conflicts in their member states, as well as how attitudes and dynamics have changed since the Third Annual Retreat.

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