International Electoral Observation Briefing & Information session
Language(s): English
Published: 2010
The presentation describes the Organization of American States, mandates to observe elections, activities of observers, and inclusive and clean elections.
Elections and Transparency in the Gulf Countries
Language(s): English
Published: 2010
This presentation describes the importance of media for fair, free and transparent elections.
Minority Participation
Language(s): English
Published: 2010
This presentation describes definitions and types of minorities, minority rights, reasons for minority representation, the "mirror" notion, and how to preserve electoral rights.
Election Observation
Language(s): English
Published: 2010
This presentation describes the purpose of election observation, international standards for elections, regional recognition and election monitors.
Campaign Finance in the United States
Language(s): English
Published: 2010
This presentation describes contribution limits in U.S. federal elections, including national party committee limits, local party limits, and political action committee (PAC) limits.
Women's Rights Survey (2009 Gulf Portion)
Language(s): English, Arabic
Published: 2011
The Women's Rights in the Middle East and North Africa study presents detailed reports and quantitative ratings on the state of women’s rights in the member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC): Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. It is the first installment of a larger project encompassing the entire MENA region.
Financing Politics: The Middle East and North Africa
Language(s): English
Published: 2013
This manual highlights the importance of political finance in the Middle East and North Africa, and provides a discussion of global and regional standards in the regulation of political finance. Country studies are provided for Jordan, Lebanon, Tunisia and Yemen.
The Arabic version of this manual will be available later.
Business Journalism and Corporate Governance
Language(s): English
Published: 2010
This document focuses on how to effectively report on corporate governance issues. It outlines elements of corporate governance, the benefits of good governance and the questions that someone reporting on the topic should ask.
Election Management Training Institute - Agenda
Language(s): English
Published: 2010
This agenda outlines the 10 day Election Management Training Institute, organized by the Center for Democracy & Election Management, part of American University's School of Public Affairs.
Principles of Corporate Governance: Transparency, Fairness, Accountability, Responsibility
Language(s): English
Published: 2017
This presentation gives tips for journalists on covering companies; mergers and acquisitions; privatization, government intervention and regulation; and foreign direct investment.
FW: Website for safeguarding elections
Language(s):
Published: 2015
FW: (Forward) is an informal, web-based community of civic activists, technology junkies, academics, bloggers, journalists and citizens interested in learning about and sharing new approaches and tools for safeguarding elections. The site is available in English, Arabic and French at www.fwelections.com.
Regulating Campaign Finance in the United States
Language(s): English
Published: 2010
This presentation focuses on transparency, regulation of political finance in the U.S., enforcement, trends in campaign finance including the Internet, the role of media, and civil society and trust.
Election Standards: An Introduction
Language(s): English
Published: 2010
This presentation gives an overview of election standards, declaration of principles, standards for assessing elections and international obligations.
Election Management Bodies (EMBs): Composition, Roles and Types
Language(s): English
Published: 2010
This presentation describes election management bodies (EMBs), including key elements, basic models and guiding principles.