Development actors do not need to see democracy as the cherry on top of development, only to be added at the final moment. While donors have tended to steer clear of the “messy business of politics”, preferring to work around…

It can be challenging for civil society actors to navigate the constantly fluctuating democratic environments in which they operate. Yet, across the European neighbourhood, a new generation of activists are creating new democratic spaces and are maintaining existing space for…

The webinar seeks to draw global attention to emerging democratic developments in West Africa and the concerns of continued democratic decline in the sub-region. The webinar will also explore emerging youth mobilisation as an expression of democratic aspirations and call…

This event focused on the negative impact of foreign bribery on democracy and human rights and the need to remedy the harm to the victims. For too long, the argument for curbing foreign bribery has focused on its distortion of…

As autocratisation has picked up across the world, elections have gained importance as the key avenue for arresting democratic decline in many countries. At the same time, citizens in many places around the world feel that elections are not a…