We need an inspiring culture of democracy: Start by making International Democracy Day a holiday
International Democracy Day, a holiday that deserves much gravitas but is virtually unknown outside of the elite halls of multinational…
Geographical Coverage: Global
Open Society Barometer: Can Democracy Deliver?
Between May and July of 2023, the Open Society Foundations commissioned a poll of more than 36,000 respondents from 30…
2023 Impact Report
Please join us as we look back on an impactful year of experiential learning, empowering growth, and extraordinary impact among…
Still Vulnerable
Cyberattacks do not discriminate—they can impact anyone, regardless of their background. These attacks endanger civilians, disrupt critical sectors, undermine humanitarian…
Digital Trust Initiatives: Seeking to Reward Journalistic Ethics Online
In an online environment increasingly polluted with false information, trust in news has steadily eroded over the years. At the…
Political parties should include persons with disabilities more actively in their structures
Inclusion is a human right that is not 100 per cent respected in politics. Persons with disabilities face many barriers…
Media Freedom Cohort: key outcomes and findings
The Netherlands, together with the United States, and the governments of Costa Rica, Zambia and South Korea organised the second…
Election Access Observations Dashboard
IFES’ Election Access Observations identify and describe barriers that affect the electoral participation of persons with disabilities. During each observation,…
Why This Matter: Democracy & Empowerment
In this week’s episode, I am joined by my good friend Urban Strandberg, a political scientist, university professor, and co-founder…
Our 2022 Annual Report – Working our way back to peace
The Kofi Annan Foundation continued to apply an innovation lens to its own work in 2022. We established many new…