{"id":350921,"date":"2025-11-29T15:37:53","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T10:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=350921"},"modified":"2025-11-29T15:37:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T10:07:53","slug":"international-idea-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/international-idea-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"International IDEA 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>News:<\/strong> Chief Election Commissioner of India is set to assume the Chairship of the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) for 2026.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">About International IDEA<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_350935\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-350935\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-350935\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Source-International-IDEA.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"International IDEA\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Source-International-IDEA.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Source-International-IDEA.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Source-International-IDEA.jpg?w=709&amp;ssl=1 709w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-350935\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; International IDEA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>International<\/strong> <strong>IDEA (International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance)<\/strong> is an <strong>intergovernmental organisation <\/strong>founded in<strong> 1995<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">It works to <strong>strengthen democratic institutions and electoral processes worldwide<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">The organisation promotes <strong>inclusive, resilient, and accountable democracies<\/strong> globally.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Membership:<\/strong> It has <strong>35 member countries<\/strong>, with the <strong>US and Japan as observers<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">India is a <strong>founding member<\/strong> of International IDEA and has consistently contributed to its governance and democratic initiatives.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Governance<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The Institute&#8217;s governance consists of a <strong>Council of Member States<\/strong>, a Steering Committee, a Finance and Audit Committee, a Board of Advisers and a <strong>Secretariat, led by the Secretary-General<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Council of Member States<\/strong> are governments from <strong>all regions<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chairship:<\/strong> Each year, the <strong>Council elects a Chair<\/strong> and <strong>two Vice Chairs<\/strong> among its Members States.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Registered Electors (35 IIDEA Member Countries):<\/strong> 1,887,164,374<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">About International IDEA 2026<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><strong>Chief Election Commissioner<\/strong> <strong>(CEC)<\/strong> of India<strong> will assume the Chairship of International IDEA in 2026<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>As Chair, <strong>India<\/strong> will <strong>preside over all council meetings <\/strong>throughout 2026.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Significance:<\/strong> The Chairmanship is seen as a <strong>major global recognition for the Election Commission of India (ECI).<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Chief Election Commissioner of India is set to assume the Chairship of the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) for 2026. About International IDEA International IDEA (International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance) is an intergovernmental organisation founded in 1995. It works to strengthen democratic institutions and electoral processes worldwide. The&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/international-idea-2026\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">International IDEA 2026<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1236,12039],"tags":[11872,3590],"class_list":["post-350921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-international-organisations","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-pib","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350921\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}