Designing Open Democracy — Landscape News: Representative Democracy

The Australia Institute — Democracy & Accountability Program: Climate Integrity Summit 2026 — global leaders, economists and advocates on Australia's fossil fuel exit, Parliament of NSW Sydney

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Major — Flagship conference/summit

The Climate Integrity Summit convenes leading experts in economics, ecology, policy and governance to discuss a credible and achievable climate policy that serves the Australian people and the broader global community.

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Australia · Accountability Sink · Constitutional Democracy · Representative Democracy

Democracy in Colour: Welcomed the Federal Court's dismissal of Pauline Hanson's appeal against a racial discrimination finding

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Notable — Advocacy response to a significant court ruling

Statement by National Director Noura Mansour, described as drawing "a clear boundary, demonstrating that racial abuse is not acceptable in our parliament or anywhere else in our community."

Democracy in Colour welcomes the Federal Court’s decision to uphold the racial discrimination finding against One Nation leader Pauline Hanson. ... The court dismissed Hanson’s appeal on the ruling that found she breached the racial discrimination act against Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi on social media in September 2022.

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Australia · Democracy · Representative Democracy · Isegoria

Perludem: Held a Media Briefing and Civil Society Workshop with International IDEA on its Mixed-Member Proportional electoral system simulation

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Notable — Flagship electoral-reform research event with an international partner

Simulation used data from Indonesia's 2024 General Election and drew on the MMP experiences of New Zealand and Germany; per Perludem Executive Director Heroik M. Pratama, intended as a technical tool to assess electoral-system design implications, not to predict outcomes.

Perludem, in collaboration with International IDEA, held the Media Briefing and Civil Society Workshop: Understanding the Mixed Member Proportional Electoral System and Its Simulation Results in Indonesia at the Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) Learning House in Jakarta on 23 July.

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Indonesia · Democracy · Representative Democracy · Mixed-member proportional representation

Helen Clark Foundation: Published "Facing Up to Our Future," a 21-contributor book on New Zealand's long-term structural challenges ahead of the general election

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Major — Flagship publication ahead of a general election

Month-only date estimate ("June 2026" per web-search corroboration; the Foundation's own page carries no publish date). Edited by Emeritus Professor Peter Davis, with forewords by Helen Clark and Professor Toeolesulusulu Damon Salesa; released ahead of New Zealand's November 2026 general election.

Facing Up to Our Future: Challenges and Choices for New Zealand brings together 21 of the country's leading thinkers to confront the long-term pressures shaping the nation's next decades.

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New Zealand · Democracy · Representative Democracy

Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU): Democracy Index 2025 finds the global democratic recession has stabilised after eight years of decline

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Notable — Flagship annual Democracy Index release

Following eight years of decline, 2025 marks a stabilisation of democracy scores that suggests an end to the global democratic recession.

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United Kingdom · Democracy · Liberal Democracy · Representative Democracy

Gorée Institute: Hosted its 9th Annual Symposium, refocusing its strategic priorities on youth and women

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Notable — Strategic pivot of the Institute's flagship annual symposium

Translation: "For this 2026 edition, the Gorée Institute made the strategic choice to refocus its priorities on youth and women, who represent nearly 70% of the population." Per Executive Director Doudou Dia, the first eight editions were mainly academic reflection; the 9th marks a deliberate pivot toward action, inclusion, and youth/women-led co-construction of solutions to democratic challenges in West Africa and the Sahel.

Pour cette édition 2026, le Gorée Institute a fait le choix stratégique de recentrer ses priorités sur les jeunes et les femmes, qui représentent près de 70 % de la population.

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Senegal · Democracy · Deliberative Democracy · Representative Democracy

V-Dem Institute: Democracy Report 2026 finds backsliding has reached well-established Western democracies

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Notable — Flagship annual Democracy Report release

Democratic backsliding is now happening in well-established democracies. Democracy in the USA is deteriorating at unprecedented speed, and media and journalists are increasingly targeted across the world.

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Sweden · Democracy · Liberal Democracy · Representative Democracy

Congreso Visible: Co-developed "Populus Senado 2026," a voter-matching tool for the March 2026 legislative elections

Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Notable — Latest edition of the recurring voter-information campaign

Month-only date estimate — the article carries no publish-date metadata; Colombia's 2026 legislative elections were held 8 March 2026 and the tool is framed as pre-election. Latest instance of the recurring "Candidatos Visibles" voter-information tradition described elsewhere on this page.

Desarrollado por KeepUp junto con Congreso Visible y el laboratorio GPD, el test propone al ciudadano responder preguntas sobre temas públicos y recibir como resultado tres candidatos con mayor afinidad.

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Colombia · Radical Transparency · Representative Democracy · Democracy Apps & Tools · Parliamentary Monitoring

Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (EISA): Delivered election observation training for Pan-African Parliament members in Pretoria

Wed, 12 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Notable — Continental capacity-building training for AU election observers

Attended by over forty PAP Members and Secretariat staff; part of EISA's broader mandate building continental bodies' technical capacity for election oversight, aligning parliamentarians' understanding with African Union Election Observation Mission (AUEOM) methodology and code of conduct.

The Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (EISA), in partnership with the African Union Commission’s Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security (DPAPS) through its Democracy and Elections Unit (DEU), successfully delivered a three-day Election Observation Training for Members of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) from 12–14 November 2025 in Pretoria, South Africa.

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South Africa · Representative Democracy · Democracy · Accountability Sink