Press briefings prepared in conjunction with conferences and forums hosted
by International IDEA may be found here.
International IDEA launches Handbook
on Democracy Assessment 20 March in London, UK, jointly organized
by International IDEA and Charter88.
Launch Details
Wednesday 20 March from 10:30am-12:30pm
Macmillan Room, 1st floor, Portcullis House (above Westminster Tube
Station, entrance on Embankment)
Chair: Dr Tony Wright MP
Speakers:
Professor Stuart Weir (co-author of the Handbook)
Professor Joni Lovenduski (Birkbeck College)
Professor Paul Hirst (Charter88)
Places at the launch are strictly limited. To reserve a place, or find
out more about the handbook contact Andrew Holden at Charter88 on 020
8880 6084/andrew@charter88.org.uk.
For further information about International IDEA contact:
Mark Salter, Senior Information Officer, International IDEA
Tel: + 46 8 698 3714 email: m.salter@idea.int
Notes to editors and journalists:
1. International IDEA is an inter-governmental organisation, based
in Sweden, which currently has 19 member states and four associate members
(International Press Institute, Parliamentarians for Global Action,
the Inter-American Institute for Human Rights and Transparency International).
2. Charter88 is the only organisation in the UK campaigning for comprehensive
democratic reform. Our website can be found at www.charter88.org.uk.
The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
(International IDEA) exists to nurture, sustain and promote democracy
around the world. Global in membership and scope, independent of specific
national interests, and quick in its response, International IDEA is
an intergovernmental organization with a unique mandate - to support
the growth of genuine, sustainable democracy.
For more information about International IDEA, contact:
Mark Salter, Press Officer
International IDEA, Strömsborg, 103 34 Stockholm, Sweden
Phone +46-8-698 37 00, Fax: +46-8-20 24 22
E-mail: info@idea.int Website:
http://www.idea.int