International Foundation For Electoral Systems

Ifes bangladesh program in fy 24 worked on the bangladeshi election process.ifes worked as much as possible through established and registered local partners and minimize conducting activities on its own accord, doing so only in less controversial areas (e.g. Women's leadership, disability inclusion) in line with the work plan. Ifes has a strong and long track record of programming under this approach.in terms of local partners, ifes conducted digital and physical safety trainings to help build their capacities and awareness on security and safety risks and concerns.ifes will continue to not take any meetings with leaders or actors from the government, parties or any other affiliates, unless absolutely necessary for programming or operations and only if prior approval has been provided by usaid.

The goal of strengthening advances in governance and elections (sage) is to improve the delivery of orderly and credible elections and support the papua new guinea electoral commission (pngec) and other democratic institutions to strengthen the electoral process, ultimately contributing to more sustainable democratic development in papua new guinea (png).

Ifes provides targeted technical assistance to strengthen transitional democracies as well as provide technical electoral assistance across many areas of democracy development. These include empowering the underrepresented to participate in the political process, education in electoral assistance, civil society, governance, women's rights and rule of law.