Advocacy remained a central pillar of International IDEA’s work in 2025. Through the #DemocracyForAll campaign, International IDEA advanced a strong inclusion agenda by developing and deploying new databases, analytical tools, publications, podcasts and digital content addressing themes such as democracy assistance, migration and democratic resilience. This commitment to inclusion also shaped the Institute’s 30th-anniversary activities and informed the Pretoria Consensus—a key contribution to global thinking on
reimagining democracy in the Global South.
Throughout the year, International IDEA played an active role in global policy arenas, delivering 19 advocacy statements and campaign-related speeches in multilateral forums, including at the UN, and engaging widely with international media to amplify its messages. The Institute’s knowledge products and outreach efforts helped drive renewed attention to democratic governance, with 13 thematic publications and 10 newsletters providing timely analysis and insights from 24 policy dialogues and public events that brought together policymakers, experts, activists and journalists to foster dialogue and shared understanding.
The iKNOW Politics digital resource, funded by the European Union under the WYDE | Women’s Leadership initiative, reinforces the Institute’s in-person activities with greater online reach in Arabic, English, French and Spanish languages. The platform recorded 235,000 unique visitors and 292,635 views and reach across social media platforms. These unique visitors to the iKNOW Politics platform are 53.7 per cent women and 46.3 per cent men, and more than half of the visitors are 18–34 years old.
Taken together, these outputs strengthened International IDEA’s role as a trusted convener and authoritative voice on democracy, supporting policymaking and reinforcing the Institute’s commitment to inclusive democratic institutions worldwide.
