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Aspects, Variables, and Indicators Frameworks and Justifications - Indonesia
Asia and the Pacific, Democracy, Guide / Manual / Indicators, UNDP Produced, GovernmentThis publications contains an overview, justification and explanation of indicators and variables used for the Indonesian democracy index.
A Handbook for EU Election Observation Missions
Civil Society, Democracy, Guide / Manual / Indicators, Inter-Governmental OrganizationAuthors/Editors: Editor: Anders Eriksson Democracy is not just about elections, but genuine elections are a necessary condition for democracy. EUEOMs have the task of observing and reporting on an election process in its entirety, enhancing transparency and providing an impartial assessment. This handbook is meant as a pedagogical tool and as a reference book, providing methodological...
Compendium of International Standards for Elections - 2nd Edition
Civil Society, Democracy, Guide / Manual / Indicators, Inter-Governmental OrganizationThis compendium aims to assist EU Election Observation Missions and other interested stakeholders in clearly identifying the international standards to use in assessing the conduct of elections. To facilitate such assessment, a practical guide has been included as an annex. It is the Commission’s expectation that EU Election Observation Missions will make use of this new tool to assess the...
Handbook for European Union Election Observation
Civil Society, Democracy, Guide / Manual / Indicators, Inter-Governmental OrganizationThis second edition has been thoroughly revised to take into account advances in the European Union’s methodology for observing and assessing an election process. It highlights that the European Union approach is based on international human rights standards, in particular the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The handbook also...
Capacity for results management: a guide for conducting rapid assessment of the capacity of developing member countries to manage for results
Asia and the Pacific, Democracy, Guide / Manual / Indicators, Inter-Governmental OrganizationThis guide describes an approach for rapid assessment of a country's capacity for results management. It is constructed on five building blocks that constitute the key factors that influence the demand for results management, namely, improving performance, increasing efficiency, and enhancing the effectiveness of the machinery of government. Each building block addresses...
Assessing the quality of democracy: a practical guide
Democracy, Guide / Manual / Indicators, Civil SocietyIncreasingly, governmental, intergovernmental and nongovernmental organisations emphasise that democracy is an end in itself, as well as an important means to other ends, such as economic development, poverty reduction and greater protection of internationally recognised human rights. This guide seeks to provide a user-friendly knowledge resource for those seeking to improve...
Sustainable Governance Indicators 2009 - Codebook
Democracy, Guide / Manual / Indicators, Public Administration, Civil SocietyThis is a code book to measure the need and capacity for reform using sustainable governance indicators in a given country. It breaks down the main indicators into status of democracy, economic and policy-specific performance, executive capacity and executive accountability and assigns them status indexes. Under each of these main indicators, are sub-indicators which are...
Assessing Governance: diagnostic tools and applied methods for capacity building and action learning
Democracy, Guide / Manual / Indicators, Civil SocietyThis paper introduces an overall general framework for approaching the challenge of governance assessment and provides a systematic overview of the different methodologies and analytical resources available, from opinion polls to public sector in-depth diagnostic surveys. The relevant approach to be used for governance assessment varies depending on the...
Recommended Benchmarks for Democratic Legislatures
Democracy, Guide / Manual / Indicators, Inter-Governmental Organization, UNDP Produced, GovernmentThe main objectives were to: 1) Identify best practice in defining benchmarks across Commonwealth Parliaments; 2) Produce recommendations for the establishment of an agreed set of benchmarks and indicators; 3) Examine methods of increasing accountability through the use of benchmarks and indicators; and 4) Develop the capacity of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association ...