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The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) and the UNDP Global Policy Centre for Governance (Oslo Governance Centre) have the pleasure of inviting you to our event Democracy in flux: Trends, Challenges and Inclusive solutions. 

We are currently witnessing a concerning trend of worldwide backsliding of democratic values. At the same time, we find ourselves at the halfway point to 2030, with progress on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development being dangerously off-track. 

This fall has seen the launch of 2 groundbreaking reports shedding light on these alarming trends and challenges: the first ever, Global Progress Report on SDG16 indicators, showing that progress towards the goal of peaceful, just and inclusive societies is worryingly slow, and International IDEA’s Global State of Democracy Report 2023, revealing that democracy continues to contract across every region of the world. 

First, we will hear a keynote speech by Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway, Espen Barth Eide, before a deep dive into the findings of these two reports, followed by an expert panel discussion on potential challenges of and solutions to these trends. 

Our presenters and speakers are:

• Alexander Hudson, Senior Advisor, The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA)
• Mariana Neves, Governance Statistics Specialist, UNDP Global Policy Centre for Governance
• Sylvi Bratten, Executive Director, FOKUS - Forum for Women and Developemnt
• Andreas Kravik, State Secretary, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Haakon Gjerløw, Senior Researcher, The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
• Alexandra Wild, Senior governance advisor, UNDP (moderator)
   

Doors open 08:00 
☕️ Breakfast and coffee will be served!

The event will also be streamed here