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Protecting Democracy in an Age of Disinformation: Lessons from Taiwan
“This report examines Taiwan’s experience in combatting foreign and domestic disinformation” and how “the methods and tools employed by Taiwan’s government to combat disinformation and foreign interference highlight the strengths of its governing institutions but also the emergent challenges other democracies will confront” (Blanchette, Kennedy, Livingston, and Glaser, 2021).
What Works for Improving Refugee Outcomes in High-Income Countries? Policy Insights for the UK
The authors provide insight from “evidence on the impact of early interventions and related policy changes on the outcomes of refugees in high-income countries” in “four types of policies: the asylum process...job search assistance, language training and changes in social assistance.” (Ruiz and Vargas, 2021)
The Inequality Virus
"The crisis has exposed our collective frailty and the inability of our deeply unequal economy to work for all. Yet it has also shown us the vital importance of government action to protect our health and livelihoods. Transformative policies that seemed unthinkable before the crisis have suddenly been shown to be possible" (Berkhout et. al., 2021).
Response to European Commission Consultation on the White Paper on Artificial Intelligence
This paper “makes the argument that “a larger scope of the law will be necessary to incorporate strong measures to regulate and, in some cases, prohibit the use of AI in highly sensitive public functions such as policing, surveillance, immigration or social welfare” (Valenti and Beltrà, 2020).
Advancing Universal Representation: A Toolkit Module 2 - Building the Movement
“This report is the second component of a three-part toolkit... informed by CPD, NILC, and Vera’s experiences advancing the universal representation movement. These experiences have been guided by the expertise of advocates, organizers, legal service providers, and policymakers... who have led publicly funded deportation defense efforts” (Berberich et al., 2018).
Youth Democracy, Human Rights & Governance Cross-Sectoral Initiative
"CEPPS established the Youth Democracy and Governance (DRG) Cross-Sectoral Initiative to examine the intersections between DRG and other youth development sectors... This initiative explored cross-sectoral challenges and opportunities to connect young people’s interests and their desire to solve sectoral development problems with their political participation and ability to influence decision-making" (National Democratic Institute, 2021).
Annual Review Of Constitution-Building: 2019
The first chapter summarizes a series of discussions International IDEA held with experts/scholars on the evolution of constitution-building from the past decade. The edition also includes chapters on public participation, constitutional change, the negotiations on federal state structures in Guinea, Mongolia, Zimbabwe and many other nations. (Abebe, et al., 2020)
IRI Releases New Handbook on Mentorship Relationships Across the Globe
"Recognizing the vital importance of mentorship, the International Republican Institute (IRI) has released a handbook that bolsters the relationship between mentors and mentees... In the guide, IRI breaks the mentorship relationship into five key steps, offering best practices and lessons learned from Laos, Panama and Cuba to provide a global view of the mentorship process" (International Republican Institute, 2020).
Political Finance Reforms
“This report contributes to the discussion of the future of political finance by exploring...trends, opportunities and challenges related to money in politics that need to be taken into consideration when improving political finance systems” (Hamada and Agrawal, 2020).
Changing citizen behaviour to tackle climate change
The article discusses the impact of climate change and the role human behavior can play in mitigating the effects. The article also proposes multidisciplinary recommendations to tackle the issue of climate change and includes the opinions of experts such as policy analysts, EU Commission members, UN and various NGO delegates. (Friends of Europe, 2020).
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