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A Practical Guide for Disabled People’s Organizations to Engage Political Parties
Political parties play an important role in aggregating and representing public interests, shaping political agendas and developing government policies and programs. Parties are also a vehicle for contesting power and earning the right to govern through peaceful elections. To become more competitive, parties can make room for diverse voices within their organizations and practice more inclusive policy-making and decision-making.

Strengthening Election Management Body Communications With Political Parties in Elections - Practical Guidelines And Principles
Election management bodies (EMBs) play a crucial role in ensuring electoral integrity by acting as impartial stewards of elections. Political parties serve as essential links between the government and the public. Effective engagement and communication between these entities are vital for fostering trust and credibility in electoral processes.

Toolkit - Monitoring the Impact of New Election Technologies in Elections
The increased presence of electronic technologies in our daily lives has brought considerable and concrete benefits. We can communicate with friends, family and colleagues seamlessly through email, social media or messenger apps, send or receive money on our mobile devices, have access to a wealth of information, and conduct our work more efficiently and with fewer mistakes.

Political Strategy in Closed and Closing Spaces: A Playbook for Political Parties
Around the world, emerging authoritarian threats have put democratic institutions at risk of backsliding and new democracies in danger of losing critical progress made towards fair and inclusive democratic systems. Democratic political parties can play a critical role in combating authoritarian forces but need to be aware of the risks that come along with operating in a closing or closed democratic space.

Open Governance Tools for Combatting Kleptocracy
Kleptocracy, which means “rule by thieves,” describes an especially pernicious, predatory type of corruption whereby the institutions of the state are deformed to serve regime elites to steal as much as they can from their own citizens.