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In order to improve future municipal elections, International IDEA – through STEP Democracy – held a two-day conference where about 120 participants from different areas such as Yangon City Development Committee, Yangon Government, Yangon Region Parliament and Civil Society Organizations were able to openly discuss the election. Read More

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Press Release
Nay Pyi Taw 7 July 2019

Local Elections: A simple way Myanmar can make democracy work for its people
Forum on Accountable and Representative Local Governance identifies election reform at the township level as feasible and critical for the transition to a federal democracy Read More

In order to ensure that young people are given the knowledge needed to participate in their democratic surroundings from an early age, International IDEA and its two national partners, Scholar Institute and Paññā Institute, are working on the development and implementation of a civic education curriculum geared towards students from ages 13-16 through the EU funded STEP Democracy programme. Read More

Please click the link below to download/read the STEP Democracy newsletter (Vol-1, 2019).
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Myanmar held credible national elections in 2015 and has followed up with well-run by-elections in 2017 and 2018. But despite these achievements at the national and state/region level, Myanmar has never held a municipal election with universal suffrage. Read More