"Democracy is not a state ‒ it is a constantly evolving process"
This year, Switzerland is chairing the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA), an intergovernmental organisation with 35 member states that has worked for thirty years to strengthen democratic systems. Adrian Junker, Switzerland's ambassador in Stockholm and the council's acting chairperson, and Patricia Danzi, director general of the SDC, are convinced that this commitment is more important now than ever.
