Al Urdun Al Jadid Research Center (UJRC)

Scope of countries

For specific information on individual countries, please visit the country pages below

·         Algeria

·         Bahrain

·         Comoros

·         Djibouti

·         Egypt

·         Iraq

·         Jordan

·         Kuwait

·         Lebanon

·         Libya

·         Mauritania

·         Morocco

·         Oman

·         Palestine

·         Qatar

·         Saudi Arabia

·         Somalia

·         Sudan

·         Syrian Arab Republic

·         Tunisia

·         United Arab Emirates

·         Yemen

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Welcome to the Regional Center page for the region of the Arab world. This page is facilitated by UJRC, an associated member of the ACE network. Here you will find updated information about the region, such as electoral news, case studies and election-related links. To access this material, use the menus to the right. If you need information about other regions, select another Regional Centre from the drop-down menu on the left side.

About UJRC

Al Urdun Al Jadid Research Center (UJRC) is an independent think tank established in 1990. It works for democratic development in Jordan and the Arab world through conducting scientific research, managing debates and training, and organizing workshops and conferences with regional and international institutions. UJRC possesses an active Elections and Parliament program which analyses elections in Jordan, the Arab region, and the world at large.

 

Lebanese Presidential Elections

Lebanon's parliament elected a new president Sunday, 25 May, 08, taking a step to stabilize the country after a long, violent political crisis. Read more

Regional Election Spotlight 

Forthcoming Elections

Iraq |Local

December 2008

Comoros | Local Assembly

March 2009

Algeria| Presidential

April 2009

Comoros | Federal Assembly

April 2009

Kuwait | Municipal

June 2009

Morocco | Municipal

September 2009

Tunisia| Parliamentary 

October 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recent Elections

Lebanon - Presidential

25 May 2008

Kuwait - Parliamentary

Egypt- Local Councils

8 April 2008

Djibouti - Parliamentary

8 February 2008

Algeria: Municipal

29 November 2007

Jordan: Parliamentary

20 November 2007

Oman: Parliamentary

27 October 2007

Morocco: Parliamentary

7 September 2007

Lebanon: By-Elections

5 August 2007

Jordan: Municipal

31 July 2007

Conferences and Workshops

Local Democracy Assessment in Jordan: International IDEA and UJRC workshop

International IDEA, together with UJRC, are conducting a 3-day consecutive training workshop entitled: “State of Local Democracy in the Arab World: Local Democracy Assessment in Jordan”. This will be held on July 14 to 16, 2008, at Holiday Inn Hotel, Amman, Jordan

This workshop is part of International IDEA’s project “State of Local Democracy (SoLD) Assessment in the Arab World”, involving similar activities in four countries: Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Yemen. This research project will be implemented over a period of 18 months, as part of IDEA’s programme in the Arab World.

The project is implemented with collaboration of local partner organizations, where UJRC is the implementing organization in Jordan. UJRC is also the ACE regional electoral resources centre for the Arab region.

The main focus of the workshop is assessing the level of local democracy in four municipalities in Jordan: Rusaifah, Maan, Mafraq and Jarash.

Regional Workshop on "Women in Arab Parliaments" 

The United Nations Development Programme, through its Parliamentary Development Initiative in the Arab Region, in an effort to assess the progress of Arab women at the level of legislative elections and parliament, organized a regional seminar “Women in Arab Parliaments: Progress, Stagnation or Regression?” on the 9th and 10th of July 2008 in Beirut, Lebanon.

The seminar brought together participants from Arab Parliaments, women candidates in recent elections, representatives of political parties and civil society organizations, and a number of Arab and international experts.