However, on signing the Agreement, International IDEA’s regional Director for Africa and the Middle East, Mustaq Moorad, indicated that the office will also allow the Institute to engage with the Ethiopian Government in different fields of its expertise should the Ethiopian government so request.
The Agreement sets out the status of International IDEA’s presence in Ethiopia and confers on the organization and its staff (who are not Ethiopian nationals or permanent residents) diplomatic immunities and privileges.
International IDEA hopes to establish its office in Addis Ababa as soon as possible.
IDEA is an intergovernmental organization which aims to provide knowledge to democracy builders, provide policy development and analysis, and support democratic reform.
Norway is among the main funding partners to International IDEA.