
Kevin Casas
@kevincasasz
Secretary General, @Int_IDEA; Senior Fellow, @The_Dialogue; former VP of Costa Rica🇨🇷. Proud Latin American, traveler, politics junkie. Opinions are personal
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Last year, I had a memorable conversation with #Botswana's President Dr. Mokgweetsi E.K Masisi. He told me he couldn't understand the desire of so many leaders to stay in power indefinitely. He just lived up to his convictions, gratiously conceding after a shocking defeat. A true leader.🙌


. International IDEA is looking for a Programme Manager in Guyana. Please help us circulate Applications on line 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 careers.idea.int/jobs/5144547-p…



Pleased to be in Vilnius to address, on behalf of International IDEA, the High Level Forum on the Future of #democracy, organized by #Lithuania's government. Their record in support of democratic causes is to be commended. I'm grateful for the invitation to attend this great discussion.🇱🇹




I'm honored to have contributed to the The New York Times' World Review 2024, with a piece on the state of #democracy around the world & the lessons of this year's global election cycle, based on research produced by International IDEA.


Me siento honrado de contribuir al World Review 2024 del The New York Times, con un ensayo sobre el estado de la #democracia en el mundo y las lecciones del ciclo electoral global de este año, basada en las investigaciones producidas por International IDEA.


📌I had the pleasure of meeting Kevin Casas, Secretary General of International IDEA, during my visit to Stockholm. We discussed strengthening democratic processes and supporting free, fair elections, with a focus on electoral reforms and transparency.


Defending Democracy, Safeguarding Our Planet: A Dual Imperative Join our Coalition host, International IDEA on December 5, 2024, for the fourth event in the Stockholm Series of Public Lectures on Climate Change and Democracy, featuring climate justice activist and author Luisa Neubauer.


Flavia Freidenberg Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas, UNAM FCPyS-UNAM Karolina Gilas Guadalupe Salmorán Villar Camilo Saavedra Cristhian Jaramillo LSE 📌📚| La sección que discute los dilemas, aprendizajes y retos en tiempos de pandemia para la organización de elecciones abre con el capítulo “Organización electoral en tiempos de pandemia en América Latina” de Kevin Casas Zamora [Kevin Casas], Secretario General de International IDEA e
![Observatorio de Reformas Políticas América Latina (@reformaslatam) on Twitter photo <a href="/flaviafrei/">Flavia Freidenberg</a> <a href="/IIJUNAM/">Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas, UNAM</a> <a href="/UNAM_FCPyS/">FCPyS-UNAM</a> <a href="/KarolinaGilas/">Karolina Gilas</a> <a href="/gpe_salmoran/">Guadalupe Salmorán Villar</a> <a href="/camilosaavedra/">Camilo Saavedra</a> <a href="/schrodingercase/">Cristhian Jaramillo</a> <a href="/LSEnews/">LSE</a> 📌📚| La sección que discute los dilemas, aprendizajes y retos en tiempos de pandemia para la organización de elecciones abre con el capítulo “Organización electoral en tiempos de pandemia en América Latina” de Kevin Casas Zamora [<a href="/KevinCasasZ/">Kevin Casas</a>], Secretario General de <a href="/Int_IDEA/">International IDEA</a> e <a href="/flaviafrei/">Flavia Freidenberg</a> <a href="/IIJUNAM/">Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas, UNAM</a> <a href="/UNAM_FCPyS/">FCPyS-UNAM</a> <a href="/KarolinaGilas/">Karolina Gilas</a> <a href="/gpe_salmoran/">Guadalupe Salmorán Villar</a> <a href="/camilosaavedra/">Camilo Saavedra</a> <a href="/schrodingercase/">Cristhian Jaramillo</a> <a href="/LSEnews/">LSE</a> 📌📚| La sección que discute los dilemas, aprendizajes y retos en tiempos de pandemia para la organización de elecciones abre con el capítulo “Organización electoral en tiempos de pandemia en América Latina” de Kevin Casas Zamora [<a href="/KevinCasasZ/">Kevin Casas</a>], Secretario General de <a href="/Int_IDEA/">International IDEA</a> e](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GeCk8HoWcAE4YJJ.jpg)

Kicking off the day with Simon Johnson, the 2024 The Nobel Prize winner in Economic Sciences, sharing his groundbreaking insights at International IDEA on how institutions impact prosperity across various political and economic systems. #NobelPrize #Economics


It’s a wrap! The #IDEACouncil has been adjourned, and the gavel has been handed from MFA Luxembourg 🇱🇺 @LUinDenmark to the succeeding Chair Swiss MFA Swiss Embassy in Stockholm. From left: Henri Schumacher, Kevin Casas & Ambassador Adrian Junker


Honored to be elected today as Vice-Chair 🇮🇩 of International IDEA Council of Member States 2025. I look forward to working closely with Chair Ambassador Adrian Junker🇨🇭& Vice-Chair Embajada de la República Dominicana en Suecia 🇩🇴 as well as Secretary General Kevin Casas in advancing global democracy.




