Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy

Democratic governance still faces great challenges in many countries within the Latin American region. Political institutions remain weak and governments change frequently. Ecuador is no exception.

On Wednesday 2 June, Ecuadorian parliamentarian Virgilio Hernandez will give a lunch lecture at the NIMD offices in The Hague.

Factsheet Ecuador offers concise NIMD programme information and political analysis on a single sheet.

Partners explain why the NIMD programme in Ecuador promotes public participation and gender equality in politics, and how it has helped bring about a new Constitution and a new Political Parties law.

On September 14, 2009 Ecuador’s Vice President Lenin Moreno received the director and staff of NIMD and Ecuadorean partner Ágora Democratica.

Ecuador is working on the implementation of a new Constitution. New national, regional and local elections were held in April 2009. On August 10 Rafael Correa was inaugurated as President of Ecuador for a second term.

In 2008 the Constituent Assembly drafted Ecuador's 20th Constitution

NIMD is supporting inclusive politics and providing technial assistance in Ecuador

Analysis of political party development in Latin America by Ernesto Aranibar, Coordinator of Agora Democrática, the joint NIMD-IDEA program in Ecuador.

After the elections on Sunday 26th of April, it seems that President Rafael Correa has won the first round of the Presidential Elections with 55% of the votes.