2012
December
- Co-hosted training for local CSO I WATCH in Tunis, Tunisia about advocacy strategies relating to political finance issues.
- Presented the international experience in regulating political finance at the Denver University Strategic Issues Panel in Denver, US.
November
- Co-hosted training in on campaign finance principles, monitoring and advocacy for civil society activists from Jordan and Yemen.
- Jordan Moderated panel on US campaign finance as part of the. IFES US Election Programme
October
- Trained civil society activists in Tunisia on political finance advocacy.
September
- Worked with Political Parties Registration Commission in Sierra Leone to improve the campaign finance reporting structure ahead of the upcoming general elections.
August
- Participated in broadcast about US campaign finance on Huffington Post. Main discussant was Michael Moore.
July
- Presented paper on A Global View of Political Finance Regulations as a Dependent Variable at the World Congress of the International Political Finance Association in Madrid, Spain.
- Completed study on Political Finance Regulations Around the World for International IDEA.
June
- Completed study on "Political Finance Regulations Around the World" for International IDEA.
May
- Completed study on "Money and Electoral Violence in Africa" for IFES, to be published shortly.
April
- Trained civil society activists in Tunisia about key issues in the regulation and control of political finance.
March
- 28 March: Met the US Ambassador to Georgia and provided advice on future assistance to enhance political finance transparency in the country.
- 21 - 30 March: Trained staff at the Chamber of Control of Georgia on how to oversee political finance without jeopardising political pluralism.
- 1 March: The International IDEA global project on political finance regulations, with data from 179 countries, goes live.
February
- 20 - 26 Feb: Co-hosted expert panel, BRIDGE training and campaign finance workshop in Lebanon for participants from eight Arab countries.
- Trained civil society activists and support Transparency Serbia on how to monitor political finance in Serbia.
January
- Provided assistance to the Political Parties Registration Commission in Sierra Leone on reform of the political finance disclosure implementation system.