On 6 October 2014, the European Institute of International Studies (EIIS) and the Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA International) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) , this agreement provide a international framework for collaboration activities in the following common interest areas:
•The role of national democratic institutions and processes in promoting regional integration
•The development of democratic practices within regional institutions and integration processes, in particular with regards to multilateralism and collective defence of democracy.
•Global Governance: Development, Democracy and Regional Integration in the world.
•Building Regional Democracy: The rol of the Regional Parliaments in the regional integration processes in the world.
•Relations Inter Parliamentary (European Parliament, Latin American Parliament, Central American Parliament, South American Parliament, Pan-African Parliament, Asian Parliament, etc).
Through this MoU, IDEA International becomes in Member of the IBERO-EURO-AMERICA Consortium and the Global Iberoamerica Chair. The Consortium cooperates with IDEA and contribute to its programs and activities, as a Strategic Partner, through its network of universities, institutions and centers with international and academic experts able to provide analytical knowledge, basic support for certain events, experience and readiness for inter-regional dialogue etc.