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  • Moving Forward with Constitutional Reform in Kenya

    The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Africa Program and NDI announce a conference on:

    Moving Forward with Constitutional Reform in Kenya

    Panel 1: How the Constitution Was Passed

    Kennedy Masime
    Executive Director, Center for Governance and Development
    Chairman, Elections Observation Group (ELOG)

    Mary O'Hagan
    Senior Resident Director, NDI Kenya

    Isaack Ahmed Hassan (invited)
    Chair, Interim Independent Electoral Commission (IIEC)

  • Kenya's New Constitution: A New Beginning for Reforming Governance and Development in Kenya

    Tuesday, August 31 at 2:00pm

    The National Democratic Institute

    2030 M St., NW, 5th Floor
    Washington, D.C.

    NDI is pleased to welcome Kenya's new ambassador, Elkanah Odembo, to Washington, D.C. Following the historic constitutional referendum on Aug. 4 Amb. Odembo will discuss the new constitution and its implications for democratic development in Kenya.

  • The Conspicuously Absent Fourth "D": Democracy

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    The Society for International Development, Washington, D.C., Chapter, presents, The Conspicuously Absent Fourth "D": Democracy.

    July 30, 2010, 12 pm - 2 pm

    Academy for Educational Development, Greeley Hall, 1875 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C.

    Speakers:

    • Lorne Craner, president, International Republican Institute
    • Sarah Mendelson, deputy assistant administrator, USAID, DHCA
    • Kenneth Wollack, president, National Democratic Institute

    Moderator:

    • Malcolm Butler, senior vice president for emerging markets, Management Systems International and SID-Washington board member
  • Transatlantic Dialogue: Strengthening Cooperation on Democracy Support

    Former Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek and former U.S. Representative Vin Weber, R-Minn., will lead a discussion on strengthening democracy and human rights globally at the National Press Club on Tuesday, June 29 at 2:30 pm.  Katty Kay, Washington correspondent for BBC World News America, will moderate the panel discussion.

  • Sudan's 2010 Elections and the Final Year of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement

    Wednesday, June 16 at 2 pm

    Presentations by:
    Traci Cook, NDI interim resident director, Juba, Sudan
    Pat Merloe, NDI senior advisor for elections
    Ans Zwerver, NDI resident director, Khartoum, Sudan
    Keith Jennings, NDI regional director, Southern and East Africa (Moderator)

  • Women as Agents of Change: Advancing the Role of Women in Politics and Civil Society
  • Commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Frost-Solomon Task Force

    A commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Frost-Solomon Task Force, which provided assistance from the U.S. Congress to new parliaments in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union from 1990 to 1996, will be held in Warsaw June 7.

    The event is sponsored by the Senate and Sejm of Poland and the House Democracy Partnership (HDP), a successor organization to the Frost-Solomon Task Force.

  • Great Lakes Policy Forum: Implications of the Rwandan Elections

    In the second forum in a series focusing on elections, the Great Lakes Policy Forum explored Rwanda's upcoming elections. The forum reviewed political party strengthening efforts, explored electoral issues, and hosted a discussion on predictions for the election and the implications of those predictions. What will the 2010 elections mean for open democracy in Rwanda? What does this mean for the region?

  • NDI 25th Anniversary Dinner Celebration

    NDI celebrated its 25th anniversary on May 10 by honoring two champions of democracy, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai of Zimbabwe and the Network of Chocó Women of Colombia, at an event hosted by NDI Chairman Madeleine K. Albright.

  • North African Regional Conference on Leadership and Civic Engagement

    Date: March 13-14, 2010
    Location: Casablanca, Morocco

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