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Mideast Democracy: Can't Be Exported or Imported, but Despite Dilemmas, Must Be Supported | Nov. 19, 2009

Democracy Digest| Link to story  » The dilemmas of reconciling security and human rights, stability and reform, and external and internal drivers for change were the dominant themes running through a conference on Middle East democracy this week.

Zelaya asks other leaders to reject vote | Dec. 2, 2009

Associated Press| Link to story  » At least one independent monitoring group reported a turnout rate lower than the official one. Hagamos Democracia, the local partner of the U.S. government-funded National Democratic Institute, said its count of 1,000 polling stations put turnout at about 48 percent. The count had a margin of error of 1.8 percentage points.

African Election Experts Call for Reforms to Enhance Credibility of African Elections | Jan. 7, 2010

Africa Center for Strategic Studies| Link to story  » "In a recently released communiqué, election experts and practitioners from across Africa have called on African countries to ratify the African Union’s (AU) charter on elections and enforce its standards to achieve more peaceful and credible elections...

Code of conduct needed to restore confidence in Jordanian Parliament | Jan. 13, 2010

The Jordan Times| Link to story  » Al Quds Center for Political Studies – NDI's partner in Jordan for parliamentary monitoring – conducted a conference on debating a parliamentary code of conduct and amending parliament's bylaws on Jan. 12.

Colloboration Between Al Quds and NDI Garners Media Attention

Arab Parliamentary Bulletin| Link to story  » Since 2008, NDI has partnered with Al Quds Center for Political Studies to launch a parliamentary monitoring program, and Al Quds has subsequently made history by publishing the first ever reports on parliamentary monitoring in Jordan.

NDI Official: Yemen is Real Partner in Democratic Field | Jan. 25, 2010

Saba Net| Link to story  » NDI's Les Campbell, senior associate and regional director for the Middle East and North Africa, emphasized that Yemen is a real partner in the democratic field. Campbell met with government officials and other political figures in the country, discussing with them the possibilities for cooperation between Yemen and NDI for future democracy programming.

Bahrain: Streamlining the Voting Process | Jan. 26, 2010

Gulf Daily News| Link to story  » A leading human rights organization yesterday called on the Bahraini government to open up this year's parliamentary elections to international monitoring. Bahrain Human Rights Society (BHRS) secretary general Abdulla Al Derazi said his organization was in constant contact with international adjudicators such as NDI and believed it was a natural progression for the 2010 elections to be scrutinised in this way.

NDI conference advocates use of Web 2.0 | Feb. 3, 2010

United Press International| Link to story  » A recent National Democratic Institute conference was designed to foster the use of new media platforms by social activists in the Middle East and North Africa.

Rwanda: NDI Opens Youth Academy in Country | Feb. 5, 2010

AllAfrica| Link to story  » "The National Democratic Institute (NDI) yesterday joined members of the Forum For Political Parties (FFPP) to launch Rwanda's premier Youth Leadership Political Academy...

Memorandum on New Political Channel Signed | February 24, 2010

The Messenger Online| Link to story  » "24 Saati writes that an agreement on the new format of the Second Channel has been signed by 11 political parties, the Director of the Georgian Public Broadcaster and the Director of the Second Channel at the office of the National Democratic Institute. This agreement followed an initiative by Parliament Chairman David Bakradze.

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