Robert Benjamin, NDI’s Central and Eastern Europe Regional director, offered remarks on Albania’s upcoming June 28 parliamentary elections in the context of its democratic transition as part of a briefing hosted by the U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe on June 4 and chaired by commission Co-Chairman U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL).
U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.), Eliz Biberaj, director of the Eurasia Division of Voice of America and Jonas Rolett, regional director of South Central Europe at the Open Society Institute also provided remarks on the elections.
The National Democratic Institute (NDI) has supported Albania’s democratic transition since 1991 through political party development and broad-based civic involvement in grassroots advocacy and nonpartisan election monitoring. Currently, NDI works to improve advocacy and leadership skills among politically active women in Albania so they may become more fully engaged in the political process.
Event Date and Times:
June 4, 2009, at 10:30 a.m.
Guests:
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U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.)
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Eliz Biberaj, director of the Eurasia Division of Voice of America
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Jonas Rolett, regional director of South Central Europe at the Open Society Institute
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