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Libya's Prime Minister Mustafa Abu Shagur faces an uphill task in naming a government on Sunday that balances regional and political interests while also tackling multiple security issues, analysts say.
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Villagers took an increasingly vocal stand on land issues during rare opportunities to speak with National Assembly members this past year, according to the National Democratic Institute.
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President Abdo Rabu Mansour Hadi has met at his residence in Washington with the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES)'s President and CEO William Sweeney and Senior Associate and Regional Director for Middle East and North Africa at the National Democratic Institute (NDI) Leslie Campbell.
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OpeningParliament.org
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12/03/2012
In advance of the Steering Committee Meeting of the Open Government Partnership (OGP), a group of nearly 60 governments that have committed to promote more transparency to improve oversight by citizens and civil society groups, NDI’s Dan Swislow reflects on the role parliaments can play in making sure OGP commitments are being implemented.
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Members of the 53RD legislature, in partnership with The National Democratic Institute (NDI) has concluded a weeklong tour (3-8 September 2012) for the sole purpose of to examining the nature of housing conditions faced by the poor, vulnerable and low income earners in the country using a quick scan survey approach.
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09/05/2012
In this piece for TechPresident, David Eaves writes about efforts around the world to monitor parliaments and legislative bodies, and to make parliamentary information more open and accessible.
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Open Knowledge Foundation
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08/31/2012
In advance of its official launch at the World e-Parliament Conference on the International Day of Democracy, Scott Hubli, director of governance programs at NDI, and Andrew Mandelbaum, senior program officer on the governance program, introduced the Declaration on Parliamentary Openness in this piece for the Open Knowledge Foundation.
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In joining the Open Government Partnership (OGP), governments have been going on record in support of more open, participatory and accountable public institutions. To date, 55 governments have agreed to develop national action plans, with civil society input and monitoring, that commit them to this agenda.
Marwa Abou Dayya, of the Lebanese PMO Nahwa Al Muwatiniya, speaks at the World e-Parliament Conference 2012 in Rome.
On the International Day of Democracy, Sept. 15, civil society organizations from across the globe joined in a call to parliaments worldwide for stronger collaboration to improve openness, transparency and citizen participation in the legislative process.
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