As ethnic divisions ease in the Balkans, political parties across the spectrum are finding the need for new approaches that focus on thoughtful policy debate rather than personality and ethnicity. Young leaders in particular will play an important role in these changes.
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"The National Democratic Institute (NDI) yesterday joined members of the Forum For Political Parties (FFPP) to launch Rwanda's premier Youth Leadership Political Academy...
Author:
National Democratic Institute
Publisher:
National Democratic Institute
Published Date:
01/26/2010
Resource Type:
Survey
Language:
English, Spanish
NDI recently published the El Salvador 2009 Benchmark Democracy Survey, which measures citizens’ democratic values and perceptions of democracy in their country. NDI also has administered similar surveys in Nicaragua and Guatemala.
Author:
National Democratic Institute
Publisher:
National Democratic Institute
Published Date:
11/04/2009
Resource Type:
Program Description
Language:
English, Spanish
Media Type:
PDF
The Young Women Leaders Academy (YWLA) is sponsored by NDI and hosted by the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar (SFS-Qatar). It provides practical skills and knowledge to help them use the political process to make meaningful improvements in their communities. The women, aged 10 to 28, were selected for the program because of their demonstrated leadership potential. They came from countries across the Middle East and North Africa.
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Twelve young Russian leaders visited Brussles from June 29 to July 3 as part of a study visit organized by the EU-Russia Centre and NDI’s Moscow office. The pariticipants, ranging from 21 to 27 years old, came from the Pskov and Karelia regions of Russia and represented a variety of organizations including political parties, youth groups and a number of NGOs.
Author:
TakingITGlobal
Publisher:
TakingITGlobal
Published Date:
01/01/2008
Resource Type:
Manual|Handbook
Language:
Arabic
Media Type:
PDF
Growing up in isolation from one another, young Serbs and Albanians born in Kosovo and Serbia have little opportunity, and often little desire, to interact with each other and with peers from other ethnic communities. Factors that brought their parents together when the countries were part of Yugoslavia – common language, economic opportunities and a lack of borders – no longer exist and have been replaced with misperceptions, fear, and disrespect.
Nicholas A. Rey, who fled Poland with his family as a child after the outbreak of World War II and returned as the United States ambassador during the Clinton administration, died on Jan. 14 in Washington, D.C. Rey was a member of the National Democratic Institute’s board of directors.
“Nick brought his considerable knowledge and experience to the Institute,” said NDI president Kenneth Wollack. “And we benefitted measurably from his commitment to the organization and its mission.”
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