Washington, D.C. -- This month, the National Democratic Institute (NDI) launched a new initiative to address the growing disconnect between political parties around the world and citizens. While political parties remain important democratic institutions, they must evolve to meet new challenges that reflect the ways people interact and organize in the twenty-first century. This initiative will unfold in three phases:
NDI mourns the passing of Senior Systems Engineer Donald Lasko. Don, who was 62, died suddenly on Friday, January 29.
7 January 2016 - As part of the Kofi Annan Foundation's Electoral Integrity Initiative’s (EII) efforts to promote credible and peaceful elections, two senior experts are in Accra to consult and share experiences with the country’s election stakeholders.
NAIROBI, KENYA – Legislators from women’s parliamentary caucuses in Kenya, South Sudan, Somalia, and Uganda today formally established a regional coalition to be known as the Women’s Parliamentary Association (WPA) in the East Africa-based Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) region.
NDI mourns the passing of Andrei Panici, a long time senior consultant to NDI's Moldova office. Andrei, who was 34, died in a hiking accident in Romania on Sunday, November 29.
NDI Chairman Madeleine K. Albright, President Kenneth Wollack and Regional Director Leslie Campbell issued the following statement:
LILONGWE, MALAWI – With the overall goal of advancing democratic governance, and with generous support from the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) and the United States Agency for Development (USAID), the National Democratic Institute (NDI) developed two guides for public expenditure tracking (PET).
