World Movement for Democracy

The World Movement for Democracy is a global network of democrats, including activists, practitioners, academics, policy makers, and funders, who have come together to cooperate in the promotion of democracy.

The Washington, DC-based National Endowment for Democracy (NED) initiated this nongovernmental effort with a global Assembly in New Delhi, India, in February 1999 "to strengthen democracy where it is weak, to reform and invigorate democracy even where it is longstanding, and to bolster pro-democracy groups in countries that have not yet entered into a process of democratic transition."

Steering Committee (2010)

Accessed May 2010:

• Mariclaire Acosta, Mexico
• Antoine Bernard, France
• Igor Blazevic, Bosnia
• Francesca Bomboko, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
• Ladan Boroumand, Iran
• Kim Campbell (Chair), Canada
• Kavi Chongkittavorn, Thailand
• Melinda Quintos de Jesus, Philippines
• Alicja Derkowska, Poland
• Hannah Forster, Gambia
• Han Dongfang (Vice-Chair), China
• Esther Dyson, United States
• David French, United Kingdom
• Carl Gershman, United States
• Paul Graham, South Africa
• Bambang Harymurti, Indonesia
• Jana Hybásková, Czech Republic
• Hisham Kassem, Egypt
• Asma Khader, Jordan
• Maina Kiai, Kenya
• Reginald Matchaba-Hove, Zimbabwe
• George Mathew, India
• Inna Pidluska, Ukraine
• Jacqueline Pitanguy, Brazil
• Carlos Ponce, Venezuela
• Hans Tippenhauer, Haiti
• Roel von Meijenfeldt, Netherlands
• Yevgeniy Zhovtis, Kazakhstan

Steering Committee (2007)

• Mahnaz Afkhami, Iran
• Urban Ahlin, Sweden
• Genaro Arriagada, Chile
• Zainab Bangura, Sierra Leone
• Francesca Bomboko, Democratic Republic of Congo
• Kavi Chongkittavorn, Thailand
• Ivan Doherty, Ireland
• Han Dongfang, China
• Yuri Dzhibladze, Russia
• Joao Carlos Espada, Portugal
• Abdou Filali-Ansary, Morocco
• David French, United Kingdom
• Carl Gershman, USA*
• Melinda Quintos de Jesus, Philippines
• Ivan Krastev, Bulgaria
• Riad Malki, Palestine
• Reginald Matchabe-Hove, Zimbabwe
• George Mathew, India
• Roel von Meijenfeldt, Netherlands
• Ghia Nodia, Georgia
• Ayo Obe, Nigeria, Chair
• Can Paker, Turkey, Treasurer
• Inna Pidluska, Ukraine
• Jacqueline Pitanguy, Brazil
• Krzysztof Stanowski, Poland, Vice Chair
• Elizabeth Ungar, Colombia, Secretary

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Network of Democracy Research Institutes

"The Network was established to facilitate contacts among democracy scholars and activists and to promote a greater awareness of the diversity and vitality of democracy studies today." [1]

Members Africa

• Afrobarometer
• Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) - Nigeria
• Centre for Policy Studies (South Africa) (CPS) - South Africa
• Democracy in Africa Research Unit (DARU) - South Africa
• Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-GHANA)
• Institute for Democracy in South Africa (Idasa)

Asia

• Academy of Political Education - Mongolia
• Centre for Policy Alternatives - Sri Lanka
• Centre for Democratic Institutions (CDI) - Australia
• Centre for Policy Research (CPR) - India
• Civic Exchange - Hong Kong
• East Asia Barometer - Taiwan
• East Asia Institute - South Korea
• Institute for National Policy Research (INPR) - Taiwan
• King Prajadhipok's Institute (KPI) - Thailand
• The Sejong Institute - South Korea

Europe

• Access to Information Programme (AIP) - Bulgaria
• Center for Democracy and Human Rights (CEDEM) - Montenegro
• Center for Liberal and Democratic Studies (CLDS) - Serbia
• Center for Policy Studies (CSP) - Hungary
• Center for the Study of Democracy and Culture (CDK) - Czech Republic
• Centre for Liberal Strategies (CLS) - Bulgaria
• Centre for the Study of Public Policy (CSPP) - United Kingdom
• Democratization and Rule of Law Program, FRIDE - Spain
• European Stability Initiative (ESI) - Germany
• Human Rights Centre, University of Essex - United Kingdom
• Institute for Contemporary Studies (Albania) - Albania
• Institute for Political Studies (IEP) - Portugal
• Institute for Public Affairs (IVO) - Slovakia
• Institute for Regional and International Studies - Bulgaria
• Institute of Public Affairs (Poland) - Poland
• Interuniversity Research Centre on Southern Europe (CIRES) - Italy
• Romanian Academic Society (SAR)

Former Soviet Union

• Carnegie Moscow Center
• Caucasian Institute for Peace, Democracy, and Development (CIPDD) - Georgia
• Center for the Development of Democracy and Human Rights - Russia
• Democratic Initiatives Foundation - Ukraine
• Independent Institute of Socio-Economic Research (IISEPS) - Belarus
• International Centre for Policy Studies (ICPS) - Ukraine
• St. Petersburg Center for Humanities and Political Studies (Strategy)
• Ural Foundation for Social Innovations (UFSI) - Russia

Latin America

• Center for the Opening and Development of Latin American (CADAL) - Argentina
• Congreso Visible (CV) - Colombia
• FUNDAR - Centro de Análisis e Investigación - Mexico
• Latinobarometer - Chile
• State of the Nation Program - Costa Rica

Middle East

• Al-Urdun Al-Jadid Research Center - Jordan
• Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID) - United States
• Centre for the Research of Societal Problems (TOSAM) - Turkey
• Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies (ICDS) - Egypt
• Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) - Israel
• Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research - Palestine
• Rene Moawad Foundation - Lebanon
• Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) - Turkey

United States and Canada

• Center for Democracy and the Third Sector - United States
• Center for the Study of Democracy - United States
• Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) - United States
• Center on Democratic Performance (CDP) - United States
• International Forum for Democratic Studies - United States
• Rights & Democracy- International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development (ICHRDD) - Canada

Source

Contact details

1025 F Street, NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20004
USA
Phone: (202) 378-9700
Fax: (202) 378-9889
Email: World AT ned.org
Website: http://www.wmd.org

Resources and articles

Related Sourcewatch

• Qiang Xiao
• World Youth Movement for Democracy

External Links

• World Movement for Democracy, NeoCon Europe.