National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
Project Title
For a cross-partisan dialogue for democracy
Date
Sep. 11, 2025
Duration
24 months
Description
The National Democratic Institute (NDI), in partnership with the International Republican Institute (IRI), will convene three high-level bipartisan gatherings with European parliaments over two years to help senior political leaders from across the transatlantic community craft practical strategies for lowering polarization and reinforcing democratic norms. The first meeting will explore ways to revitalize democratic practices and broaden public participation; the second will tackle contentious policy areas such as security, trade, energy, and emerging technologies; and the third will focus on boosting democratic resilience in Eastern Europe and the Balkans, where malign foreign influence remains a threat. Between conferences, the institutes will run virtual peer exchanges, publish recommendations, and draw on their complementary networks to keep the dialogue politically and geographically balanced, with the goal of turning trust-building discussions into concrete bipartisan reforms.
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Project Title
As a one-time grant for a project on the use of bottom-up indicators of citizen inclusion and confidence in transitional processes in Kenya and South Sudan
Date
Sep. 08, 2016
Duration
27 months
Description
Post-conflict transition periods offer a brief but critical opportunity to build the legitimacy of emerging democratic systems and to establish a foundation for sustainable peace. Despite an emerging consensus that citizen inclusion in transition processes is necessary to foster legitimacy and stability, significant gaps remain in opportunities for citizens to influence transition process design, implementation, or evaluation. The National Democratic Institute (NDI), the Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in South Africa (EISA), and the Oslo Center for Peace and Human Rights (The Oslo Center) propose a pilot project to create bottom-up indicators of citizen inclusion and confidence (CIC) in transitional processes that can inform national and international policymakers’ understanding of citizen priorities around inclusion in transition periods. Kenya and South Sudan will be the pilot countries.