Understanding Yemen - Tomorrow’s Youth Challenges Yesterday’s Tribes | Oct. 6, 2011

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"If you look at the elite level and particularly in Sana’a, you’re seeing a competition among traditional rivals playing out,” said Leigh Miles, the Yemen program manager for the National Democratic Institute in Washington, D.C. Miles has spent six years watching Yemen’s political changes.

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Registrations ‘Cumbersome’ | Oct. 6, 2011

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Laura Thornton, country director for the National Democratic Institute, which supported the NICFEC in implementing the study, said that the findings “weren’t surprising”.

“We find the annual process of voter registration quite cumbersome for Cambodians,” she said. She also said it was “problematic” to place responsibility for voter registration in the hands of the commune council, an elected body.

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October 12th, 2011

With the potential to give voice to citizen concerns, oversee public spending, and help spur development, parliaments play a key role in deepening democracy.  Citizen groups have become more active in monitoring parliaments, assessing their performance and coming up with new ways to enable citizens to participate in the political process. This new publication highlights a variety of good practices in parliamentary monitoring and examines the work of 191 parliamentary monitoring organizations (PMOs) in over 80 countries.

NDI Future Women Leaders Program Alumni Awarded Certificates | Sept. 28, 2011

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Alumni of NDI Future Women Leaders Program were awarded certificates in Tbilisi Marriott Hotel on Wednesday. U.S. Ambassador to Georgia Jon Bass and Director of National Democratic Institute (NDI) Louis Navarro attended the awarding ceremony.

18 women who took up a general course of management, efficient communications and public opinion survey during one year were awarded the certificates.

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