Resources

National Youth Councils: Their Creation, Evolution, and Governance

By synthesizing information gathered from surveys distributed to Councils around the world, this report is intended as a tool to learn from the experiences of existing National Youth Councils, encourage future cooperation among Councils, and inspire their creation where they currently do not exist.

Practical Financial Management for NGOs

Many NGOs make financial management a low priority, leading to poor financial planning and monitoring systems. This manual aims to explain why financial management is important for NGOs in a rapidly changing and competitive world and how organizations can survive and succeed in this environment by making full use of financial management tools.

National Democratic Institute Brochure

Note: The first of the links below connects to the English version of this document. The second link connects to the Arabic version. The third and fourth links connect to the French version in original and print-formatted form, respectively.

Minimum Standards for the Democratic Functioning of Political Parties (Now available in Portuguese)

Regardless of ideology, location or size, political parties seeking to make their practices more inclusive and to institutionalize their operations will benefit from this manual, which assembles the best practices of a range of established and broadly democratic political parties.

Final Report on the Moroccan Legislative Elections, September 7, 2007