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NDI Assessment Mission Finds Guarded Optimism about 2014 Afghanistan Elections Despite Serious Challenges
KABUL – Key reforms enacted since widespread fraud marred Afghanistan’s 2009 and 2010 polls have brought about a guarded optimism among political and civic leaders that next year’s presidential and provincial council elections will be better, according to the findings of a pre-election assessment mission fielded by the National Democratic Institute (NDI).

NDI Election Reform Mission Arrives in Cote d'Ivoire
ABIDJAN – The National Democratic Institute (NDI) is fielding an international delegation at the invitation of the Ivorian government to assess preparations for Cote d’Ivoire’s 2015 presidential election. The group, which will arrive Dec. 8 and is being welcomed by all Ivorian political parties, includes political and civic leaders, and election and regional experts from North America, Europe and Africa.

Twitter Chair Jack Dorsey and UN Representative Samantha Power to Speak at NDI 30th Anniversary Democracy Dinner Honoring Civic Innovators
WASHINGTON–Jack Dorsey, chairman and co-founder of Twitter, and Samantha Power, U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations, will be among the speakers at the National Democratic Institute’s Democracy Dinner on Tuesday, Dec. 10, in Washington, DC, which marks the Institute’s 30th anniversary.

LE NDI MET EN VALEUR LES PRIORITÉS DES CITOYENS MAURITANIENS EN MATIÈRE DE POLITIQUES PUBLIQUES
Press release to share the achievements of NDI's French embassy-funded intensive pre-electoral citizen engagement program.

NDI FORME DES REPRÉSENTANT D’OSC DE PARTOUT AU PAYS SUR L’OBSERVATION LOCALE DES ÉLECTIONS
Press release announcing a Dutch embassy-funded skills-building workshop for first-time domestic monitors ahead of Nov. 23 legislative and municipal elections. Workshop sessions focused on: fundamental principles of free, fair and transparent elections; the role of domestic observers in the electoral process; election-day procedures and reporting; and, recruiting and deploying observers.