Palestinian Center for Democracy and Elections

Palestinian Center for Democracy and Elections


 * In 1998 (at least) Mubarak Awad, was the director of the Palestinian Center for Democracy and Elections.
 * In 1998 (at least) Sami Awad was affiliated to the East Jerusalem-based Palestinian Center for Democracy and Elections.
 * The Center provides funding to Al–Quds Educational Television

Funding
In 1994 Nonviolence International received a NED grant "to carry out its "Palestinian Center for Democracy and Elections" project, which aims to reorganize and restructure Palestinian political movements on the basis of democratic principles and encourage the development of a political framework for free and fair elections."

In 1995 "Nonviolence International (NI) received renewed Endowment support to carry out its "Palestinian Center for Democracy and Elections" project, which aims to reorganize and restructure Palestinian political movements on the basis of democratic principles. Through education, communications, training and political development, the project will encourage freedom of association and free and fair internal elections within Palestinian political factions. (9/95)."

In 1996 they also received aother grant from the NED via Nonviolence International to "support for its Jerusalem-based Palestinian Center for Democracy and Elections (PCDE), to carry out a series of "Working Democracy Meetings" between elected representatives of the Legislative Council and members of the public in villages and refugee camps in the West Bank. The meetings will be filmed and recorded; printed materials will also be distributed as educational and information aids. PCDE will continue its bi-monthly analysis of the progress of democracy and civic education by publishing and distributing the "PCDE Update.""

In 1999 Nonviolence International received a NED grant "To support the Jerusalem-based Palestinian Center for Democracy and Elections (PCDE) and its series of weekly television and semiweekly radio Democracy Meetings, which are broadcast to elected representatives of the Palestinian Legislative Council, members of the Palestinian Authority, and villages and refugee camps in the West Bank. Videos and audiotapes of the meetings will be sent to several television and radio stations for rebroadcast, and the PCDE will publish a newsletter and expand its library."