World Movement for Democracy

The World Movement for Democracy is a global network of democrats, including activists, practitioners, academics, policy makers, and funders, who have come together to cooperate in the promotion of democracy.

The Washington, DC-based National Endowment for Democracy (NED) initiated this nongovernmental effort with a global Assembly in New Delhi, India, in February 1999 "to strengthen democracy where it is weak, to reform and invigorate democracy even where it is longstanding, and to bolster pro-democracy groups in countries that have not yet entered into a process of democratic transition."

Steering Committee (2010)
Accessed May 2010:


 * Mariclaire Acosta, Mexico
 * Antoine Bernard, France
 * Igor Blazevic, Bosnia
 * Francesca Bomboko, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
 * Ladan Boroumand, Iran
 * Kim Campbell (Chair), Canada
 * Kavi Chongkittavorn, Thailand
 * Melinda Quintos de Jesus, Philippines
 * Alicja Derkowska, Poland
 * Hannah Forster, Gambia
 * Han Dongfang (Vice-Chair), China
 * Esther Dyson, United States
 * David French, United Kingdom
 * Carl Gershman, United States
 * Paul Graham, South Africa
 * Bambang Harymurti, Indonesia
 * Jana Hybásková, Czech Republic
 * Hisham Kassem, Egypt
 * Asma Khader, Jordan
 * Maina Kiai, Kenya
 * Reginald Matchaba-Hove, Zimbabwe
 * George Mathew, India
 * Inna Pidluska, Ukraine
 * Jacqueline Pitanguy, Brazil
 * Carlos Ponce, Venezuela
 * Hans Tippenhauer, Haiti
 * Roel von Meijenfeldt, Netherlands
 * Yevgeniy Zhovtis, Kazakhstan

Steering Committee (2007)
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 * Mahnaz Afkhami, Iran
 * Urban Ahlin, Sweden
 * Genaro Arriagada, Chile
 * Zainab Bangura, Sierra Leone
 * Francesca Bomboko, Democratic Republic of Congo
 * Kavi Chongkittavorn, Thailand
 * Ivan Doherty, Ireland
 * Han Dongfang, China
 * Yuri Dzhibladze, Russia
 * Joao Carlos Espada, Portugal
 * Abdou Filali-Ansary, Morocco
 * David French, United Kingdom
 * Carl Gershman, USA*
 * Melinda Quintos de Jesus, Philippines
 * Ivan Krastev, Bulgaria
 * Riad Malki, Palestine
 * Reginald Matchabe-Hove, Zimbabwe
 * George Mathew, India
 * Roel von Meijenfeldt, Netherlands
 * Ghia Nodia, Georgia
 * Ayo Obe, Nigeria, Chair
 * Can Paker, Turkey, Treasurer
 * Inna Pidluska, Ukraine
 * Jacqueline Pitanguy, Brazil
 * Krzysztof Stanowski, Poland, Vice Chair
 * Elizabeth Ungar, Colombia, Secretary

Network of Democracy Research Institutes
"The Network was established to facilitate contacts among democracy scholars and activists and to promote a greater awareness of the diversity and vitality of democracy studies today." 

Members Africa
 * Afrobarometer
 * Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) - Nigeria
 * Centre for Policy Studies (South Africa) (CPS) - South Africa
 * Democracy in Africa Research Unit (DARU) - South Africa
 * Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-GHANA)
 * Institute for Democracy in South Africa (Idasa)

Asia
 * Academy of Political Education - Mongolia
 * Centre for Policy Alternatives - Sri Lanka
 * Centre for Democratic Institutions (CDI) - Australia
 * Centre for Policy Research (CPR) - India
 * Civic Exchange - Hong Kong
 * East Asia Barometer - Taiwan
 * East Asia Institute - South Korea
 * Institute for National Policy Research (INPR) - Taiwan
 * King Prajadhipok's Institute (KPI) - Thailand
 * The Sejong Institute - South Korea

Europe
 * Access to Information Programme (AIP) - Bulgaria
 * Center for Democracy and Human Rights (CEDEM) - Montenegro
 * Center for Liberal and Democratic Studies (CLDS) - Serbia
 * Center for Policy Studies (CSP) - Hungary
 * Center for the Study of Democracy and Culture (CDK) - Czech Republic
 * Centre for Liberal Strategies (CLS) - Bulgaria
 * Centre for the Study of Public Policy (CSPP) - United Kingdom
 * Democratization and Rule of Law Program, FRIDE - Spain
 * European Stability Initiative (ESI) - Germany
 * Human Rights Centre, University of Essex - United Kingdom
 * Institute for Contemporary Studies (Albania) - Albania
 * Institute for Political Studies (IEP) - Portugal
 * Institute for Public Affairs (IVO) - Slovakia
 * Institute for Regional and International Studies - Bulgaria
 * Institute of Public Affairs (Poland) - Poland
 * Interuniversity Research Centre on Southern Europe (CIRES) - Italy
 * Romanian Academic Society (SAR)

Former Soviet Union
 * Carnegie Moscow Center
 * Caucasian Institute for Peace, Democracy, and Development (CIPDD) - Georgia
 * Center for the Development of Democracy and Human Rights - Russia
 * Democratic Initiatives Foundation - Ukraine
 * Independent Institute of Socio-Economic Research (IISEPS) - Belarus
 * International Centre for Policy Studies (ICPS) - Ukraine
 * St. Petersburg Center for Humanities and Political Studies (Strategy)
 * Ural Foundation for Social Innovations (UFSI) - Russia

Latin America
 * Center for the Opening and Development of Latin American (CADAL) - Argentina
 * Congreso Visible (CV) - Colombia
 * FUNDAR - Centro de Análisis e Investigación - Mexico
 * Latinobarometer - Chile
 * State of the Nation Program - Costa Rica

Middle East
 * Al-Urdun Al-Jadid Research Center - Jordan
 * Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID) - United States
 * Centre for the Research of Societal Problems (TOSAM) - Turkey
 * Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies (ICDS) - Egypt
 * Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) - Israel
 * Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research - Palestine
 * Rene Moawad Foundation - Lebanon
 * Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) - Turkey

United States and Canada Source
 * Center for Democracy and the Third Sector - United States
 * Center for the Study of Democracy - United States
 * Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) - United States
 * Center on Democratic Performance (CDP) - United States
 * International Forum for Democratic Studies - United States
 * Rights & Democracy- International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development (ICHRDD) - Canada

Contact details
1025 F Street, NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20004 USA Phone: (202) 378-9700 Fax: (202) 378-9889 Email: World AT ned.org Website: http://www.wmd.org

Related Sourcewatch

 * Qiang Xiao
 * World Youth Movement for Democracy