News From UNDEF India's Ambassador presents SG with cheque of almost five million for UNDEF 30 March 2012 India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Hardeep Singh Puri, presented the Secretary-General with a cheque for 4.71 million dollars ... |
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News From UNDEF UNDEF supports Russian Indigenous Peoples 23 March 2012 Deputy Executive Head Annika Savill met with Rodion Sulyandziga, First Vice-President of ... |
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News From the Field Nurturing government-citizen dialogue in the Asia-Pacific 24 February 2012 In parts of the Asia-Pacific region, traditional systems of representative democracy continue to face serious challenges ... |
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News From UNDEF Actor Jeffrey Wright is new UNDEF Board member 23 February 2012 UNDEF is delighted that Jeffrey Wright has accepted the UN Secretary-General’s invitation to serve on the UNDEF Advisory Board for 2012-13. An award-winning film.... |
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News From the Field Empowering Liberia's youth and women in the democratic process 17 February 2012 Although recent Liberian elections have generally been pronounced free and fair by the international community, studies show that even more than a decade after the end of armed conflict, ... |
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News From the Field First UNDEF-funded Women Leadership School launched in Georgia 03 February 2012 The first UNDEF-funded Women Leadership School – one of four planned worldwide – was launched by the Women’s Democracy Network in Tbilisi, Georgia on 27-29 January. ... |
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News From the Field UNDEF project helps African Charter on Democracy enter into force 27 Januaryr 2012 With UNDEF support, the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance has now been ratified by 15 nations – a milestone which means the Charter will now enter into force. ... |
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News From the Field Building democratic governance in the Hill Tracts of Bangladesh 20 January 2012 In Bangladesh, UNDEF funds an initiative to advance pro-poor and democratic governance in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. The project works... |
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News From the Field UNDEF project bridges democracy gap in Pakistan 22 December 2011 An UNDEF-funded online directory of parliamentary committees and NGOs was launched to bridge the divide between Pakistan’s Parliament and civil society. It will serve as a resource tool for Parliament to facilitate the use of professional research sources in addressing issues relevant to the Committees...... |
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News From the Field UNDEF funds new media clinic in Central Asia 20 December, 2011 In Central Asia, NGOs and independent media often have nowhere to turn for support on new media technology, with little or no in-house knowledge and commercial alternatives that are far too expensive... |
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News From the Field Pour l’éducation électorale en République Démocratique du Congo 14 December, 2011 En République Démocratique du Congo, le FNUD soutient un projet qui promeut la démocratie participative par la création de clubs d’action démocratique...... |
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News From the Field Training women to lead in rural China 7 December, 2011 A task force formed to support China's rural women’s participation in local politics convened in Shaanxi province in November 2011, as part of an UNDEF-funded project to empower women in areas where patriarchal values still dominate village governance... |
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News From the Field Women learn to lead local democracy in India 29 November, 2011 An UNDEF-funded project in Rajasthan, India, completed its work in 2011 to strengthen the leadership of women elected .... |
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News From the Field UNDEF project launches guiding principles for elections in Africa 21 November, 2011 A new set of guiding principles for free, fair and transparent elections in Africa was launched in Accra, Ghana, on the International Day of Democracy as part of a project made possible by UNDEF.... |
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News From the Field The Big Issue hits the streets in Nigeria 11 November, 2011 The Big Issue Lagos, a new and pioneering Nigerian street magazine funded by UNDEF, was launched in November 2011. It is the part of an UNDEF-financed six-country project to use street papers..... |
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News From UNDEF UNDEF co-hosts Oslo gathering for democracy activists 27 October, 2011 The UN Democracy Fund was one of the co-hosts of the Oslo Governance Forum in October 2011, which brought together 250 participants from government and civil society in more than 70 countries. |
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News From UNDEF UNDEF at CIVICUS World Assembly 20 September, 2011 At the CIVICUS World Assembly in Montreal in September, UNDEF hosted a panel discussion that brought together UNDEF projects from four continents, each focusing on strengthening the voice of civil society. |
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News From the Field Promoting accountability on the environment in Vietnam 13 September 2011 In the 25 years since Vietnam introduced the doi moi programme of reforms, citizens have come to participate far more actively in politics at both commune and village levels. But government is still not fully accountable, especially on issues impacting the environment.
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News From the Field Creating new connections in Central Asia and South Caucasus 19 August 2011 In eight countries of Central Asia and South Caucasus, UNDEF funds a project to increase public participation and make governance more accountable through independent monitoring of public policy-making and implementation. | 
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