Following the GPMD event at the 2019 High Level Political Forum in New York, GPMD Chair and NIMD Colombia Director, Ángela Rodríguez, reflects on the crucial role of political parties for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. In 2015, the UN’s 193 Member States adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. By signing this working document … Continued
The role of political parties in achieving the 2030 Agenda has been consistently overlooked. Political parties in fact have an important role to play in empowering citizens and ensuring inclusiveness and equality in society. When political parties represent the interests of the people and work together for the common good, it will ultimately lead to … Continued
Since 2005, The Centre for Multiparty Democracy – Malawi (CMD-M) has supported interparty dialogue and built trust between the nation’s parties. Their tireless efforts have provided an inclusive all-party platform for political actors in Malawi, which at the end of 2018 has yielded a significant milestone in the country’s institutional development. As of 1 December, … Continued
A delegation of politicians and civil society organization (CSO) leaders from Georgia and Ukraine visited The Hague this week as part of a programme designed to enhance cooperation and policy awareness. The delegates met with Dutch MPs, Ambassadors, and representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and NGOs to identify shared interests, exchange information and … Continued
This blog part of a series of insights on Political Paradoxes, through which NIMD’s Knowledge Development Advisor, Jerome Scheltens, explores how we deal with paradoxes, contradictions or counter-intuitive manifestations in politics through our work. Recently, we saw the sudden end of Robert Mugabe’s reign in Zimbabwe. Sudden, but not unexpected. With the ruler approaching 94 years of … Continued
Blog by Jerome Scheltens, NIMD Knowledge Development Advisor This blog is part of a series of insights on Political Paradoxes, through which NIMD explores the paradoxes, contradictions or counter-intuitive manifestations in politics that political party support organizations can face in their work. Can there ever be too many parties in a democracy? The principle answer … Continued
Blog by Jerome Scheltens, NIMD Knowledge Development Advisor NIMD has launched a new blog on Political Paradoxes. This series of insights explores the paradoxes, contradictions or counter-intuitive manifestations in politics that political party support organizations can face. This week, the University of Leiden in the Netherlands is hosting an International Colloquium on ‘Democratic Legitimacy of State Secrecy’ … Continued
On 20 July 2017, the Eastern European Neighbourhood (EEN) office of the Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy (NIMD) became an independent, locally owned and locally rooted NGO called the Eastern European Centre for Multiparty Democracy (EECMD). The transition of the NIMD EEN country office into the Eastern European Centre for Multiparty Democracy (EECMD) reflects a shared … Continued
GPMD member The Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy (NIMD) organised a debate on the question “Can we have democracy without political parties?”, in cooperation with the Society for International Development – Netherlands Chapter (SID-NL) and the International Institute of of Social Studies (ISS). The debate, which took place in The Hague, the Netherlands, is part of a … Continued
GPMD is deeply saddened by the death of Mr. Horrance Chilando, Executive Director of our member organization, the Zambia Centre for Interparty Dialogue (ZCID), who passed away on 27 February 2017 at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) in Lusaka, Zambia. Below, we share with you some words from Augustine Magolowondo, Africa Regional Representative of the … Continued