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In Bangladesh, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDEF funds an initiative to advance pro-poor and democratic governance in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. The project works in over 200 villages to step up interaction between organizations of poor tribal peoples¡
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An Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDEF-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¡
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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. That¡¯s why Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDEF funds a¡
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Democratic Republic of Congo, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDEF supports a project that promotes participatory democracy by creating clubs for Democratic Action. The project is implemented by the Organization Peace, Unity, Reconciliation, Reconstruction¡
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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 Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDEF-funded project to empower women in areas where patriarchal values still¡
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An Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDEF-funded project in Rajasthan, India, completed its work in 2011 to strengthen the leadership of women elected to Gram Panchayats, or village councils. The project provided training to more than 2,000 elected women and¡
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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 Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDEF. The document, known as the¡
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The Big Issue Lagos, a new and pioneering Nigerian street magazine funded by Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDEF, was launched in November 2011. It is the part of an Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDEF-financed six-country project to use street papers to give marginalized people a¡
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The Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ 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. The Forum focused on case¡
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At the CIVICUS World Assembly in Montreal in September, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDEF hosted a panel discussion that brought together Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDEF projects from four continents, each focusing on strengthening the voice of civil society.
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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¡
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In eight countries of Central Asia and South Caucasus, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDEF funds a project to increase public participation and make governance more accountable through independent monitoring of public policy-making and implementation. The¡
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