Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy

In March 2010, NIMD and Hivos launched a joint publication, Beyond Orthodox Approaches: Assessing opportunities for democracy support in the Middle East and North Africa. Hivos have now posted a review of the book on their website.

Malawi has successfully overcome some of the challenges that Uganda now faces in the run-up to its general elections in early 2011. That’s why a delegation of Ugandan politicians visited Malawi last month, to learn how it was done.

Yesterday, a large majority of the Kenyan people approved a new constitution through a referendum. Both the result and the peaceful conduct of the referendum present a great mandate for political reform in Kenya.

In 2010, NIMD's local partner in Ecuador, Agora Democrática (NIMD-IDEA), launched a political magazine, Agora Política. The aim of the magazine is to disseminate a variety of perspectives on the new political situation in Ecuador.

On 4 August, Kenyans go to the polls, facing a choice between 'Yes' or 'No' in answer to the question: "Do you approve the proposed constitution?" or in Swahili: "Je, unaikubali katiba mpya inayopendekezwa?"

Communication between electoral bodies and political parties is an essential part of any democracy. Mozambique therefore faces a problem, as dialogue between the CNE and political parties there is virtually non-existent.

Regional integration was the central issue of a debate held in Costa Rica last month between politicians and journalists from the Andean region and Central America.

On 30 May 2010, less than a year after Georgia's August war with Russia, Tbilisi voters had their first chance to elect their Mayor. Ann Tsurtsumia reports on the outcome of the mayoral race, and the reactions of the winners and losers.

fBDM spent the first half of 2010 developing a range of instruments, including radio and television programmes, newspapers inserts, book publications and weblogs. Join Lizzy Beekman in the new multimedia Bolivia.

NIMD’s Latin America Regional Conference, held in Guatemala in May, focussed on recent changes in Latin American politics, and the challenges to democracy in the region. Is it time to reinvent Latin American democracy support?