Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy

NIMD welcomes the handing back of power to civilian rule by the junta that illegitimately deposed the democratic rule of President Touré and the Malian constitution three weeks ago.

NIMD expresses its support for the democratically elected government of Ecuador.

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.

On September 14, 2009 Ecuador’s Vice President Lenin Moreno received the director and staff of NIMD and Ecuadorean partner Ágora Democratica.

Ecuador is working on the implementation of a new Constitution. New national, regional and local elections were held in April 2009. On August 10 Rafael Correa was inaugurated as President of Ecuador for a second term.

Constitutions are the most important documents for the functioning of states. The quality of democracy is therefore intricately linked to the way in which the constitution is written.

This paper is a mapping exercise. The intention is to offer a theoretical framework for analysing the relationships between accountability in the idea of democratically accountable governance and constitutional implementation, with specific reference to developing democracy in sub-Saharan Africa

In preparation of a new constitution Ecuadorian politicians met with Bolivian colleagues to learn about the pitfalls and possibilities during this often sensitive process.

The structural solution to the conflict in Kenya lies in reforming the political and electoral system in order to prevent one group to gain absolute power

Members of the Constituent Assembly in Ecuador study Dutch consensus model during study visit