CDI has forged links with the Indonesian Centre for Electoral Reform (CETRO). Hadar Gumay, Executive Director of CETRO, attended the 'Political Finance & Government Advertising Workshop' conducted 24-25 February at the ANU in Canberra by the Democratic Audit of Australia, as a guest of CDI. He participated as a panel member at the 'Comparative and Regional Perspectives' session of the workshop, chaired by CDI acting Director Michael Morgan.
During his visit, Mr Gumay also presented a CDI seminar entitled 'Observing Elections in Indonesia ' which focused on CETRO's recent activities, including their observation of recent local elections in Indonesia Mr Gumay has been centrally involved in CETRO since the organization was established in 1999. During the 1999 Indonesian Election, he was National Coordinator of UNFREL (University Network for Free and Fair Election), an election monitoring organization. Mr Gumay participated in a pre-election workshop with the Philippine National Citizen's Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) in Manila (1999) and the National Democratic Institute for international Affairs (NDI) supporting team for Election Monitoring Organizations in Malaysian General Election (1999).
