Centre for Democratic Institutions

CDI Dialogue with International Visitors April - May 2007

National Democratic Institute: Dr Ben Reilly with W. Paul Rowland, the National Democratic Institute's Regional Representative in Indonesia. Mr Rowland visited Canberra to discuss areas of future cooperation between CDI and NDI, who already work closely on political party strengthening programs.

^ Ambassador Jose
V. Romero, Jr. PhD.
& CDI Deputy Director
Quinton Clements

Asian Center for the Study of Democracy: CDI hosted a visit on 13 April 2007 from the Chairman/President of the Asian Center for the Study of Democracy and the Philippine Council for Foreign Relations, Ambassador Jose V. Romero, Jr. PhD. Ambassador Romero met with CDI Deputy Director, Quinton Clements, and discussed political party development in the Philippines.

Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat : Dr Henry Ivarature, Regional Governance Adviser at the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) in Suva, visited CDI on Thursday 31 May 2007. Dr Ivarature met with CDI Deputy Director, Mr Quinton Clements, to discuss possible areas of cooperation between CDI and the PIFS in relation to strengthening Pacific Island parliaments and encouraging greater representation by women in the political process.


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	Crawford School of Economics and Government	The Centre for Democratic Institutions (CDI) is a government-funded body that supports the efforts of new democracies in the Asia-Pacific region to strengthen their political systems. It provides training, technical assistance and peer support for parliamentarians and emerging leaders in Southeast Asia and the South Pacific, with a particular focus on Indonesia, Timor-Leste, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Fiji. The Australian Government established CDI in 1998. It is funded primarily by the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID). One of the primary ways in which CDI works to promote democracy is through strengthening parliamentary governance and political parties. The Centre focusses on parliamentary and political party development, and conducts flagship training courses and policy-relevant research on these subjects.
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