CDI Links with International Centre for Democratic Transition
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| ^ (l to r) Alex Brooking (Aust Ambassador), Istvan Gyarmati (ICDT), Tamas Magyarics (ICDT), Ben Reilly (CDI). |
CDI has forged new links with the International Centre for Democratic Transition (ICDT), an international democracy support organisation based in Hungary. While most of ICDT's focus is on Eastern Europe and the Western Balkans, the ICDT is expanding its projects to include Afghanistan and Iraq. During a recent meeting in Budapest, CDI Director Prof Ben Reilly and the ICDT President and CEO, Dr Istvan Gyarmati, discussed the options for cooperative work between CDI and the ICDT in the Asia-Pacific region. One possibility is on-the-ground cooperation in East Timor, where CDI has an ongoing program of parliamentary strengthening activities. The Australian Ambassador to Hungary is a member of the ICDT Governmental Advisory Board and Australia has given political support to the the ICDT since its establishment in 2005.
