Projects of the Council for a Community of Democracies
International Steering Committee of the Community of Democracies
CCD serves as the Secretariat for a network of 27 NGO leaders worldwide who represent the civil society component of the Community of Democracies.
A Diplomat's Handbook for Democracy Development Support
The first comprehensive look at how diplomats of democratic countries can relate to civil society and support the development of democracy in their countries of assignment.
The Role of the Armed Forces in Democratic Transition
Under the leadership of Project Director Admiral (Ret.) Dennis Blair, CCD is focusing attention on how governments can make support for democracy a policy objective of military relations.
The Global Strategic Plan for Democracy Education
CCD's ongoing effort to promote democracy education enters a new phase as the Mongolian Chair of the Community of Democracies makes democracy education a priority theme.

News and Activities
 

Dennis Blair
Project Director Admiral (Ret.) Dennis Blair
speaks at Marquette University
(Photo courtesy of Marquette University)

On October 17, Admiral (Ret.) Dennis Blair, former Director of National Intelligence and Director of the CCD Project on the Role of the Armed Forces in Democratic Transition, was featured at a forum hosted by Marquette University. Admiral Blair spoke at length about the project, describing how the militaries of democratic countries can influence and support the development of democracy around the world. Blair’s visit was sponsored by the Helen Bader Foundation and was offered in partnership with the Department of Political Science in the Helen Way Klingler College of Arts and Sciences.

Admiral Blair was also interviewed about the project on the Lake Effect program on Milwaukee Public Radio. Full audio of the interview is available on the WUWM website.

 
 
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
addresses the Vilnius Ministerial of the
Community of Democracies

The Sixth Ministerial Meeting of the Community of Democracies in
Vilnius, Lithuania

Vilnius, Lithuania was host to the Sixth Ministerial Meeting of the Community of Democracies on July 1. CCD, in its capacity as Secretariat for the International Steering Committee of the Community of Democracies, organized the Civil Society Forum of the Vilnius Ministerial on June 29. More than 120 democracy activists and civil society leaders from around the world participated in the Forum, discussing the most pressing needs for advancing democracy and how the Community of Democracies can address those needs.

Press Release on the Civil Society Forum

More information on the Vilnius Ministerial

 
 


Panelists from plenary session on the role of governments, civil society and businesses in partnering to strengthen democracy.
Pictured: John Sullivan (CIPE) and
Michael Hershman (The Fairfax Group)

The Role of the Private Sector in
Support of Democracy

Hosted by the Organization of American States and in partnership with the Community of Democracies Working Group on Poverty, Development & Democracy, co-chaired by the Governments of Chile and Italy, the Center for International Private Enterprise and the Council of the Americas, CCD helped organized a half-day seminar on the role of the private sector in support of democracy in the Americas. Over 80 participants gathered to discuss the relationship between the private sector and democracy support, including such distinguished panelists as First Lady of El Salvador Vanda Guiomar Pignato, Michael Hershman, Founder of Transparency International, Berlin, Scott Miller, Director of Global Trade Policy for Proctor & Gamble, among others.

To read the final report from this meeting,
please click here.

 


Matt Levy, former CCD Program Officer, with
Diego Sueiras, President of the Fundacion
Nueva Generacion Argentina

The Rosario Roundtable on Democracy in the Americas

In partnership with the Latin American & Caribbean Network for Democracy (LACND), the Argentina New Generation Foundation and the World Movement for Democracy, CCD helped organize a 3-day meeting on issues related to the CD working groups in Rosario, Argentina from April 7 - 9, 2011. Over 80 civil society leaders and democracy activists from the region attended and discussed issues such as gender equality; good governance & corruption, enabling & protecting civil society; democracy education and others. This meeting also afforded the LACND to hold its second General Assembly to appoint new leaders and strengthen the network as it works to support democratic governance in the region.

To see the conference agenda, please click here.

 
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ISC Statement on Electoral Misconduct in the Democratic Republic of the Congo | December 19, 2011
ISC Endorsement of OSCE PA Human Rights Committee Statement on Russia | December 9, 2011
ISC Endorsement of One Million Voices for Peace in the Philippines | October 27, 2011
ISC Statement on Proposed Reforms in Malaysia | September 26, 2011
ISC Statement on the International Day of Democracy | September 15, 2011
ISC Statement on Politically Motivated Arrests of Opposition Activists in Azerbaijan | September 13, 2011
ISC Statement on the Detention of Belarusian Human Rights Activist Ales Bialitski | September 6, 2011
Press Release: Palmer Prize Honors Diplomats for Advancing Democracy | July 1, 2011
ISC Statement on Recent Events in Tunisia | January 28, 2011
ISC Statement on the Recent Election in Belarus | December 23, 2010
ISC Statement on Sudan's Upcoming Referendum | December 17, 2010
ISC Statement on Recent Events in Côte d’Ivoire | en français| December 14, 2010
ISC Statement on Recent Developments in Burma | November 22, 2010
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