Innovations for Tomorrow

Seminar Series

Partners for Democratic Change and the National Endowment for Democracy are pleased to invite you to attend three seminars examining innovations and best practices in democratic development, as part of a week-long seminar series, “Innovations for Tomorrow,” in celebration of the 20^th anniversary of Partners for Democratic Change.

Minorities and Marginalized Communities in Central and Eastern Europe

Monday, November 9, 2009

1:45 – 3:30 PM

Lessons Learned Since the Fall of the Wall

Monday, November 9, 2009

3:45 – 5:30 PM

Reception will follow program

Security Sector Engagement for Peaceful Democracy-Building in West Africa

Thursday, November 12, 2009

3:00 – 5:30 PM

National Endowment for Democracy

1025 F Street NW, Suite 800

Washington, DC 20004

RSVP (acceptances only) by Wednesday, November 4 to rsvp2@ned.org

*Please include the title of the specific seminar(s) you will attend in your RSVP message.*

More about the seminars:

Minorities and Marginalized Communities in Central and Eastern Europe

Partners for Democratic Change and the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) will focus on effective interventions to improve the treatment of minorities and marginalized people - particularly the Roma in Eastern and Central Europe - and efforts to integrate them more fully into their respective communities. Presenters include: Eva Deak, Director, Partners-Hungary; Shukrie Gashi, Director, Partners-Kosovo; Daniela Kolarova, Director, Partners-Bulgaria and Partners for Democratic Change International; Dušan Ondrušek, Director, Partners-Slovakia; and Dana Rabináková, Director, Partners-Czech.  http://www.partnersglobal.org/innovations-minorities

Lessons Learned Since the Fall of the Wall

Partners for Democratic Change and the National Endowment for Democracy will assess what lessons from the former communist/socialist nations of Central and Eastern Europe have coherence and significance for those working in authoritarian states. What tactics, methodologies, and strategies of change used in the 1990s have resilience and relevance to change in the 2010 decade? Presenters include: Dr. Nadia Diuk, Vice President, Programs-Regions (for Africa, Latin America, and Eurasia), NED; Dušan Ondrušek, Director, Partners-Slovakia; and Raymond Shonholtz, President, Partners for Democratic Change. http://www.partnersglobal.org/innovations-fall-of-the-wall

Security Sector Engagement for Peaceful Democracy-Building in West Africa

Partners, the National Endowment for Democracy, and the African Center for Strategic Studies will lead a discussion on strategies for improved civilian-military cooperation to promote democratic governance and stability in West Africa. Colonel Birame Diop from the new Partners Center in Dakar will present the findings of a recent study and conference on the nature of security sector engagement on issues of human security and social development in Senegal and the challenges of disseminating positive models of cooperation in other countries in the region. Presenters include: Colonel Birame Diop, Senegalese Air Force; Michael Edward Hess, Former Assistant Administrator of the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance, USAID; Dr. Brad A. Gutierrez, Academic Chair of Security Studies at the Africa Center of Strategic Studies, National Defense University; and Dave Peterson, Senior Director, Africa, NED.  http://www.partnersglobal.org/innovations-human-security

For more information on all 18 Innovations for Tomorrow Seminars, please visit:

http://www.partnersglobal.org/celebrating-20-years-of-partners