World Movement for Democracy

The World Movement for Democracy is a global network of democrats, including activists, practitioners, academics, policy makers, and funders, who have come together to cooperate in the promotion of democracy.

The Washington, DC-based National Endowment for Democracy (NED) initiated this nongovernmental effort with a global Assembly in New Delhi, India, in February 1999 to strengthen democracy where it is weak, to reform and invigorate democracy even where it is longstanding, and to bolster pro-democracy groups in countries that have not yet entered into a process of democratic transition.

People

Steering Committee

• Mariclaire Acosta, Mexico
• Mahnaz Afkhami, Iran
• Igor Blazevic, Bosnia
• Francesca Bomboko, Democratic Republic of Congo
• Kavi Chongkittavorn, Thailand
• Alicija Derkowska, Poland
• Ivan Doherty, Ireland
• Han Dongfang, China, Vice Chair
• Yuri Dzhibladze, Russia
• David French, United Kingdom
• Carl Gershman, USA*
• Paul Graham, South Africa
• Jana Hybásková, Czech Republic
• Melinda Quintos de Jesus, Philippines
• Maina Kiai, Kenya
• Reginald Matchabe-Hove, Zimbabwe
• George Mathew, India
• Roel von Meijenfeldt, Netherlands
• Can Paker, Turkey,Treasurer
• Inna Pidluska, Ukraine
• Jacqueline Pitanguy, Brazil
• Carlos Ponce, Venezuela
• Elizabeth Ungar, Colombia, Secretary
• Yevgeniy Zhovtis, Kazakhstan

World Movement Secretariat Staff

• Art Kaufman, Director
• Ryota Jonen, Project Manager - Liaison to World Movement participants in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East
• Cecilia Hernandez, Assistant Project Manager - Liaison to World Movement participants in Latin America
• Cate Urban, Assistant Project Manager - Liaison to World Movement participants in the Caucasus, Central Asia, Central and Eastern Europe,and Russia