Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy
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| Abbreviation | NIMD |
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| Formation | 2000 |
| Type | non-profit NGO |
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Chairman | Eimert van Middelkoop |
| Website | nimd.org |
The Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy (NIMD; Dutch: Nederlands Instituut voor Meerpartijendemocratie) is a democracy assistance organisation of political parties in the Netherlands for political parties in young democracies. NIMD supports joint initiatives of political parties to improve the functioning of multi-party democracies abroad.
The institute was founded in 2000 by seven parties across the political spectrum (CDA, PvdA, VVD, Groenlinks, Democrats 66, Christen Unie and SGP). Former Dutch Minister of Defence Eimert van Middelkoop is president of the Supervisory Board of NIMD.
Activities
NIMD currently works with more than 150 political parties from 20 countries in Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, Asia and Eastern Europe.[1] The institute promotes interparty dialogue between political figures, because this will provide the opportunity to build trust and create mutual relationship among political parties. Moreover, interparty dialogue will create consensus and helps to find solutions to challenges. According to NIMD, dialogue will also create a safe meeting space for politicians and parties to meet and adopt policies to reform their nations.[2]
NIMD also promotes democracy education, youth activism and women's political representation in its programmes. Some alumni of its democracy education programmes have later entered public office and passed legislation in areas such as campaign finance transparency and the prevention of violence against women.[3]
Notes
- ^ "Programmes NIMD". Retrieved 2015-07-19.
- ^ IEA Holds Joint Symposium On Interparty Dialogue With African Political Party Leaders, Peace FM,Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi,7 July 2015
- ^ "ANNUAL REPORT 2017 | NIMD". nimd.org. Retrieved 2018-11-06.