Democracy Promotion During the ‘Crisis of Democracy’

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Fragile Truths

Knowledge Platform Security & Rule of Law

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This podcast is about distilling the most important findings of cutting edge research, and capturing conversations between researchers and policy officers about the ideas and assumptions driving current Security & Rule of Law policy. As we find out, what may be assumed as a reliable fact or a solid truth can sometimes crack under scrutiny. The conversations are hosted by Christian Kuitert (KPSRL).

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Democracy Promotion During the ‘Crisis of Democracy’

Fragile Truths

40 minutes 15 seconds

1 year ago

Democracy Promotion During the ‘Crisis of Democracy’

Worldwide, the indices for democracy, human rights and security are under pressure. Upholding democratic values seems more urgent than ever. But ‘promoting democracy’ in developing countries has been stained by associations with wars or neocolonial globalization. Moreover, what legitimacy do Western countries have, promoting values that are eroding within its own borders? Can we learn from democracy promotion methodologies in FCAS to strengthen democracy at home? In this episode, our usual host, Christian Kuitert, moderates the discussion between Thijs Berman and ⁠⁠Sever Džigurski.⁠⁠ ⁠Thijs Berman⁠ has been Executive Director of the Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy (NIMD) ⁠since January 2019. He has more than 30 years of experience in media, politics, and international development. Berman began his career as a journalist, and then became a Member of the European Parliament for the Dutch Labour Party. As an MEP he was a member of several committees, including the Committee on Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid, and the Budget Committee. In addition, he has headed several European election observation missions. In the two years before joining NIMD, Berman worked as the Principal Advisor to the OSCE Representative of Freedom of the Media.

⁠Sever Džigurski⁠ is an activist and professional in the international development programs, institutional reform projects and civil society initiatives since the mid-1990s. Especially strong in qualitative and participatory research; knowledge management and learning, monitoring and evaluation; design and facilitation of learning and change processes. Passionate about meaningful participation, creative learning, critical analysis, peacebuilding and social change processes. He currently serves as the Head of Secretariat for the ⁠Knowledge Platform Security and Rule of Law⁠.

Links as mentioned in the episode:

Democracy Education (DE) page: https://nimd.org/what-we-do/democracy-education/

Mali publication: https://nimd.org/theme-brochures/lelue-a-graphic-novel-from-mali/

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