Kerrie Doogan Turner, Author at Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD)

Consultancy Team: Semi-Independent Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Support Unit

Kerrie Doogan Turner2018-08-09T08:42:25+00:00August 8th, 2018|WFD Request for Proposal|

Overview Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) is seeking experienced organisations or consultants to act as a semi-independent monitoring, evaluation and learning support unit (MEL Support Unit), for the Department for International Development’s (DFID) Inclusive and Accountable Politics (IAP) Programme. The organisations or consultants will also conduct a review of WFD’s current monitoring and evaluation functions [...]

Violence Against Women in Politics Case Study: United Kingdom

Kerrie Doogan Turner2018-08-06T16:28:07+00:00August 6th, 2018|PDF Document, Violence Against Women in Politics|

Violence Against Women in Politics Case Study: Ukraine

Kerrie Doogan Turner2018-08-06T15:01:52+00:00August 6th, 2018|PDF Document, Violence Against Women in Politics|

WFD’s commitment to disability

Kerrie Doogan Turner2018-08-16T09:42:11+00:00July 31st, 2018|CP4D, Kenya, Mozambique, Persons with Disabilities’ Political and Policy Leadership, Sierra Leone|

On 24 July, participating in the first ever Global Disability Summit, WFD committed to help create more inclusive political environments that invite and support the participation and leadership of persons with disabilities. Ongoing and future WFD programmes operating across a network of over 30 developing countries will support accessible electoral processes, improved representation within [...]

Academic Seminar launches London Declaration on Post-Legislative Scrutiny

Kerrie Doogan Turner2018-07-31T13:10:23+00:00July 31st, 2018|Parliaments, Post-Legislative Scrutiny, Process and Practice|

On 10 July 2018, the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies of the University of London and WFD co-organised an Academic Seminar bringing together 170 delegates from 40 countries to discuss Post-Legislative Scrutiny. The Seminar launched a draft London Declaration on Post-Legislative Scrutiny. This aims at galvanising action in national parliaments around the world, based on [...]

Parliaments in action at the Open Government Partnership Summit

Kerrie Doogan Turner2018-07-31T12:02:14+00:00July 31st, 2018|Georgia, Morocco, Open Parliament|

On 17 July, WFD supported the organisation of the Parliament Day at the Open Government Partnership Summit in Tblisi, Georgia, where 300 representatives from parliaments, civil society and international organizations met to agree a way forward in developing open parliament commitments and innovative practices. The 2018 Edelman Trust Barometer shows an all-time low in [...]

Representation in the Age of Populism: Ideas for Global Action

Kerrie Doogan Turner2018-07-24T11:01:41+00:00June 25th, 2018|Delivering Democracy Support, Research, Space and Access, Thinking and Working Politically|

By Devin O’Shaughnessy, WFD Director of Programmes On 18-20 June, WFD supported a conference on populism in partnership with International IDEA, Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy, OSCE/ODIHR and REPRESENT. The event, held in the Belgian Senate, saw leaders from politics, civil society and academia from across the world gather to shape a “Global Agenda for the Renewal of Representation”, a [...]

Benchmarks for Democratic Legislatures updated at Wilton Park meeting

Kerrie Doogan Turner2018-08-03T18:25:12+00:00June 25th, 2018|CP4D, Democracy and Governance, Norms and Standards, Research|

On 18-20 June, representatives of Commonwealth parliaments met at Wilton Park to review and update the 2006 Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Benchmarks on Democratic Legislatures. The meeting, organised by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) and Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) under the Commonwealth Partnership for Democracy (CP4D), brought together representatives from the Maltese, Canadian, Indian, Pakistani, [...]

New Chair of WFD appointed by Foreign Secretary

Kerrie Doogan Turner2018-07-24T10:35:51+00:00May 30th, 2018|Democracy and Governance|

New Chairman of Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD), Richard Graham MP, says time for democracies to see off both new and traditional threats to accountability Following his first official engagement, meeting the Speaker of the Parliament of Albania on 29 May, Richard Graham MP said “in these divisive times the temptations of autocracy to government as [...]

WFD to lead new Commonwealth programme on parliamentary accountability and inclusion

Kerrie Doogan Turner2018-07-24T10:34:43+00:00April 17th, 2018|Asia, Democracy and Governance, Sub-Saharan Africa|

WFD will implement a £4 million programme to build trust in democratic institutions and support the political engagement of minorities and vulnerable groups in 18 developing countries across the Commonwealth. The programme, funded by the UK Government as Chair of the Commonwealth Head of Government Meeting (CHOGM), was announced by Foreign Secretary Rt. Hon Boris [...]

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