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The coming year will therefore put a spotlight on both the global state of democracy and how inclusive electoral processes are.
In 2024-2025, we produced over 150 resources, including research, reports, guides, and recommendations. Here are a selection of highlights from our resource library.
Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) provided support to the National Assembly of Armenia. WFD’s partnership was sought by the National Assembly of Armenia as the country transitioned from a presidential to a parliamentary system of governance. Until 2019 WFD supported parliament’s role in public financial management and provided technical and procedural assistance to the assembly.
The Democracy Action Partnership (DAP) is a multi-stakeholder, participatory event designed to catalyse action to solve democratic governance problems in Southeast Asia.
WFD embarked on a full overhaul of its monitoring system and launched a number of new tools in April 2019. Now, more than two quarters into this work, we can share some of the lessons we have learnt.
Lessons are learned from every election, and action can be taken to improve them ahead of the next vote. This article sets out some of the ways we will be supporting electoral integrity after the 2024 "year of elections".
Democracy is good for people and our planet – but it is under attack and levels of global democracy have been declining. With action to strengthen democracy, we can counter authoritarian assault, tackle global challenges, and solve the problems that matter to people.
In Sierra Leone, we have helped make sure citizens can access parliament and understand its work, through initiatives from open days to apps. During the Parliament’s recent Open Day, WFD gave access to several people to learn about the work of WFD and Parliament. It was a chance for advocates to meet the Speaker
In the short time since the Prime Minister announced the creation of a new Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, my former colleagues in both the FCO and DFID have been working hard to prepare for its launch tomorrow. But determining the culture of FCDO will be a multi-year task – I was present when DFID was created and know how significant this change in identity could be.
WFD is the UK public body dedicated to strengthening democracy and open societies around the world.
Despite young people constituting about 70% of the Nigerian population, they still face exclusion from governance in the West Africa country. To address this, WFD supported the Young Parliamentarians Forum (YPF) in holding an emergency national strategy retreat on rethinking youth development.
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To mark the launch of WFD's new Environmental Democracy Initiative, a virtual parliamentary roundtable featuring legislators from the United Kingdom, Georgia, Ghana, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Sierra Leone was hosted in July 2020.
In Montenegro, WFD works to strengthen democratic institutions and promote inclusive governance.
WFD's elections expert, Tanja Hollstein, discussed key insights from a conversation with WFD's Country Director in Indonesia, Ravio Patra, following the elections in Indonesia held on 14 February 2024.
WFD is working in Maldives to facilitate collaborative effort to enhance meaningful engagement and promote dialogue between CSOs and the parliament. Read the story below to find out more about WFD's work in Maldives
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