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The exchanges that WFD provides play a crucial role in strengthening democracy at local, national, and international levels, while building solidarity, partnership, and understanding across borders.
Ukraine |
As artificial intelligence fuels cheaper, more sophisticated information manipulation campaigns, long-term, trusted, cross-border partnerships offer the most sustainable defence against rising coordinated threats to democratic information integrity.
Westminster Foundation for Democracy is helping improve legislative oversight in Laos through the Citizen Engagement for Good Governance and Rule of Law (CEGGA II) initiative.
Laos |
WFD in Montenegro created a community that brings together key stakeholders, including members of the Women MP's Club and representatives from women's organisations within political parties. The goal is to better understand the causes and impact of violence against women in politics (VAWP) and to develop practical solutions to address this issue.
This document assesses the inclusion of underrepresented groups, such a youth and minorities (Roma and Egyptian) in local elections in Albania. It examines key national legal frameworks to identify gaps and evaluate how effectively the current framework addresses the needs of these groups.
Albania | Report |
With public debt rising around the world, effective parliamentary oversight has never been more essential. Recognising this, Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) is leading efforts to generate insight and craft and deploy global tools that empower parliaments to play their rightful oversight role.
The Parliamentorship Initiative brought together 20 members of the UNICEF Youth Advisory Board in Serbia, all aged 15 to 25, who were paired with 11 MPs from nine different parliamentary groups, including both ruling and opposition parties. These MPs mentored the young people, guiding them through the intricacies of policy-making and parliamentary processes.
Serbia |
This report provides a comprehensive assessment of the gaps and challenges within The Gambia’s current legislation, policies, and strategies, along with recommendations for a new National Climate Change Act.
The Gambia | Report |
Around the world, WFD is helping to make countries’ political systems more accountable. In an accountable political system, citizens can hold people with power responsible for their decisions, usually via parliament and civil society.
Democracy is a tool to solve real-world problems and make change that positively impacts billions of lives. In episode 2 of our democracy success stories series, our partners in Nigeria explain how our work together is helping end violence against women and girls.
Nigeria |
This paper identifies six action areas to strengthen responses to the high cost of politics, based on discussions from the two-day Democracy Action Partnership (DAP) event held in Indonesia and hosted by WFD in December 2024.
Report |
During a joint World Bank-WFD expert mission in Uganda, a team of experts visited parliament and engaged with the technical staff and relevant committees. The team conducted two public debt assessments and identified several key areas for reform.
Uganda |
With WFD’s support, in 2024, the Election Commission of Sri Lanka formed a collaborative, multi-stakeholder taskforce to enforce the Regulation of Election Expenditure Act (REEA), Sri Lanka’s first ever campaign finance law. WFD also supported country's first online monitoring tool to track campaign expenditure.