Antara News, Friday, April 9, 2010 13:43 WIB
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesia will host the 6th World Movement for Democracy (WMD) Forum which is to be attended by hundreds of democracy activists from around the world on April 11-14, 2010.
WMD Director Art Kaufman said the forum would be attended by at least 625 democracy activists, practitioners, academics, and other participants from more than 110 countries.
The 6th WMD forum in Indonesia will focus on the world movement to defend civil society, a review of democratic assistance programs, and a continuing discussion of ways to ensure democracy`s success.
"At the forum, the participants will discuss various ways to develop democracy around the world," Art Kaufman said at a press conference also attended by Indonesia WMD steering committee member Bambang Harymurti and Civil Society Alliance for Democracy (Yappika) manager Abdi Suryaningati.
Yappika is a civil society network committed to people`s empowerment, legislation monitoring and lobbying, and political education.
It is also a founding member of the Humanitarian Emergency Commission (KDK) which provided emergency relief and reconstruction assistance for Aceh and North Sumatra.
Meanwhile, Yappika manager Abdi Suryaningati said the participants of the forum would also exchange views and experiences about democracy in their respective countries, and solidarity building in the democracy movement.
"The World Movement for Democracy will also function as a study forum for Indonesia because the country has not yet reached an optimum level of democracy," Abdi Suryaningati said.
WMD is a global network of democrats, including activists, practitioners, academics, policy makers, and funders, who have come together to cooperate in the promotion of democracy.
The Washington, DC-based National Endowment for Democracy (NED) initiated the nongovernmental effort with holding of a global Assembly in New Delhi, India, in February 1999 to strengthen democracy where it is weak, to reform and invigorate democracy even where it is longstanding, and to bolster pro-democracy groups in countries that have not yet entered into a process of democratic transition.
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to open the three-day forum in Jakarta next Monday, April 12, 2010.
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