{"id":4898,"date":"2018-05-14T20:32:22","date_gmt":"2018-05-14T20:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zastone.ba\/?p=4898"},"modified":"2018-05-14T20:40:16","modified_gmt":"2018-05-14T20:40:16","slug":"the-world-movements-ninth-global-assembly-in-senegal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zastone.ba\/en\/the-world-movements-ninth-global-assembly-in-senegal\/","title":{"rendered":"The World Movement\u2019s 9th Global Assembly in Senegal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"lead\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our representative and president, Darko Brkan, attended 9th Global Assembly <\/span><b>\u201cBuilding Strategic Partnerships for Democratic Renewal\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">that took place in Dakar, Senegal from 6th to 9th of May 2018.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/zastone.ba\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/dchvjzhwaaaj7q9.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This was a forum for democrats from all around the world with an aim to exchange their understanding of today\u2019s challenges and their potential solutions, and build new strategic partnerships with others. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">By bringing leaders from various sectors of society, such as civil society, political society, the business community, labor unions, think tanks, and religious and cultural leaders, the Assembly effectively facilitated strategic partnership building among the participants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In addition to the overarching theme, the Assembly focused on: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Defending the digital information space from illiberal encroachments,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Promoting democratic norms alongside traditional values, and<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Building cross-sector and cross-generational partnerships to affirm the universality of core democratic values, strengthening pro-democratic regional and international networks.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The World Movement was<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movedemocracy.org\/about\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">founded in 1999<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">to \u201cstrengthen 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.\u201d As a global network, the World Movement meets periodically to exchange ideas and experiences and to foster collaboration among democratic forces around the world. \u00a0The World Movement is led by a distinguished international <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wmd.org\/steering-committee\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Steering Committee<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> the Washington, DC-based<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ned.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">National Endowment for Democracy<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(NED) serves as its Secretariat.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our representative and president, Darko Brkan, attended 9th Global Assembly \u201cBuilding Strategic Partnerships for Democratic Renewal\u201d that took place in Dakar, Senegal from 6th to 9th of May 2018. 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