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Democracy Promotion During the ‘Crisis of Democracy’
Worldwide, the indices for democracy, human rights and security are under pressure. Upholding democratic values seems more urgent than ever. But ‘promoting democracy’ in developing countries has been stained by associations with wars or neocolonial globalization. Moreover, what legitimacy do Western countries have, promoting values that are eroding within its own borders? Can we learn from democracy promotion methodologies in FCAS to strengthen democracy at home? In this episode, our usual host, Christian Kuitert, moderates the discussion between Thijs Berman and Sever Džigurski.
Thijs Berman has been Executive Director of the Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy (NIMD) since January 2019. He has more than 30 years of experience in media, politics, and international development. Berman began his career as a journalist,
and then became a Member of the European Parliament for the Dutch Labour Party. As an MEP he was a member of several committees, including the Committee on Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid, and the Budget Committee. In addition, he has headed several European election observation missions. In the
two years before joining NIMD, Berman worked as the Principal Advisor to the OSCE Representative of Freedom of the Media.
Sever Džigurski is an activist and professional in the international development programs, institutional reform
projects and civil society initiatives since the mid-1990s. Especially strong in qualitative and participatory research; knowledge management and learning, monitoring
and evaluation; design and facilitation of learning and change processes. Passionate about meaningful participation, creative learning, critical analysis, peacebuilding and social change processes. He currently serves as the Head of Secretariat for the Knowledge Platform Security and Rule of Law.
Links as mentioned in the episode:
Democracy Education (DE) page: https://nimd.org/what-we-do/democracy-education/
Mali publication: https://nimd.org/theme-brochures/lelue-a-graphic-novel-from-mali/
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Worldwide, the indices for democracy, human rights and security are under pressure. Upholding democratic values seems more urgent than ever. But ‘promoting democracy’ in developing countries has been stained by associations with wars or neocolonial globalization. Moreover, what legitimacy do Western countries have, promoting values that are eroding within its own borders? Can we learn from democracy promotion methodologies in FCAS to strengthen democracy at home? In this episode, our usual host, Christian Kuitert, moderates the discussion between Thijs Berman and Sever Džigurski.
Thijs Berman has been Executive Director of the Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy (NIMD) since January 2019. He has more than 30 years of experience in media, politics, and international development. Berman began his career as a journalist,
and then became a Member of the European Parliament for the Dutch Labour Party. As an MEP he was a member of several committees, including the Committee on Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid, and the Budget Committee. In addition, he has headed several European election observation missions. In the
two years before joining NIMD, Berman worked as the Principal Advisor to the OSCE Representative of Freedom of the Media.
Sever Džigurski is an activist and professional in the international development programs, institutional reform
projects and civil society initiatives since the mid-1990s. Especially strong in qualitative and participatory research; knowledge management and learning, monitoring
and evaluation; design and facilitation of learning and change processes. Passionate about meaningful participation, creative learning, critical analysis, peacebuilding and social change processes. He currently serves as the Head of Secretariat for the Knowledge Platform Security and Rule of Law.
Links as mentioned in the episode:
Democracy Education (DE) page: https://nimd.org/what-we-do/democracy-education/
Mali publication: https://nimd.org/theme-brochures/lelue-a-graphic-novel-from-mali/
Click here for more information about the Fragile Truths
podcast.
Are you on Twitter? Follow us and tag #FragileTruthsPodcast to let us know what you
think! You can also reach the KPSRL Secretariat at [email protected].