Publication : Report

The purpose of this three day roundtable was to develop a set of civil society recommendations on actions that could be taken by the munity f Democracies (CD) to strengthen democracy in Asia. The meeting was framed around the Working Groups of the CD that have been launched by the Lithuania as CD Chair, focused on the specific thematic areas of Gender Equality and Women’s Rights; Enabling and Protecting Civil Society; Regional Cooperation; Poverty, Development and Democracy; and Promoting Democracy and Responding to National and Transnational Threats to Democracy. The International Steering Committee of the CD also chose to feature Democracy Education, as this is a subject the ISC/CD hopes will be taken up by a Working Group in the near future.

Information Source : The Ulaanbaatar Roundtable on Democracy in Asia

• Council for a Community of Democracies