Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy

WARP

NIMD’s West African Regional Programme (WARP) endeavours to team up political parties from countries that are at different levels of democratization.

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Key achievements in 2007

• Initiation of a regional agenda for democratic reform.
• Improved democratic dialogue and cooperation between like-minded parties in West Africa.
• Sharing of experiences and best practices amongst political parties of West Africa.
• Opening the channels of communication between political parties, party leaders and civil society organizations.

Lessons learned in 2007

• Importance of good communication between the two implementing parter organizations in Mali and Ghana.
• Additional funding to NIMD’s support is necessary.

Priorities for 2008

• Regional conference on public financing for political parties.
• Developing a funding strategy.

Key partners

• Institute for Economic Affairs, Ghana
• Projet Partenariat pour le Renforcement des Capacités des Partis Politiques, Mali

Regional and international partners

• Ministry of Local Government and the Electoral Commission in Togo
• United States Embassy in Togo
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
• European Commission