Myanmar

This week in Myanmar, NIMD partner the Myanmar School of Politics (MySoP) opened up its newest course. Alongside Dutch mediation experts Result Mediation, MySoP is giving staff at Myanmar's Union Election Commission (UEC) the chance to enroll in intensive three-day courses on mediation techniques. For the official course opening ceremony, MySoP and its students were joined by Mr. U Hla Thein, Chairman of the UEC. The UEC is the body chiefly responsible for mitigating interparty disputes on Myanmar, a task all the more important given Myanmar's often tense political environment and the proximity of elections scheduled for next year. [caption…

The Myanmar School of Politics (a joint programme run by NIMD and Demo Finland) has launched two publications to promote gender equality in political parties in Myanmar. The publications are part of the EU-funded STEP Democracy project. Guidelines for political parties – ‘Gender Equality: A Shortcut to Development and Prosperity’ Political parties have a key role to play in enabling women to gain positions of power. As the “gatekeepers of democracy”, parties must understand their role in advancing women’s political participation and become enablers of change. These MySoP Gender Equality guidelines help political parties understand the importance of their role…

The Myanmar School of Politics (MySoP) successfully completed its 13th Core Course, an intensive political training course for Kayin State, on 15 November 2018 at Bago Metta Center. Held in Myanmar's Bago Region, the course brought together 14 state-level senior politicians from 6 political parties and one official from the Election Sub-Commission (Kayin State) to engage in dialogue and learn together in a neutral, respectful, multiparty setting. The 17-day long training programme enhances the political knowledge and capacity of the participants, and supports dialogue among the different political parties based on the principle of multiparty democracy. The participants also study political theory and…

The Myanmar School of Politics (MySoP) is proud to announce the completion of its 12th intensive political training course in Shan State (South), Myanmar. With the training held for the second time in Shan State, 28 state level senior politicians from 14 political parties, along with one official from Election Sub Commission, graduated from MySoP. During the ceremony, Wouter Jurgens, Ambassador of the Netherlands to Myanmar; Tin Oo, Advocate General of Shan State; and Mr. Htin Kyaw, Chair of Election Sub-Commission (Shan State) gave speeches. Reflecting on the experience of participating in the MySoP Core Course in Shan State (South), Mr.…

The 11th Myanmar School of Politics Core Course - an intensive political training course - came to an end in Hsipaw township, Shan State on 5 April. Mr U Tin Oo, the General Attorney of Shan State, who is himself a MySoP alumni, and H.E. Riikka Laatu, Finnish Ambassador to Myanmar, delivered the closing speeches. They presented graduation certificates to the 16 graduates. In addition, the Chair of the Election Sub-Commission of Shan State (North), Mr U Loke Yoon, gave his encouragement in a speech to the graduates. [caption id="attachment_5948" align="alignnone" width="580"] Speech by Mr U Tin Oo[/caption] Working across…

The 11th edition of the Myanmar School of Politics (MySoP) core course kicked off in Shan State (North) Myanmar on 20 March 2018. The Chair of Election Sub-Commission (Shan State, North) opened the 17 days of training with a speech noting his strong belief that MySoP will benefit not only political parties but also Shan State as a whole. With the existence of different ethnic groups and armed groups, along with diverse political parties within Shan State, the multiparty dialogue offered by MySoP would bring better cooperation for the development of Shan State in future, he added. Held in the…