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The United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF) was created by UN Secretary-General Kofi A. Annan in 2005 as a United Nations General Trust Fund to support democratization efforts around the world. It was welcomed [ 1 ] by the General Assembly in the Outcome Document of the 2005 World Summit (A/RES/60/1, paragraphs 136–137) and was created by the ...
The President of the National Endowment for Democracy, Carl Gershman (second from the left), presents an award to a Tunisian leader of the Arab Spring in November 2011. The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) is a quasi-autonomous non-governmental organization in the United States founded in 1983 with the stated aim of advancing democracy worldwide, [2] [3] [4] by promoting political and ...
Party subsidies or public funding of political parties are subsidies paid by the government directly to a political party to fund some or all of its political activities. Most democracies (in one way or the other) provide cash grants (state aid) from taxpayers' money, the general revenue fund, for party activity.
Examples of projects assisted by Democracy offices are projects for the country's political institutions, including elections, political parties, legislatures, and human rights organizations. Counterparts include the judicial sector and civil society organizations that monitor government performance.
OSF projects have included the National Security and Human Rights Campaign and the Lindesmith Center, which conducted research on drug reform. [3] The OSF became a partner of the National Democratic Institute, [34] a charitable organization which partnered with pro-democracy groups like the Gov2U project [35] run by Scytl. [36]
American democracy promotion priorities are outlined in specific terms by U.S. government bodies tasked with funding projects, as well as government-established, private granting institutions. Among these are USAID, [16] the Department of State Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI), [71] and the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). [72]
The Democracy Fund is a charitable foundation created by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar in 2011. It has been an independent private foundation since 2014. [2] Its stated aim is to improve the democratic process in the United States so that it better benefits voters. Its activities include awarding grants to organizations it believes will further ...
Political party funding is a method used by a political party to raise money for campaigns and routine activities. The funding of political parties is an aspect of campaign finance . Political parties are funded by contributions from multiple sources.