January 23, 2017
Myanmar’s first by-elections since the 2015 general elections will take place on 1 April. These by-elections, which will involve over 2 million voters, represent an important test of Myanmar’s democratic processes under its new government. To support parties’ participation in the by-elections, DIPD, together with its partner International IDEA, sponsored a training session on 19 […]
January 3, 2017
In its first eight months, the newly elected government of Myanmar and the State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has made the peace process its top priority and invited more of the country’s ethnic armed groups to join new talks. Still, fighting has continued in the country and in some places grown considerably worse. Shan […]
December 20, 2016
Dear friends and partners of DIPD. Among many inspiring events during 2016, we would like to mention a few highlight: Danish youth politicians visited Myanmar; two regional Women in Politics seminars in Myanmar and Nepal; politicians from Danish municipalities conducted trainings in Kathmandu; party representatives from Palestine, Swaziland, Bhutan, Tanzania and Bolivia visited Denmark. However, […]
November 24, 2016
Danish youth aged 15-29 secure a lead position in the OECD ranking of political engagement. According to the survey, 25% of the youth in OECD countries do not care for politics at all. But in Denmark, the political engagement among youth is the biggest of all the countries: only 7% of Danish youth remain utterly […]
November 8, 2016
The landmark elections in November 2015, ushered in democratic parliamentary elections at the national level, an important stage in Myanmar’s democratic transition. At the local government level, however, considerable opportunities for electoral reform remain, as Myanmar citizens continue their struggle to re-establish democracy after a long hiatus. To respond to the democratic shortcomings in municipal/township […]