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Activities / Strategy Development Workshops
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Three Strategy Workshops were held in preparation for the first WFDA Biennial Conference in September 2005. Each Workshop consisted of between 20-25 international participants, including 2-4 participants from each selected country plus Organizing Committee members and resource persons. During each Workshop, country panelists presented short discussion papers describing the current situation in their countries and outlining and explaining priority actions that the regional or international communities should take to assist his/her country’s democratic development by overcoming specific obstacles or problems faced by pro-democracy groups in that country. Following the presentations on each country, resource persons and other participants discussed the papers. At the end of each Workshop, the participants as a whole endeavored to reach consensus on a list of actions drawn from the suggestions of the presenters that are both urgent and feasible, including highlighting potential opportunities, modus operandi, groups and activists that should be involved, etc. In a final session, each Workshop discussed looked for common strategies that can be taken up collectively as well as needs that are specific to each country. The results of each Workshop were drawn up into a Strategy Paper, including more complete details of doable projects and potential actors, and all three Strategy Papers were presented at the WFDA Biennial Conference, where they formed the basis for the Framework for Action. The following was the Workshop schedule:
I. "Assisting democratization in Asia's closed societies" Date: 16-17 December 2004
II. "Assisting transitions to democracy in Asia" Date: 9-10 March 2005
III."Assisting the consolidation of new Asian democracies" Date: May 2005
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