Upcoming
Local Democracy Assessment in
Jordan: International IDEA and UJRC workshop
The International Institute for Democracy and
Electoral Assistance (IDEA), together with Al Urdun
Al Jadid Research Center (UJRC), are conducting a
3-day consecutive training workshop entitled: “State
of Local Democracy in the Arab World: Local
Democracy Assessment in Jordan”. This will be held
on July 14 to 16, 2008, at Holiday Inn Hotel, Amman,
Jordan
This workshop is part of International IDEA’s
project “State of Local Democracy (SoLD) Assessment
in the Arab World”, involving similar activities in
four countries: Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Yemen.
This research project will be implemented over a
period of 18 months, as part of IDEA’s programme in
the Arab World.
The project is implemented with collaboration of
local partner organizations, where UJRC is the
implementing organization in Jordan. UJRC is also
the ACE regional electoral resources centre for the
Arab region.
The main focus of the workshop is assessing the
level of local democracy in four municipalities in
Jordan: Rusaifah, Maan, Mafraq and Jarash.
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