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Fifth Assembly - Workshops
The Assembly was devoted mainly to practical learning, sharing of experiences, and networking among grassroots democrats through topical, functional, and regional workshops to maximize participation and exchange. To the extent possible, simultaneous language interpretation was provided to ensure inclusiveness. Workshops were featured to reflect current challenges to advancing democracy, both globally and regionally.Topical workshops explored the challenges faced by democrats across countries and regions and will be designed to produce practical initiatives, strategies, and collaboration. They included such practical needs as how to fight corruption, promote the rule of law, increase women’s participation in politics, protect the freedom of the press, assist democrats in closed societies, promote democracy in semi‑authoritarian countries, and enhance the role of political parties in the consolidation of democracy.
Functional workshops enabled World Movement networks, including the Global Network on Local Governance, the Network of Democracy Research Institutes, the International Women's Democracy Network, and the World Youth Movement for Democracy, to meet, assess their activities to date, and set their goals and action plans for the next two years until the next Assembly. Functional workshops also enabled discussion of new networks participants may want to establish.
Regional workshops offered an opportunity for those from different areas of democracy work, including political parties, labor organizations, and NGOs, to focus on regional challenges and needs. These workshops at the Assembly also provided opportunities to build on the regional networking that had taken place since the Fourth Assembly in April 2006. Some of these workshops were organized by regional networks of the World Movement, such as the African Democracy Forum and the World Forum for Democratization in Asia.
All assembly workshops sought to encourage sharing of knowledge and experiences among the diverse geographic and professional backgrounds of participants and introduce innovative approaches used by a variety of organizations. They were intended to foster the development of practical agendas for cooperation, exchange and mutual support. Moreover, the workshops enabled participants to meet and form partnerships with groups outside their existing networks. In most cases, organizations from different global regions were invited to collaborate on the arrangements of the workshops to help ensure the highest degree of relevance and practical focus.
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