Mar 12, 2010

News

NED Welcomes Spring 2010 Fellows

WASHINGTON-The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) is pleased to announce its Spring 2010 cohort of Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows and Visiting Fellows.  In residence are leading democratic practitioners, journalists, and scholars from a wide range of countries, including Afghanistan, Australia, Guatemala, Pakistan, Russia, Tanzania, Turkmenistan, the United States, Venezuela, and Zimbabwe. 

A complete list of the 2009–2010 Fellows and their bios can be found online at www.ned.org/fellowships/current-past-fellows.

 The Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program seeks to deepen the knowledge, enrich the skills, broaden the perspectives, and boost the morale of some of the world’s most creative and courageous democratic activists and scholars.  The program is housed at the International Forum for Democratic Studies, NED’s research and publications arm, in Washington, D.C.  Established in 2001 and named in honor of NED’s two principal founders, former president Ronald Reagan and the late congressman Dante Fascell, the program has enabled over 130 activists, practitioners, scholars, and journalists from more than 60 countries to deepen their understanding of democracy and enhance their ability to promote democratic change.

Funded by the U.S. Congress through a grant from the U.S. Department of State, the program offers a collegial environment for fellows to take a step back from the pressures of their daily work; reflect on their experiences and consider lessons learned; conduct research and writing; develop contacts and compare notes with counterparts; and build ties that contribute to the development of a global network of democratic activists and scholars. Dedicated to international exchange, the program hosts an active calendar of public presentations by the fellows and seeks to facilitate contacts between fellows and Washington’s academic, civic, media, and policy communities.

For media inquiries, please contact Jane Riley Jacobsen at jane@ned.org or at (202) 378-9700. For more information on fellowship programs at the National Endowment for Democracy, please visit www.ned.org.