Matching the Market and Model: The Business of Independent...
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
CIMA's panel discussion explored how the lack of management skills and inexperience in developing effective business models pose a significant risk to the sustainability of independent news media. The speakers outlined a variety of business models for media in several countries around the world and examined what lessons can be learned from those experiences.
Arab Revolutions is the topic of October 26, 2011 Lipset Lecture at Canadian...
Dr. Abdou Filali-Ansary of Aga Khan University is eighth Lipset Lecturer on Democracy in the World at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, October 26 at the Embassy of Canada in Washington,...
Developing Independent Media as an Institution of Accountable...
02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Speakers discuss the crucial role Independent media plays in underpinning good governance
2011 DEMOCRACY SERVICE MEDAL AWARDED TO Jean Bethke Elshtain
06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
NED President Carl Gershman presented the Democracy Service Medal to long-time Board member Jean Bethke Elshtain. Elshtain served as the NED Board specialist for South Asia and has also written and lectured extensively on the topic of religion and democracy.
Czechoslovakia: “If the Culture Survives….”
During the Cold War, the Czechoslovak Documentation Center (then based in West Germany) was a vital link between dissidents in Czechoslovakia and the outside world. Today, the Center is a valuable archive of...
Revolution Redux: Can Ukrainian Society Be Re-Mobilized...
02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Since Ukraine's 2010 presidential election, civil society’s ability to influence and engage with the authorities has also been curtailed. Panelists discuss this leave civil society on the eve of parliamentary elections in 2012.
Jean Bethke Elshtain to receive NED Democracy Service Medal
Contact: Jane Riley Jacobsen, jane@ned.org, 202-378-9604 or 202-446-8615
License to Censor: The Use of Media Regulation to Restrict...
04:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Panelists discussed examples where regulation restricts media diversity or freedom of expression and provided recommendations for reform.
Democracy in East Asia and Taiwan in Global Perspective
10:00 AM - 05:00 PM
A two-day conference in Taiwan brought together policymakers, academics and members of civil society to discuss the future of democratic development in East Asia.
New York Democracy Forum Lecture: The US and Pakistan
02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Following several diplomatic setbacks in recent years, the United States and Pakistan stand posed ready to develop stronger ties and greater communication. The Foreign Policy Association and the National Endowment for Democracy cordially invite you to an evening with Amb. Husain Haqqani, Pakistani Ambassador to the United States, at the New York Democracy Forum Lecture.
1201 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Suite 1100, Washington, DC 20004