Successful NED grantees share their experiences, replicate programsRecent NED-supported programs played an important role in helping to initiate two democratic transitions in Central Europe. In September 1998, a coalition of democratic parties in Slovakia won a dramatic victory over the authoritarian...

Helping democrats in closed societies Early investment by NED in the democratic struggles in the 1980s in Central Europe and the Soviet Union –  and many countries in Latin America, Asia, and Africa – contributed to significant democratic breakthroughs.

Former Czech President Vaclav Havel, former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and US Senator John McCain (R-AZ) are members of an international coalition of more than 70 democrats who sent a letter today to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez expressing concern over the prosecution of civic activists...

The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) is pleased to announce the Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows in residence during spring and summer 2004. The new fellows include leading democratic activists and scholars from Bulgaria, Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, Oman, Pakistan, the Palestinian Territories,...