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Best Practices of Effective Parties: Three training modules for political parties


NDI developed a series of modules for use by party trainers, on internal democracy, transparency and outreach. These modules aim to help parties examine and improve current organizational practices and institute new practices as needed.

Building Party-Civil Society Solutions to Citizen Concerns: A Participatory Workbook for Political Party Activists

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Political party activists and trainers can use this participatory workbook as a tool to take into account the issues that might arise when joining forces with other civil society actors.


Presidential debate via youtube 23 July

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In case anyone still doubts how much technology is changing politics, on July 23, the Democratic candidates for president are going to debate issues and answer questions posed by citizens via youtube! In other words, whoever has a video camera on their computer can submit a question.

See more in The New York Times.


Political Campaign Planning Manual: A Step by Step Guide to Winning Elections


A political campaign can be an exciting experience. A great deal will happen between now and Election Day and with a little forethought and planning, you can be prepared for all the twists and turns and, in many cases, control de situation. This manual is designed to help you anticipate what will happen and be better prepared.

Youth Reform and Organisation


Presentation touching on issues of youth participation in the Labour Party in England.

Women and Power in the Americas


This report card highlights one type of measure that heads of state can effectively implement. Presidents and prime ministers can appoint more women into their cabinets, and take action to encourage equitable representation of women on election ballots.

Building a Party Message


As a party organizer, your job is to help the party govern successfully and win elections. To win elections the party must get as many people as possible to support it. That means that a successful party organizer spends most of his or her time trying to find effective ways to convince people to support the party.

Triangle of Best Practices of Effective Parties

flashv4 Around the world, healthy parties develop and maintain democratic internal structures, promote and enforce transparency and accountability, and consistently revitalize their membership through outreach to new sectors.

The Triangle of Best Practices of Effective Parties moves beyond the theoretical by identifying the best practices that political parties can adopt to improve their performance.

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