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June 10, 2005
Some 250 government officials and democracy practitioners from around the world joined the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) on 10 June 2005 for a conference to mark the Institute’s 10th anniversary. The event, “Building Democracy Across Borders”, featured speakers Margot Wallström, European Commission vice president; Bience Gawanas, African Union commissioner; Allan Wagner, Andean Community of Nations secretary general and Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa, Indian Ambassador to Sweden and Latvia.
The conference examined the challenges of regional integration between governments and ask whether democracy can deliver beyond the level of the nation state.
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The IDEA Anniversary Book illustrates how IDEA contributes to democracy building in the practical and theoretical sense, and its experience of how to make a difference in the field of democracy building
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At the conference, IDEA launched its anniversary book, “Ten Years of Supporting Democracy Worldwide”, and a CD-ROM featuring the anniversary book, a video and interviews by contributors to the book.
This conference is the second in a series: IDEA held an anniversary seminar on “Democracy-building: past lessons and future trends” at its Stockholm headquarters on 28 February 2005.
