The ability to deliver essential public services and government functions is a prerequisite for well-functioning, legitimate states, and is a necessity if they are to meet the most basic needs of vulnerable groups, maintain security and stability, and bring in foreign direct investment, while pursuing poverty-reduction objectives and consolidating governance.  Find out more about the Partnership for Democratic Governance.

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Partnership for Democratic Governance Advisory Unit mission to the United States and Canada

12-Jun-2008

The Advisory Unit recently travelled to the United States and Canada seeking advice and know-how from experts from several think tanks and International Organisations.   The information gathered during this week of talks is being used to update the PDG core documents and operational model.

Partnership for Democratic Governance: 2nd Steering Group meeting held 7 May 2008

Forty-one international representatives met in Paris to discuss the mandate of the PDG, its objectives and principles of action, its programme of work, and considered possible areas of PDG-supported field-level initiatives.

Partnership for Democratic Governance Advisory Unit formed April 2008

12-Jun-2008

Jerzy Pomianowski, the new head of the PDG Advisory Unit, took up duty alongside 2 technical advisers and 2 administrative staff in April 2008. Three other technical advisers will join the unit by mid-June 2008.

Launch of the Partnership for Democratic Governance

on 01-Oct-2007

This event, jointly organised by the OECD Secretary General and the UNDP Administrator, gathered several ministers from the founding countries of this new multilateral initiative.

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