For immediate release – Tuesday, November 22, 2005

Montreal – The Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP.org) today released two case studies on the role of NGOs in international democratic development.

• In “The Case of Legislative Development,” Robert Miller, executive director of the Parliamentary Centre, describes the challenges of delivering assistance for political reform and how the administration of Canadian assistance policy by the centre has evolved through three distinct phases.
• In “Perspectives from the Institute of Public Administration of Canada” (IPAC), Ann Masson, director of international programs with IPAC, discusses lessons learned about best practices in the field through an analysis of four current IPAC projects.

Also being released today on the IRPP Web site are:

• An overview by George Perlin (IRPP Visiting Fellow for International Democratic Development), which puts the case studies in context and describes some of the issues to be dealt with if Canada is to be effective in its commitment to support political reforms as expressed in the International Policy Statement.
• A report on a one-day workshop that took place in Ottawa on August 9, 2005. This workshop was organized to bring together a group of practitioners in the field of international assistance to good governance to discuss their experiences and lessons learned.

These new releases are part of the IRPP’s International Democratic Development series. They are available on the Institute’s Web site, at www.irpp.org.

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Workshop Report: The Role of NGOs in International Democratic Development
November 2005
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