EPD is conceived as a “Community of practice“. That is, a group of organisations which work together because, by doing so, they can substantially improve the way they operate in the realm of democracy support. This notion does not only apply to EPD as a network and its institutional development, but also to all the actions and partnerships constructed under the EPD banner.
The following organisations are members of EPD and have signed the EPD statutes. All members take part in the General Assembly that governs the organisation and elect Board members for a mandate of 2 years each. At the moment 8 Board member are elected and among themselves, they appoint a President, Vice-President and Treasurer for 2 year mandates.
Members
Joining EPD
EPD is the first Community of Practice at the EU level – where practitioners from different dimensions of democracy support can produce and share knowledge and experience in order to increase the impact of their work. EPD currently comprises members with a long track record and specialisations in working:
a) on different fields of democracy support: political parties, local authorities, elections, multi-stakeholder dialogue, political and civil rights, civil society capacity building, media monitoring and civic and political education;
b) at different levels of society: political leadership, elected representatives, state officials, civil society and grassroots community representatives.
By covering different fields and levels of support, EPD has direct insight and hands-on experience of the various dimensions of democratic governance that must work in parallel in a functioning democracy.
The Community bases itself on three key pillars or strands of work that are interrelated: knowledge-sharing, advocacy and joint programmes.
For more information on how to join EPD, contact our Executive Director Ken Godfrey at [email protected]