NED programs focus on long-term effort to open up Cuba. Applying a multisectoral approach Variety of actors, programs supports change in Indonesia. Cooperating with other democracy foundations International cooperation focuses on democracy promotion in Serbia. Successful NED grantees share their experiences, replicate programs. Advancing research on democracy NED visiting fellow researches democracy and Confucianism.
Initiative unites democracy advocates from around the globe.
Helping democrats in closed societies Early investment by NED in the democratic struggles in Central Europe and the Soviet Union, and many countries in Latin America, Asia, and Africa has contributed to significant democratic breakthroughs. NED continues to focus many of its resources on the remaining communist and authoritarian countries such as China, North Korea, Cuba, Serbia, Sudan, and Burma. NED maintains a long-term, flexible approach that takes advantage of any realistic opportunity to advance democratic ideals, defend human rights, and encourage the development of civil society. Depending on the circumstances of each country, NED works both with democrats in the country and in exile. To move beyond successful elections toward mature and resilient democracies, NED takes a long-term approach, supporting groups who will work to establish a functioning market economy, independent trade unions, and a free press as well as institutions that promote political accountability, economic transparency, responsible corporate governance, and civilian control over the military.