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European Development Days 2009
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The EPD is fortunate to count among its principle donors the Dutch Postcode Lottery, a member of the independent Association of Charity Lotteries in the European Union (ACLEU), with whom the EPD shared a stand in the development village at the Development Days 2009.
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The event culminated for the EPD-ACLEU team in the business card lottery draw. With some 15 prizes on offer, interest was considerable. EPD Executive Director Marcin Walecki makes the first drawing...
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The Development Days also saw the launch of iLEDA, an initiative supported by EPD partner the Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy. iLEDA aims to strengthen democracy in Africa by preparing a new generation of civic and political leaders to be effective agents of change. Learn more about iLEDA here.
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NGOs, national governments and the European Commission were all vying for the attention of the estimated 6000 delegates who attended the conference at some point.
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No shortage of events!
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Development village.
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Development Village.
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The development village was home to around 150 NGO and government organisations for the duration of the two-and-a-half day conference. It took over the entire west wing of Stockholm's conference centre. Here, sessions from the plenaries and fringe debates were streamed live to big screens, refreshments were provided and, in the evenings, the hall was brought to life by live music events.
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East meets South fringe debate panellists
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East meets South fringe debate
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The East meets South fringe debate involved some lively exchanges between panellists and audience members.
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The Director of Czech Republic-based and EPD partner People in Need, Simon Panek chaired a fringe seminar aiming to share experience on the transition to democracy between Central & Eastern countries and African states.
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The EPD-ACLEU stand welcomed well over 100 visitors in the course of two days.
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EPD-ACLEU stand ready for action!
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European Commissioner for Development, Karel de Gucht, also took part, as did Peter Ackermann of the International Centre on Non-violent Conflict and Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Director of the UN Population Fund. The EPD's report on the discussion can be found here.
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Other participants in Friday's plenary included former Prime Minister of New Zealand, Helen Clark, and Kumi Naidoo, Honorary President of CIVICUS.
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Friday morning opened with a plenary debate on Democracy and Development, with big name speakers including newly appointed President of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek.
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An steady crowd of democracy enthusiasts gathers for the EPD-ACLEU business card lottery draw.