Associated organisations
The Eastern Europe Studies Centre is a non-governmental, non-profit organization aiming to build civil society and promote democracy in Eastern Europe by monitoring and researching political, economic, and social developments in the region, and by developing qualitative analyses of them. EESC organizes conferences, seminars, and round-table discussions regarding issues relevant to civil society and democracy; it trains people in areas relevant to its mission; and it also offers consultations and recommendations to individuals and organizations cooperating with Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia. EESC specializes in the E.U.'s Eastern neighborhood policy. 
The Club of Madrid is an independent organization dedicated to strengthening democracy around the world by drawing on the unique experience and resources of its Members – 70 democratic former heads of state and government. In partnership with other organizations and governments that share its democracy-promotion goals, the Club of Madrid provides peer to peer counsel, strategic support and technical advice to leaders and institutions working towards democratic transition and consolidation.
Crisis Management Initiative (CMI) is an independent, non-profit organisation that innovatively promotes and works for sustainable security. CMI works to strengthen the capacity of the international community in comprehensive crisis management and conflict resolution. CMI's work builds on wide stakeholder networks. It combines analysis, action and advocacy. 
Political Parties of Finland for Democracy, Demo Finland, functions as a co-operative organisation for Finnish parliamentary parties.It seeks to enhance democracy by carrying out and facilitating collaborative projects between Finnish political parties and political movements in the developing countries. The purpose of these collaborative projects is to promote dialogue and mutual learning on different forms of democracy, and the problems and possibilities thereof.
The Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) is an independent, non-partisan public policy think tank. The IPA was established in 1995 to support modernisation reforms and to provide a forum for informed debate on social and political issues. It conducts research as well as societal analysis and presents policy recommendations.
The PONTIS Foundation is one of the largest grantmaking and operational foundations in Slovakia. The name of the foundation is taken from the Latin word for “bridge” and expresses its purpose: to connect the sectors of Slovak society with one another and to link sources of financial support with those who need it. PONTIS encourages individuals and businesses to take responsibility for those in need and for the world around them, contribute to the building of democracy in non-democratic countries, create awareness about this need in Slovakia, and advocate for values-oriented Slovak and EU foreign policies. The PONTIS Foundation was established in 1997 as the successor to the Foundation for a Civil Society. They have more than 10 years of experience in managing grant and foundation funds. 
NIMD is an institute of political parties for political parties. In line with the development cooperation policy of the Dutch Government and as a response to international requests for support by political parties and groups abroad, the Dutch political parties PvdA, VVD, CDA, D66, the Green-Left party, the Christian Union and SGP decided to set up a new foundation: the Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy (NIMD). This foundation was established on 18 April 2000. The mandate of NIMD is to encourage the process of democratisation in young democracies by providing support to political parties as the core pillars of a multiparty democracy. NIMD works in a strictly non-partisan and inclusive manner.
The Institute for Public Affairs (slovak acronym IVO) is an independent non-governmental, nonprofit organization bringing together experts from many different areas of study. It was founded with the aim of promoting the values of an open society and a democratic political culture in public policy and decision-making.
Securing good governance is one of the main objectives of Norwegian development politics. Norwegian Centre for Democracy Support (NDS) was established to strengthen this work. NDS is a politically neutral organisation whose main objective is to contribute to the promotion of multiparty democracies and free elections. The idea behind the establishment of the NDS is that the competence of Norwegian political parties can be of relevance in the work to develop strong and stable democracies in other parts of the world.
People in Need (PIN) is a Czech organization that provides relief aid and development assistance, while working to defend human rights and democratic freedom. At home, People in Need administers social integration programs in the Czech Republic and Slovakia and provides informative and educational activities. PIN is one of the largest organizations of its kind in post-communist Europe, and has administered projects in thirty-seven countries over the past fourteen years. 
People in Peril is a non-profit civil society association, established in Slovakia in 1999. Their mission is to mobilise the broadest possible public support so as to provide effective support to those who suffer the consequences of natural catastrophes, conflicts and authoritarian regimes. They inform the Slovak public about the challenges facing society, and to propose to our citizens various ways they can help people in need. Thanks to public support and with the support of a number of donor agencies, People In Need have been able to help thousands of people in 16 countries. Their work ranges from humanitarian and development aid to support for human rights and public information activities in Slovakia.
PASOS, the Policy Association for an Open Society, promotes and protects open society values, including democracy, the rule of law, good governance, respect for and protection of human rights, and economic and social development, by supporting entities that individually and jointly foster public participation in public policy issues at the European Union level, in other European structures, and in the wider neighbourhood of Europe and Central Asia.
In a world where countries and regions must cooperate to address urgent problems – climate change, conflict, food security, health and education – the ECDPM helps countries in Europe, Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP) build effective partnerships that will tackle these and other development challenges. Economic and political North-South relations are usually biased towards the most powerful. We therefore want to reduce the ‘asymmetries’ in policy making between the EU and ACP countries. By making the EU-ACP partnership more balanced and effective we stimulate developing countries to unleash their full potential. We provide support to key development processes in developing regions and countries in a long term perspective. By doing so we assist the ACP in strengthening their institutions and capacities to develop policies and strategies that shape their own futures and provide pathways out of poverty.
FRIDE is a think tank based in Madrid that aims to provide the best and most innovative thinking on Europe’s role in the international arena. It strives to break new ground in its core research interests of peace and security, human rights, democracy promotion, and development and humanitarian aid, and mould debate in governmental and non-governmental bodies through rigorous analysis, rooted in the values of justice, equality and democracy. FRIDE seeks to provide fresh and innovative thinking on Europe’s role on the international stage. As a prominent European think tank, FRIDE benefits from political independence, diversity of views and the intellectual background of its international staff.
The Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) was founded in 1992 to provide flexible and imaginative funding assistance to countries managing the difficult transition to democracy in central and eastern Europe and sub-Saharan Africa. Throughout the 1990s WFD’s work expanded to support countries emerging from conflict and authoritarian rule and to support the consolidation and effectiveness of existing democratic regimes. Since then, the political landscape has changed again with a new wave of democratisation in the post-Soviet world and in the Middle East. WFD has responded to these changes, adapting its unique approach of bringing together funding for civil society organisations and for political parties in coherent thematic and country programmes. The Foundation now invests a substantial proportion of its resources in supporting projects and developing programmes in wider Europe, sub-Saharan Africa, and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
The Robert Schuman Foundation that was founded in 1991 after the fall of the Berlin Wall was approved by the State for its services to the public in 1992; it works to promote the construction of Europe both with regard to its ideas and in the field alongside the citizens themselves. The Foundation, which is a centre renowned for its research on the European Union, has provided itself with the task of maintaining the spirit and inspiration of one of the "Founder Fathers" of Europe, namely Robert Schuman and of promoting European values and ideals both within the Union's frontiers as well as beyond.
DEMAS (Association for Democracy Assistance and Human Rights), is an independent platform of Czech non-governmental organisations (NGOs), was established in 2008. The founding membership comprises 11 NGOs that have over many years demonstrated their commitment to the support of democracy assistance, human rights and civil society in the Czech Republic and abroad.
The Catholic University of Lisbon
The Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Internationales (Sciences Po Paris)
Centerpartiet International section, Sweden