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U.S. Senators Meet with NGOs in the Balkans
November 10, 2004
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U.S. Senators Meet with NGOs in the Balkans
~Citizen Participation Highlighted~
November 10, 2004. (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro) The Balkan Trust for Democracy hosted nine Serbian Non-governmental Organizations in a meeting with U.S. Senators Gordon Smith [R-OH], Chuck Grassley [R-IA], Mike DeWine [ R-OH], Michael Enzi [R-WY], George Voinovich[R-OH] and U.S. Ambassador to Serbia and Montenegro, Michael Polt.
The meeting focused on the importance of democratic reform, providing forums for citizens to engage elected officials, and national reconciliation though confronting the past. It also stressed the need to further strengthen democratic institutions and build political leadership capacity that can effectively respond to political, social, and economic challenges. “There is a potential to create a Balkan success story but unfinished business and hard work or democratic reform remains. The Balkan Trust for Democracy’s long term support of reform processes that engage citizens is an important step towards stabilization,” said Ivan Vejvoda, Executive Director of the Balkan Trust for Democracy.
The Balkan Trust for Democracy has a ten-year mandate to work on these issues and the team presented its model of creating an effective public-private transatlantic partnership that promotes active civic engagement, good governance and strengthens regional networking through its grantmaking programs to NGOs. The Balkan Trust for Democracy, a project of the German Marshall Fund of the United States, is a $27 million grantmaking initiative that supports good governance in Southeastern Europe. The BTD was established with contributions from the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation joined together to create this unique public-private partnership. A Royal Netherlands Belgrade Embassy contribution in June and a pledge from the Greek government further strengthened this public-private, transatlantic grantmaking initiative.
The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) is an American public policy institution founded in 1972 through a gift from Germany in honor of post-war Marshall Plan assistance. GMF’s mission is to promote the exchange of ideas and foster cooperative action between the United States and Europe in the spirit of the Marshall Plan. GMF does this through grants and fellowships for comparative international and domestic study and research; support of key institutions working on transatlantic issues, convening transatlantic leaders from all fields for open discussion and debate, and information sharing that strengthens broad understanding of transatlantic issues and perspectives.
