Project Description
In 2009 Democracy International conducted an evaluation of the democracy assistance programs of the Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy (NIMD) and its local partner, the Indonesian Community for Democracy (KID), including “democracy schools” around Indonesia and a program of political party consultations. Working with Indonesian Political Economist and Evaluation Expert Sugeng Bahagijo, DI conducted a series of interviews with NIMD board and staff members in The Hague; visited democracy schools in Malang, East Java, and Tangerang; and conducted interviews with political parties, members of parliament, civic activists, journalists, donors, and other stakeholders and observers in Jakarta.