Asia’s Democracy Agenda
Accelerating Asian Democracy: Perspectives from Advocates and Practitioners on Navigating Pro-democracy Defense and Promotion discusses contemporary democracy contexts and aims to trigger united and effective responses to democracy challenges. This endeavor aims to serve as a navigational tool for the Asian pro-democracy sectors as they endeavor to promote and protect democratic institutions and processes amid the sociopolitical shifts that transpired at the start of the 21st Century. The document, constructed after months of consultations and national and regional pro-democracy consolidation exercises, compiles recommendations and identifies priorities from the point of view of on-the-ground democracy practitioners and advocates.
This endeavor identifies key priority issues that stakeholders should prioritize to ensure inclusive and responsive democratic programming and advocacy, identified through prior consultations culminating in the conduct of the Asia Democracy Assembly held in November 2023 in Thailand. It presents a set of recommendations tackling the identified challenges and priority issues. The content also builds on the contexts and discussions of issues explored in prior guidance documents such as the Recession to Resilience: Road to Democracy Renewal in Asia and Shaping a Better Regional Cooperation for a Better Democracy. It also incorporates key recommendations from processes specific to various areas of democracy promotion, spearheaded by some of the region’s pro-democracy networks tackling SDGs, human rights, marginalized sectors, and elections, among others. This document aims to steer the direction of stakeholder cooperation that assists democracy building in the region.
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