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Raymond Shonholtz, Founder of Partners for Democratic Change, passes away on January 7, 2012

The Partners family is deeply saddened by the untimely passing of our founder Raymond Shonholtz on January 7, 2012.

Ray's Thoughts on Occupy Wall Street

Ray based this essay on his keynote address at the Oregon Mediation Association conference on November 4, 2011.

Continuing Ray Shonholtz's Legacy

Ray believed in creating opportunities. A word used by everyone to describe him was "mentor." Partners, with support from Ray's family and friends, has created a memorial fund to support emerging social entrepreneurs. Join us in continuing Ray's vision and legacy.

PDC Board Member Stephenie Foster visits Yemen

Stephenie Foster, Member of Partners' Board, blogs about her visit to Yemen to work on the legal framework for girls' education.

Partners Executive Director Represented the United States at Rice University's Americas Project Colloquium

Partners Director Julia Roig was invited to participate in the thirteenth Americas Project Colloquium, an event organized by Rice University's James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy in cooperation with the Organization of American States.

Partners Introduces The African Institute for Security Sector Transformation (AISST)

Improving alignment between the security sector, government, and civil society in West Africa.

Improved Access to Justice for Colombia's Indigenous Wayúu

Partners-Colombia's program brings increased access to justice to Colombia's indigenous Wayúu population.

Senegalese Civil-Military Relations

In cooperation with Lt. Col. Birame Diop of the Senegalese air force, Partners for Democratic Change has won a grant to study the state of civil-military relations in this West African country.

Partners-Argentina launches environmental conflict transformation project in the Argentinian Andes

Partners-Argentina is strengthening the work of non-state actors to uphold water rights and social control of mining activities in the region of CUYO and NOA.

Gabriela Asmar - Sustainable Leadership Fellow from Brazil

Award-winning champion of Mediation selected as Partners Leadership Fellow

Prestigious Innovare Award won by Gabriela Asmar, Director of the Partners' Center in Brazil.

Director Gabriela Asmar is the unanimous winner of the 2009 Innovare Award for her innovative work in helping lawyers broaden their view of conflict resolution.

AISST Director speaks at the the World Movement for Democracy's Sixth Assembly

Col. Birame Diop, Director of AISST, presented on the institutionalization of civil-military relations at the National Endowment for Democracy's 6th Forum for Democracy in Jakarta

La Fundación Cambio Democrático “Partners Argentina” and la Fundación Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (FARN) hold joint workshop

La Fundación Cambio Democrático “Partners Argentina” and la Fundación Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (FARN) are pleased to invite you to participate in a workshop titled “Environmental Management Planning (EMP) as a tool for the prevention and transformation of socio-environmental conflicts”.

Partners-Colombia organized the Houston Series Conference in Cartegena, Colombia

The Houston Series Conference, organized for the first time by Partners-Colombia, took place the weekend of December 4th-6th in Cartagena, Colombia and was a resounding success.

Partners Launches New Website

Partners new site is up and running, though still a work in progress.

Trends and Best Practices in Environmental Dispute Resolution in Latin America

On June 3, 2009 Partners hosted the directors of the Argentinian, Mexican, and Peruvian centers at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C.

Study Tour on Good Government and Civil Service Reform in Washington DC and Mexico City

On June 19-25, 2011, Partners for Democratic Change with the support of USAID Colombia, carried out a Study Tour on Good Government and Civil Service Reform in Washington DC and Mexico City for high-level officials of the Government of Colombia

PDCI and Partners Centers in Europe lead Citizen Consultation Sessions

Five Partners Centers in Europe facilitated European Union-funded Citizens' Consultation programs, two-day workshops that took place in 27 European countries.

La Serie de Houston en Español

La información sobre la Serie de Houston en Español

PDCI launches peace, security and development seminar

Partners for Democratic Change International, in Brussels, is working with the European Peacebuilding Liaison Office (EPLO) to highlight these crucial issues in a European seminar this April.

Impact Investing for Sustainable Development

Partners President Raymond Shonholtz recently finished his examination of the United States' approach to development and ways in which it can enter the 21st Century by focusing on impact investing.

Partners Yemen's Conflict Resolution & Leadership Work Featured in Local News

"Developing Yemen, One Governorate at a Time"

Partners-Slovakia launches new initiative

Partners' Center in Slovakia is participating in the Civil Peace Service Campaign 2009.

PDC's Director for Latin America moderates a panel on Juvenile Justice Reform

On Tuesday, June 28 PDC's Director for Latin America Programs, Lelia Mooney moderated a panel on Juvenile Justice Reform as part of the Conference on Preventing Youth Crime in the Americas

Partners Jordan's Participatory Program Recognized by the Jordanian Government

Partners-Jordan's work is recognized by the Jordanian government at a regional Lessons Learned Conference.

Oscar Gaitan - Sustainable Leadership Fellow from Colombia

Bringing extensive experience with legal reform in Colombia to new challenges facing multi-sector collaboration in policy development

Blazo Nedic - Sustainable Leadership Fellow from Serbia

Pioneer of ADR in Serbia selected as Partners Leadership Fellow

Nadwa Al-Dawsari - Sustainable Leadership Fellow from Yemen

New Yemeni Leadership Fellow will address tribal conflicts and other important challenges to Yemen's developing democracy

PDC President Attends the Inspection Génrale d'Etat in Senegal

 

Partners Peru Leads Corporate Social Responsibility Forum

Partners Peru is convening a high-level coalition including the private sector, government and civil society to discuss, analyze and make recommendations to improve corporate social responsibility and good governance in Peru.

Raymond Shonholtz, Woodrow Wilson Fellow

While at the Woodrow Wilson Center, Partners' Founder Raymond Shonholtz focused on recommendations for the Obama Administration on reforms and reformulations of democracy and civil-society foreign assistance.

Partners Jordan helps implement new municipal laws

Partners-Jordan is facilitating ground-breaking public participation in the implementation of new municipal laws in Jordan.

Partners for Sustainable Leadership

With GE Foundation support, Partners launches Leadership training program to mentor and support social entrepreneurs to create new Partners Centers in six countries over the next three years.

Catalysts for Democratic Change in the Americas

A regional program to strengthen the Inter-American Democratic Charter through increased awareness and engagement of civil society.

Kusuma Adinugroho - Sustainable Leadership Fellow from Indonesia

Experienced in facilitation and post-conflict peace processes, Mr. Adinugroho brings his peace-building skills to Partners-Indonesia

Yemeni Women Take a Stand against Tribal Violence

Wardah Mujawwar applied skills gained in Partners' Y-CCM training to prevent a tribal conflict in her local community.

Launch event "Dialogue and Conflict in Building Democracy in America’s Bicentennial"

This event launched the Catalysts for Democratic Change in the Americas project.

Partners-Yemen Center Director Speaks at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Nadwa Al-Dawsari was hosted by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in March 2010 to speak on tribal conflict and conflict resolution in Yemen.

Partners for Democratic Change featured in the General Electric newsletter

General Electric discusses Rule of Law and the initiatives they are supporting, including the Sustainable Leadership Initiative.

Forum Brings Conflicting Marebi Tribes Together for Constructive Dialogue about Development

Partners Yemen held a Development Dialogue Forum (DDF) in March, at which key tribal, civil society, business, and governmental representatives from Mareb governorate spoke with international and national donors and developed an action plan to better manage development activities in their governorate.

AISST Promotes Gender Mainstreaming in Security Sector Reform

AISST Director Colonel Birame Diop participated in a platform to address security sector reform in Senegal.

Partners-Jordan featured in Euronews

Partners-Jordan has been featured in Euronews' segment "Women's Rights in Jordan".

Ray Shonholtz provides a new direction for USAID

Partners President Ray Shonholtz presents his innovative ideas for rethinking US Foreign Assistance at the Conflict Prevention and Resolution Forum.

Catalysts for Democratic Change in the Americas featured in "The Americas Project" Spring 2010 Newsletter

"Two hundred years of solitude: Toward regional integration by catalyzing democratic change in the Americas" by Partners' Executive Director Julia Roig

Partners Albania Releases New Survey

Partners Albania is pleased to share the findings of the Entrepreneurship and Philanthropy in Albania Survey, conducted in spring 2011. The initiative is financially supported by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.

Increasing the Role of Roma in the Media

The EU and the Hungarian Government have funded this project to increase the number of young Roma media professionals and reduce prejudice and bias.

Fundación Cambio Democrático (Partners-Argentina) celebrates 2009 achievements

Fundación Cambio Democrático (Partners-Argentina) celebrates its achievements in 2009 with the staff, board of directors, family, and friends of the center.