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                    &lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;p&gt;Elections in the United States are unique -- not only due to the decentralized election framework and history of campaigning, but also for the impact that presidential results in particular have around the world. This year Americans cast their votes for 469 members of Congress and 6,064 state-level elected leaders, in addition to dozens of ballot measures in individual states. Outshining many of these races of course, has been the presidential competition which included two historic candidates: the first woman representing a major party and a first-time office seeker who beat out 16 other primary candidates to secure a party&amp;rsquo;s nomination.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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	Delegates from eight Arab countries participate in NDI&amp;#39;s Campaign Schools study mission looking at the U.S. elections campaign process.&lt;/address&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;p&gt;Elections in the United States are unique -- not only due to the decentralized election framework and history of campaigning, but also for the impact that presidential results in particular have around the world. This year Americans cast their votes for 469 members of Congress and 6,064 state-level elected leaders, in addition to dozens of ballot measures in individual states. Outshining many of these races of course, has been the presidential competition which included two historic candidates: the first woman representing a major party and a first-time office seeker who beat out 16 other primary candidates to secure a party&amp;rsquo;s nomination.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In light of these contrasts and with the support of the U.S. Department of State&amp;rsquo;s Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI), NDI hosted a delegation of 18 political activists from eight Arab countries who have graduated from the Institute&amp;rsquo;s Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Campaign Schools program to take a close look at the campaigning process and consider what aspects may translate to their parties and campaigns at home.&amp;nbsp; Since the program&amp;rsquo;s inauguration in 2012, 387 graduates have passed through an intense curriculum focused on devising strong strategies for political parties and adapting tested tactics during campaigns. These activists come from more than 90 political parties in twelve countries and have gone on to train more than 17,000 other activists in their countries and across the region in campaigning and political skills.&amp;nbsp; Thirty have run for office, and 42 have worked on electoral campaigns. Fifteen have won elected office. Many others have used skills learned through the program in campaigns for internal party, university and union elections. Still more have been promoted to leadership positions within their parties and are preparing for future campaigns.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The study mission delegation included campaign managers and former or potential candidates from Algeria, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia. They began the mission in Washington, D.C., where they&amp;nbsp; spent three days meeting with Democratic and Republican campaign strategists, political commentators, pollsters, leading journalists and academics. The meetings covered the American campaign process, infrastructure and execution, giving the participants a chance to learn from U.S. campaign experts and setting the stage for their deployments to observe campaign activities up close. Among the panelists were:&lt;/p&gt;
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		Joyce Karam, Washington Bureau Chief, Al Hayat Newspaper&lt;/li&gt;
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		Eugene Scott, Reporter, CNN Politics&lt;/li&gt;
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		Ellen Weintraub, Commissioner, Federal Elections Commission&lt;/li&gt;
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		Stuart Stevens, Top Strategist, Mitt Romney 2012 Presidential Campaign&lt;/li&gt;
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		Mark Beatty, Post-Election Evaluation Lead, Obama 2008 / 2012 Presidential Campaigns&lt;/li&gt;
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		Lynda Tran, Founding Partner, 270 Strategies&lt;/li&gt;
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		Whit Ayres, President, North Star Opinion Research&lt;/li&gt;
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		Michael Bocian, Founding Partner and Principal, GBA Strategies&lt;/li&gt;
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		Aaron Leibowitz, Targeted Creative Communications&lt;/li&gt;
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		John Hagner, Clarity and Campaign Labs&lt;/li&gt;
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		Hector Sigala, Digital Media Director, Bernie Sanders Campaign 2016&lt;/li&gt;
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		Rebecca Heisler, Former Social Media Director, Mitt Romney 2012 Presidential Campaign&lt;/li&gt;
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		Erin Lindsay, Former Deputy Director for Online Engagement, White House&lt;/li&gt;
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	&amp;quot;The Electoral Landscape: An Overview of 2016 Elections&amp;quot; panelists Eugene Scott, CNN Politics and Josh Kraushaar, National Journal present key factors in the 2016 presidential race.&lt;/address&gt;
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&lt;p class=&quot;rtecenter&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://www.ndi.org/files/MENA CS 3 crop.jpg&quot; style=&quot;width: 500px; height: 333px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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	Delegates discuss grassroots organizing tactics at the Woman&amp;rsquo;s National Democratic Club in Washington, D.C.&lt;/address&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;The delegates then fanned out in smaller teams to three states to witness the closing days of local campaigning efforts. Delegates went to Michigan, Pennsylvania and New York, where they met with candidates and their teams to discuss how they were implementing their campaigns and the challenges they were facing. The groups also learned how interest groups play a role in endorsing candidates and mobilizing volunteers, attended campaign rallies of both presidential nominees and observed Get-Out-The-Vote efforts in the run-up to November 8.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;rtecenter&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://www.ndi.org/files/MENA CS 4 crop.jpg&quot; style=&quot;width: 500px; height: 375px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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	Delegates review New York state voting procedures in Syracuse precinct polling station.&lt;/address&gt;
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&lt;p class=&quot;rtecenter&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://www.ndi.org/files/MENA CS 5 6 crop.jpg&quot; style=&quot;width: 500px; height: 250px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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	Delegates compare contrasting campaign messages at rallies in the final days before election day.&lt;/address&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Back in Washington after election day, delegates reflected on key aspects of U.S. campaigns which resonated with them most. These three aspects stood out:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Appealing to Voters Based on Their Values&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Through presentations by leading pollsters, delegates were exposed to the various methods of data collection related to voter attitudes on candidates and issues. Whit Ayres, head of a&amp;nbsp; research firm servicing conservative candidates told the delegation, &amp;ldquo;Public opinion research, if correct and consistent, helps candidates get the basic message right.&amp;rdquo; Several delegates noted that given the cost of polling, conducting research can be a challenge during and beyond campaign periods. NDI staff and panelists noted that when resources are limited, political parties can design and conduct their own surveys. This not only helps take the pulse of voters, but provides and opportunity for party members to be involved in party operations. At the state level, delegates saw how campaign messages were adapted from national slogans and tailored by candidates based on concerns of their target voters. The issue of health care is an example: candidates in Syracuse focused on countering growing opioid addiction, while candidates in Detroit and Philadelphia crafted messages to address hospital overcrowding and general poverty.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Using Technology to Support Strategy&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Delegates also saw how campaigns use data to build a picture of each voter, to fundraise and to communicate with voters. &amp;ldquo;Building collaboration between campaigns and data collection over election cycles will strengthen any individual candidate&amp;rsquo;s campaign,&amp;rdquo; noted Micah Morris of NGP VAN, the main data management system used by the Democratic Party and other progressive organizations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;While campaign strategists noted the importance of direct contact with the voter, presidential campaigns also demonstrated the power technology can play in delivering messages and receiving information from supporters. Both the Trump and Clinton campaigns relied on digital tools as a means to communicate directly with voters who increasingly rely on cell phones as their primary means of contact. Rebecca Heisler, Mitt Romney&amp;rsquo;s Social Media Director for the 2012 campaign noted, &amp;ldquo;people like to have access to candidates. Use social media to create that closeness.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Inspiring and Managing Volunteers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A common challenge delegates noted from campaigns in their home countries was how to recruit and keep volunteers engaged in campaigns. American grassroots organizers for various campaigns consistently stressed the need to link the personal to the political for voters and volunteers alike. This link between their daily lives and taking action based on values they hold has consistently proven to motivate volunteers in U.S. campaigns. Delegates observed diverse opportunities for volunteers to get involved, including phone banking, canvassing, financial donations and directly contributing to the campaign message through campaign surveys.&lt;/p&gt;
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	GOTV coordinator delivering volunteer training for canvassing weekend before elections.&lt;/address&gt;
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		&amp;ldquo;I will immediately form a team of volunteers prior to the election period in charge of canvassing in order to collect information about voters including their address, phone numbers and political leanings, because my government does not provide this data to parties.&amp;rdquo; -- Lebanese delegate&lt;/h3&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Beyond the campaign process and results, delegates came away from the study mission with a deeper understanding of American political culture and the values around elections. With ongoing support from the U.S. Department of State, NDI will continue to aid political parties and activists throughout MENA in building inclusive election campaign strategies, with an aim for stronger governance that includes citizen voices.&lt;/p&gt;
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		&amp;ldquo;You can count on a peaceful transition of power in January, on other institutions of government playing their part and that elections will happen again in four years!&amp;rdquo; -- Moroccan delegate&lt;/h3&gt;
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                    &lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;p&gt;NDI launched the Regional Campaign Schools program in the MENA region in the fall of 2012.&amp;nbsp;The Campaign Schools program has exposed hundreds of thousands of people to the tools they will need to run effective campaigns.&amp;nbsp;Since 2012 NDI has held six Campaign Schools and four training-of-trainers workshops for a total of 328 individuals representing 91 political parties from 12 countries.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div class=&quot;all-attached-images&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;image-attach-body image-attach-node-17733&quot; style=&quot;width: 382px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/17733&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.ndi.org/files/images/Mauritania-social-security-hearing-382px.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Mauritania-social-security-hearing-382px.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Mauritania-social-security-hearing-382px.jpg&quot;  class=&quot;image image-_original &quot; width=&quot;382&quot; height=&quot;287&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div id=&#039;imgcaption&#039;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;p&gt;Following the Arab Spring, new opportunities for political participation opened up in much of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, particularly for women, youth and minorities who had historically been marginalized and excluded from power.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Still, aspiring political actors lacked experience, knowledge and exposure to democratic processes, particularly when it came to running for office. Recognizing this need, and with the support of the State Department&amp;#39;s Middle East Partnership Initiative, NDI launched the Regional Campaign Schools program in the MENA region in the fall of 2012.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Through a growing online learning platform, workshops that bring together potential candidates and campaign managers from all over the region and a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ndi.org/node/20494&quot;&gt;training-of-trainers (TOT)&lt;/a&gt; component that is building a cadre of Arabic-speaking trainers, the Campaign Schools program has exposed hundreds of thousands of people to the tools they will need to run effective campaigns.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Since 2012 NDI has held six Campaign Schools and four TOT workshops for a total of 328 individuals representing 91 political parties from 12 countries -- including Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia and others.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;The trainings are designed to deliver a genuinely competitive and intense campaign experience to participants, some of whom have never even seen an election. Based on an integrated curriculum, Campaign Schools include a competitive elections simulation combined with modules on key campaign components.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Due to continued political turbulence in the region, only 130 graduates have experienced elections in their home countries since participating in the Campaign Schools program. Of that subset, however, 16 participants have run as candidates, 11 of whom were women. Four were elected, and a further 22 participants worked on campaign teams. Many reported to NDI that they used the skills learned in the Campaign Schools during their electoral work.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;One such participant is Amel. A mother of two and a doctor, Amel joined one of the hundreds of new political parties created after protests in Tunisia helped bring down longtime president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in 2011. That same year, the party Amel joined secured four seats in the National Constituent Assembly, the most of any post-revolution party. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As they prepared for elections in 2014, Amel and other members of her party&amp;rsquo;s elections committee followed the steps they learned through the Campaign Schools. &amp;nbsp;Based on &amp;nbsp;their research of the 2011 election results and canvassing data they had been collecting, the party set a feasible vote goal and campaign strategy. Amel and other Campaign Schools graduates who were members of the party&amp;rsquo;s elections committee also organized trainings for hundreds of party activists on the campaign message and plan to mobilize resources.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Party officials noticed Amel&amp;rsquo;s leadership during this strategizing. They asked her to serve as a candidate on one of the party&amp;rsquo;s lists in Tunis. While Amel did not win in her district, the party doubled their seats in parliament - going from four to eight seats. The party&amp;rsquo;s increased representation in parliament helped as they negotiated their position in the governing coalition after the elections. After the elections, Amel was hired by the Minister of Women&amp;rsquo;s Affairs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;An essential goal of the Campaign Schools program is to reach women and youth, like Amel, who are eager to effect change in their countries but feel that they lack some of the tools to do so. Despite the dismal rate of women&amp;rsquo;s participation in politics in the MENA region, 48 percent of Campaign School participants have been women and a full 66 percent have been under the age of 40.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Following the completion of Campaign Schools training, graduates return to their home countries to not only put their new skills to practice in running campaigns, but also to train fellow activists and party members on the Campaign Schools content. In this sense, many graduates have become individual program multipliers, having trained some 15,400 other people on topics like leadership, voter targeting and contact, message development and communications.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To facilitate the work of Amel and other graduates, NDI has made materials like its &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ndi.org/campaign-skills-handbook&quot;&gt;Campaign Skills Handbook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; public on several Arabic language websites, including &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ndimena.org/&quot;&gt;NDIMENA.org&lt;/a&gt;. The&lt;em&gt; Campaign Schools Handbook&lt;/em&gt; is a step-by-step manual for candidates, political party activists and campaign staff. The new &lt;em&gt;Campaign Skills Handbook&lt;/em&gt; guides users through a comprehensive process for planning and implementing electoral campaigns.&amp;nbsp;Furthermore, NDI field offices in the region regularly bring graduates in to facilitate trainings based on the Campaign Schools&amp;#39; curriculum.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This year, in an effort to create an online learning environment across the region, NDI released eight videos on NDIMENA.org that complement modules from the &lt;em&gt;Campaign Skills Handbook&lt;/em&gt;. Within four months, the Campaign Schools&amp;rsquo; digital resources received over 600,000 visits and materials were downloaded more than 11,300 times. About 53 percent of those visits were from repeat users , indicating that political activists are frequently coming back to the NDI MENA website to engage further with the content.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Over the next year, NDI plans to hold two additional Campaign Schools and one TOT workshop. The Institute will also release seven more videos to bolster its e-learning component, aiming to reach over a million individuals across the MENA region. Thanks to the spread of technology and to trainers like Amel, the number of Campaign School participants will only continue to grow.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Read more:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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		&lt;a href=&quot;/Campaign-School-Graduates-Help-Lebanese-Youth-Consider-Outreach-Strategies&quot;&gt;Campaign School Graduates Help Lebanese Youth Consider Outreach Strategies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ndi.org/youth-study-mission&quot;&gt;&amp;raquo;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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		&lt;a href=&quot;/tunisia-campaign-school-story&quot;&gt;Tunisia Campaign School Helps Aspiring Politicians across the Middle East and &amp;nbsp;North Africa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ndi.org/youth-study-mission&quot;&gt;&amp;raquo;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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		&lt;a href=&quot;/campaign-skills-handbook&quot;&gt;Read the Campaign Skills Handbook in English and Arabic&amp;raquo;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Published on December 22, 2015&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <description>&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;Sandra Pepera is a career diplomat and international development professional. Before joining NDI as its director for Gender, Women and Democracy in 2014, she spent thirteen years as a senior officer at the UK&amp;rsquo;s Department for International Development (DFID), including leading programs in the Caribbean, Rwanda-Burundi and Sudan. Prior to joining DFID, Sandra spent time in British domestic politics; lecturing in political science and international relations at the University of Ghana; and as a political analyst in the Political Affairs Division at the Commonwealth Secretariat. She has a portfolio of skills and experience which include strategy development, political and risk analysis, diplomacy, general management and corporate governance.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;Much of Sandra&amp;rsquo;s career has been spent working in or on transitional economies, focusing on the building of resilient and inclusive institutions. She led work on women and politics at the University of Ghana and in outreach public policy during the period of intense and unstable political transition in the early 1990s. This included participating in a program that supported the ANC Women&amp;rsquo;s League during South Africa&amp;rsquo;s transition from apartheid to majority democratic rule in 1993.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Sandra is a member of the Cambridge Sustainability Leaders Network, the Royal Commonwealth Society, the Global Board Ready Women initiative, and the International Advisory Board of the Commonwealth Journal for International Affairs (the Round Table). She holds the Financial Times Diploma for Non-Executive Directors, and serves as a trustee for the pension fund of an intergovernmental organization.&lt;/p&gt;
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	&lt;img alt=&quot;May elections campaign event&quot; class=&quot;image image-_original&quot; height=&quot;196&quot; src=&quot;/files/images/Algeria.preview.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Campaign event&quot; width=&quot;300&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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	دعم الأحزاب السياسية&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;يعمل المعهد الديمقراطي الوطني بشكلٍ أساسي على مساعدة الأحزاب السياسية الجزائرية من أجل زيادة نسبة تمثيلها والتحلّي في الوقت نفسه بالشفافية والديمقراطية. وقد نظّم المعهد سلسلةً من ورش العمل حول تنظيم الأحزاب، وإعداد البرامج، والاتصال بدوائر الناخبين هدفت لتزويد الأحزاب السياسية بالمعلومات والمهارات العملية. وقد ساعدت هذه البرامج الأحزاب الجزائرية في البقاء على اتصال بالناخبين على مستوى القواعد الشعبية عن طريق اعتماد وسائل مختلفة كأبحاث الرأي العام، والطواف من دار إلى دار، وتوزيع النشرات الحزبية.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;وفي محاولةٍ منه لجعل الأحزاب السياسية أكثر استجابةً، أطلق المعهد الديمقراطي الوطني في العام 2013 برنامجاً جديداً يهدف إلى تحسين الوسائل التي تستخدمها الأحزاب السياسية لجمع المعلومات حول القضايا التي تشغل المواطنين، وبالتالي صياغة سياسات تمثّل مصالحهم بشكلٍ أفضل، باستخدام استراتيجيات الرسائل الهادفة بغية توصيل هذه السياسات إليهم. كما ساعد البرنامج الأحزاب على قيادة أبحاث الرأي العام، وعقد المشاورات مع الجمعيات المدنية، وغيرها من المجموعات، لضمان الأخذ بآراء المواطنين في عملية صياغة السياسات.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;قبل الانتخابات الرئاسية لعام 2009، شاركت الأحزاب السياسية الجزائرية على اختلاف أطيافها في ورش العمل التي قادها المعهد الديمقراطي الوطني حول كيفية تدريب ونشر المراقبين في مكاتب الاقتراع في مختلف أنحاء البلاد لضمان حماية مصالح الأحزاب في اليوم الانتخابي.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;كما قام المعهد الديمقراطي الوطني أيضاً برعاية بعثات دراسية دولية لأعضاء الأحزاب السياسية الجزائرية تمكّنهم من تلقّن المعلومات حول كيفية إجراء العمليات الانتخابية وتنظيم الحملات الحزبية في سائر دول العالم. في العام 2012، ترأس المعهد برنامجاً من عامٍ كامل حول تدريب القيادات للأعضاء الشباب في الحزب الشمالي الأفريقي مع بعثة دراسية إلى الولايات المتحدة لحضور الحملات التي ينظّمها الحزب استعداداً لانتخابات العام 2012. وقد نظّم المعهد بعثةً مماثلةً لممثّلي الحزب من الجزائر خلال الانتخابات الأميركية لعام 2008.&lt;/p&gt;
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	مشاركة المرأة في الحياة السياسية&lt;/h3&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;لطالما كانت المرأة الجزائرية عبر التاريخ غير ممثلة بالحدّ اللازم في الحياة السياسية الجزائرية. ولكن قانون الكوتا النسائية لقوائم المرشحات الذي جرى إقراره في العام 2012 قد أتاح فرصاً جديدةً للمرأة الطامحة إلى القيادة. وبعد مرور فترة قصيرة على إقرار القانون، فازت 145 امرأة في انتخابات المجلس الشعبي الوطني الجزائري &amp;ndash; فحقّقن معدّلاً مئوياً من 31% ليمثّلن اليوم أعلى نسبة من المشرّعات في العالم العربي.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;يعمل المعهد على دعم البرلمانيات المنتخبات حديثاً في الجزائر، من خلال برنامج يمنحهنّ المهارات اللازمة لتمثيل الناخبين والسماح لهنّ بالمشاركة في عمليات التبادل الدولية مع سائر المشرّعات. يستند هذا البرنامج إلى سجلّ المعهد الديمقراطي الوطني الحافل بدعم للنساء الجزائريات في السياسة طوال عقد من الزمن. في الفرة بين عامي 2002 و2006، عمل المعهد الديمقراطي الوطني مع مجموعات نسائية جزائرية بارزة مثل مركز الإعلام والتوثيق لحقوق الطفل والمرأة، من أجل تنظيم &amp;quot;جامعات صيفية&amp;quot; يقوم فيها الخبراء من الجزائر وسائر دول العالم بتدريب النساء أعضاء المجالس المحلية والناشطات الحزبيات على فنّ الخطابة، وصياغة الرسالة، وتنظيم الحملات، وغيرها من المهارات الأساسية.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;كذلك، شاركت النساء الجزائريات أيضاً في مجموعةٍ من البرامج الإقليمية التي نظّمها المعهد الديمقراطي الوطني. في العام 2007، ضافرت عشرون امرأة جزائرية الجهود مع قريناتهنّ من مختلف أنحاء العالم العربي في أكاديمية الحملات الإقليمية في المغرب لـ&amp;quot;شركاء في المشاركة&amp;quot;، في مراكش في المغرب. وقد قامت المتخرّجات من هذا البرنامج في تشكيل فرقة عمل نسائية دافعت عن قانون الكوتا النسائية الذي أقرّ في العام 2012. كما شاركت الجزائريات أيضاً في أكاديمية القائدات الشابات التي نظّمها المعهد الديمقراطي الوطني في العام 2008 في الدوحة في قطر وبرنامج &amp;quot;شباب اليوم قيادات الغد&amp;quot; الذي نظّمه المعهد عام 2009، حول مسائل قيادة المجتمع المحلّي ومهارات المدافعة. بعد البرنامج، قاد المشاركون الجزائريون مشاريع خاصة لتطوير المجتمع، بما في ذلك مبادرات لمحاربة العنف الأسري وتوسيع قاعدة الدعم للأمهات العازبات.&lt;/p&gt;
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	المجتمع المدني&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;في إطار تقديم المساعدة لبناء النزاهة الطويلة المدى للعمليات الانتخابية في الجزائر، يقدّم المعهد الديمقراطي الوطني المساعدة التقنية لائتلاف من المجموعات المدنية، تحت اسم مرصد المجتمع المدني لمراقبة الانتخابات. وقد نشر الائتلاف ألف مراقب تولّوا ملاحظة الانتخابات المحلية في شهر تشرين الثاني/نوفمبر من العام 2012 ، هذا ويخطّط الائتلاف لتوسيع حضوره استعداداً للانتخابات الرئاسية لعام 2014.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;وقد شارك المعهد الديمقراطي الوطني شراكاتٍ الكشافة الإسلامية الجزائرية في برامج التربية المدنية حول حقوقهم ومسؤولياتهم كمواطنين، والمؤسسات والممارسات الديمقراطية. كما نظّم المعهد أيضاً مناقشات بين قادة الفرق حول المبادئ الأساسية للديمقراطية وساعدهم من أجل صياغة الخطط الهادفة إلى حثّ الكشافة على إطلاق مشاريع الخدمة العامة في مجتمعاتهم.&lt;/p&gt;
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	وسائل الإعلام&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;نظّم المعهد ورش عمل مع صحافيين دوليين بهدف لمساعدة الصحافيين الجزائريين على تغطية الانتخابات والحملات الانتخابية بصورة متوازنة وقد قام بدعوتهم للمشاركة في بعثات دراسية للتعرّف على كيفية تغطية وسائل الإعلام للأخبار السياسية في دول أخرى.&lt;/p&gt;
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	المراقبة الدولية للانتخابات&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;كان المعهد الديمقراطي الوطني أحد المنظمتين غير الحكوميتين الدوليتين اللتين دعتهما الحكومة الجزائرية لمراقبة الانتخابات التشريعية في أيار/مايو 2012. فقام المعهد بإرسال بعثة تقييم لمرحلة ما قبل الانتخابات وبعثة محدودة للمراقبة على المدى الطويل تشاركتا النتائج والتوصيات حول أساليب تحسين مصداقية العمليات الانتخابية المستقبلية، بما في ذلك إنشاء هيئة مستقلة لمراقبة الانتخابات، ومنح أوراق الاعتماد لمجموعات المراقبة المدنية وتوسيع إمكانية الوصول إلى سجلّ الناخبين. وكان المعهد الديمقراطي الوطني قد سبق له أن راقب الانتخابات في الجزائر بدعوةٍ من الأمم المتحدة في العام 1997، عندما نظّمت الجزائر انتخاباتها التشريعية كمعلم أساسي في انتقالها بعيداً عن سنوات العنف.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
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		&lt;a href=&quot;/files/Algeria-Report-Leg-Elections-ARA.pdf&quot;&gt;التقرير النهائي حول الانتخابات التشريعية في الجزائر، 10 ماي 2012&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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	&lt;a name=&quot;ContactInformation&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;معلومات الاتصال&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;لمزيد من المعلومات حول هذه البرامج، يرجى ملء &lt;a href=&quot;/contactus-arabic&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#993300&quot;&gt;استمارة الاتصال&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; أو الاتصال بـ:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;	&lt;i&gt;أندرو فاراند، المسؤول الأعلى عن البرامج&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class=&quot;all-attached-images&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;image-attach-body image-attach-node-20106&quot; style=&quot;width: 382px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/node/20106&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.ndi.org/files/images/Algeria image.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Algeria&quot; title=&quot;Algeria&quot;  class=&quot;image image-_original &quot; width=&quot;382&quot; height=&quot;287&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div id=&#039;imgcaption&#039;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;p&gt;عمل المعهد الديمقراطي الوطني في سبيل تعزيز الأحزاب السياسية، ومنظمات المجتمع المدني، ووسائل الإعلام وغيرها من المؤسسات الديمقراطية المهمة في الجزائر منذ العام 1997. ويسعى المعهد، من خلال مساعدته هذه المؤسسات على تمثيل المواطنين على أفضل نحو، إلى إشاعة ثقافة من المشاركة السلمية والديمقراطية.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;جدير بالذكر أنّ الجزائر، ومنذ انتشار الاحتجاجات في أرجاء منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا في العام 2011، تتبع مساراً مختلفاً عن سائر الدول المجاورة لها، فهي تواظب على النأي بنفسها عن أعمال العنف والاضطرابات التي شهدتها وتشهدها المجتمعات في بلدانٍ أخرى.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;في أواخر الثمانينات من القرن العشرين، عزّزت السلطات الجزائرية الانفتاح في النظام السياسي ردّاً على المظالم الاقتصادية والإحباط العام المتنامي بعد عقودٍ من حكم الحزب الواحد. ولكن، بعد أن فاز الإسلاميون في انتصارٍ ساحقٍ في الانتخابات التي جرت عام 1991، أحكم الجيش الجزائري السيطرة على المؤسسات السياسية كافة، فاندلعت حرب أهلية طوال عقد من الزمن بين المجموعات الإسلامية المسلّحة والحكومة خلّفت مئات الآلاف من الضحايا المدنيين. وتوصّل القادة السياسيون والعسكريون أخيراً في العام 2002 لوضع حدّ للعنف المستشري والتزموا بالتعدّدية السياسية وبضمان شفافية الانتخابات وتحقيق سيادة القانون.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;تميزت الانتخابات التشريعية والمحلية التي نظّمت في العام 2007 بمزاعم عن أعمال تزوير واحتيال شابت عملية التصويت، كما شهدت إقبالاً خفيفاً على الاقتراع. أما انتخابات العام 2012 فشهدت بدورها نسبةً متواضعةً من الناخبين وعملية إتلاف مقصودة على نطاق واسع لأوراق الاقتراع، وذلك رغم التغيير في إطار العمل الانتخابي الهادف إلى تشجيع المشاركة. وانتخب الرئيس عبد العزيز بوتفليقة الممسك بزمام السلطة منذ العام 1999، لولاية ثالثة في العام 2009 بعد أن تم تعديل الدستور لإلغاء أيّ قيود على الولايات الرئاسية. ويبقى من المتوقع أن تنظّم الانتخابات الرئاسية القادمة في العام 2014.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;صحيح أنّ الوضع الأمني قد تحسّن منذ التسعينات من القرن الماضي، إلا أنّ الثورة النفطية الوافرة في البلاد لم تحمل معها نوعية الحياة الرغيدة التي كان يأمل بها المواطنون العاديّون. وراحت الحكومة التي تربّع على رأسها الجيل نفسه الذي ساعد الجزائر على الفوز باستقلالها من فرنسا قبل نحو نصف قرنٍ من الزمن، تناضل لتأمين ما يتوقعه الشعب منها على صعيد القضايا الاجتماعية الأساسية مثل الإسكان، والتعليم، والتوظيف. من جهتهم، راح الشباب يسعون إلى التأثير على مستقبل البلاد، ولو أنّهم يفتقرون إلى الثقة في الانتخابات أو في العملية السياسية كسبل لإحداث التغيير المنشود.&lt;/p&gt;
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                    Julie Ballington        &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;p&gt;﻿This guidebook aims to help young women with all aspects of leadership, from balancing personal and professional responsibilities to planning and implementing advocacy projects. The guidebook is designed as a workbook rather than a textbook, with charts and exercises for readers to chart their progress. It also includes a section on how to use new media tools and social networking sites effectively.&lt;/p&gt;
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		الثقة بالنفس وتعزيز القدرات وربط العلاقات، دليل المرأة الشابة إلى القيادة&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;الناشر:&lt;/span&gt;إعداد غابرييلا بوروفسكي وسارة شرابي العلوي وميغان دوهرتي - منشورات المعهد الديمقراطي الوطني.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;تفصيل:&lt;/span&gt;يسعى هذا الدليل إلى مساعدة المرأة الشابة في مشوارها القيادي، بكلّ مراحله، بدءاً بتحقيق التوازن بين المسؤوليات الشخصية والمهنية، مروراً بمرحلة إعداد الخطط، وصولاً إلى تنفيذ مشاريع المدافعة. هو أشبه ما يكون بكتاب تطبيقي لا نظري، بما يتضمّنه من رسوم بيانية وتمارين يستند إليها القارئ لتقييم التقدم الذي أحرزه ضمن جدول أو قائمة. ويتناول الدليل أيضاً، في أحد أجزائه، سبل استخدام الأدوات الإعلامية الحديثة ومواقع التشبيك الاجتماعي بكلّ فعالية.&lt;/p&gt;
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                    &lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;p&gt;لكلّ من لم يسبق له أن شهد غليان الحملات السياسية، يمكنه أن يستلهم من مواسم الانتخابات الأميركية، ويستشعر حماوتها. فيكاد الكلام لا ينقطع في القاعات التي يتجمّع فيها المتطوعون في بنك الاتصالات حشداً لأصوات الناخبين، ويطوف أعضاء الأحزاب السياسية بكل اندفاع من دار إلى دار طلباً للدعم في اللحظات الأخيرة التي تسبق انطلاقة الانتخابات، ولا يتوقّف المرشحون عن إصدار التصاريح والأقوال مع بدء العدّ العكسي ليوم الانتخاب.
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&lt;div class=&quot;all-attached-images&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;image-attach-body image-attach-node-19480&quot; style=&quot;width: 450px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/study-mission-main-450px&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.ndi.org/files/images/Study-Mission-Main-450px.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Study-Mission-Main-450px&quot; title=&quot;Study-Mission-Main-450px&quot;  class=&quot;image image-_original &quot; width=&quot;450&quot; height=&quot;250&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div id=&#039;imgcaption&#039;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;p&gt;لكلّ من لم يسبق له أن شهد غليان الحملات السياسية، يمكنه أن يستلهم من مواسم الانتخابات الأميركية، ويستشعر حماوتها. فيكاد الكلام لا ينقطع في القاعات التي يتجمّع فيها المتطوعون في بنك الاتصالات حشداً لأصوات الناخبين، ويطوف أعضاء الأحزاب السياسية بكل اندفاع من دار إلى دار طلباً للدعم في اللحظات الأخيرة التي تسبق انطلاقة الانتخابات، ولا يتوقّف المرشحون عن إصدار التصاريح والأقوال مع بدء العدّ العكسي ليوم الانتخاب.
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&lt;p&gt;فقد تسنّى لوفد يضمّ أعضاء حزبيين شباب من الجزائر والمغرب وتونس أن يختبروا هذه الأجواء الانتخابية مجتمعةً في إطار برنامج قاده المعهد الديمقراطي الوطني، وسمح لهم بزيارة منطقة واشنطن العاصمة، بهدف دعم جهودهم الرامية إلى تفعيل مشاركة الشباب في الأنظمة السياسية التي تتفاعل بطرق مختلفة مع تأثيرات الربيع العربي.
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&lt;p&gt;فتمكّن هذا الفريق، الذي يضمّ ممثلين عن 11 حزباً سياسياً، من متابعة مجريات العملية الانتخابية في الولايات المتحدة على المستويين الشعبي والوطني على السواء، في الأيام الأخيرة التي سبقت انتخابات 6 تشرين الثاني/نوفمبر. وكان هؤلاء الزوّار جميعهم من أبرز المشاركين في سلسلة برامج تدريبية حول القيادة السياسية نظّمها المعهد في الدول الثلاث، خلال العام الماضي، بتمويلٍ من مبادرة الشراكة الأميركية الشرق أوسطية (MEPI)، سعياً لتفعيل مشاركة الشباب في الحياة السياسية. تجدر الإشارة إلى أنّ هذه البعثة الدراسية جاءت في إطار النشاطات الإقليمية الأخيرة التي قام بها البرنامج.
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&lt;p&gt;إلتقى هؤلاء الشباب القادمون من دول شمال أفريقيا، أثناء إقامتهم في الولايات المتحدة، بموظفين ومتطوعين في الحملات الانتخابية من كلا الحزبين الديمقراطي والجمهوري، ومحلّلين إعلاميين، ومسؤولين عن استطلاعات الرأي العام، وناشطين مدنيين، ومرشحين. كما حضروا مهرجانات انتخابية، وشاهدوا مجريات عملية الاقتراع في اليوم الانتخابي، وتحدثوا إلى مسؤولين عن الانتخابات في العاصمة واشنطن وولايتي ميرلاند وفيرجينيا، في محاولةٍ منهم لجمع المعلومات واكتساب المهارات التي يسعهم تكييفها مع واقع بلادهم، وذلك بهدف تفعيل دور أحزابهم، وتعزيز مشاركة الشباب. والملفت أنّ البلدان التي أتوا منها كانت تتحضّر لإجراء الانتخابات في العام القادم.
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&lt;p&gt;فضلاً عن ذلك، استمع أعضاء الوفد لإرشادات ونصائح ممثلين عن منظمات غير حكومية، كاللجنة الفدرالية للانتخابات، واللجنة المعنيّة بتنظيم المناظرات الرئاسية، والمعهد العربي الأميركي، وكذلك عن مجموعات حزبية، كالاتحاد الجمهوري الوطني للشباب، ومشروع أطلس/جمعية &quot;ديموغراتيك غاين&quot;، وشركة &quot;تارغتك كرييتف كوميونكايشنز&quot;، وهي شركة تسويق تعود للحزب الجمهوري.
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&lt;p&gt;وفي إحدى المحطات الهامة، شاهدت المجموعة الرئيس أوباما، والرئيس الأسبق كلينتون، وهما يلقيان خطاباً أمام مناصريهم، كما قصد الزوّار عدة مكاتب تابعة لفريق حملة كلّ من أوباما والمرشح الجمهوري لرئاسة الجمهورية، ميت رومني.
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&lt;p&gt;وقد عبّر المشاركون الشباب عن دهشتهم من المستوى العالي للعمل التطوعي لدى فِرَق الحملات الأميركية، وقدرة القواعد الشعبية المنظّمة على إطلاق حملات بهدف إشراك مجموعات متنوّعة من الناخبين.
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&lt;p&gt;وتعليقاً على ذلك، قال نايل عاشور من حزب المسار التونسي: &quot;حملات الأحزاب هي شديدة التنظيم فعلاً&quot;، ثم أضاف: &quot; وأعتقد أننا نفتقر إلى هذا التنظيم في بلادنا، ولكننا ما زلنا في السنة الأولى من الحكم الديمقراطي، وهذا التنظيم يستغرق وقتاً طويلاً&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;وقد أكّد مرشحون محليون، بمن فيهم المرشح لعضوية مجلس الشيوخ، تيم كين، ومتطوعون في حملات حثّ الناخبين على التصويت، في إطار حديثهم مع مجموعة الزوّار، على أنه رغم الحماس الذي تثيره المهرجانات الانتخابية، وأهمية الاتصالات الهاتفية الجارية مع الناخبين المحتملين، فإنّ الجهد الفعلي في الحملات يتطلّب التعريف عن المرشحين والقضايا المطروحة أمام الأصدقاء والجيران، سعياً إلى إقناعهم بالتصويت لهم. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;أُعجب الأعضاء الحزبيون الشباب بالطابع اللامركزي للانتخابات الأميركية، بعد أن تسنّى لهم مشاهدة عملية فرز الأصوات وإحصاء نتائج الانتخابات حتى ساعات متأخّرة من الليل. كما لاحظ أغلبهم مدى ثقة الناخبين الأميركيين بنظامهم، رغم تعقيداته.
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&lt;p&gt;وقد قال المشارك الجزائري، أمين الإمام، من حزب التجمّع من أجل الثقافة والديمقراطية، تعليقاً على هذا الموضوع: &quot;رأينا بأم العين مدى قوة الأحزاب السياسية الأميركية&quot;، مضيفاً :&quot;كم من المنظمات والأفراد يشاركون في [الحملات الانتخابية] في الولايات المتحدة. وقد أدركنا الآن أنه علينا تشجيع الجميع على المشاركة&quot;.
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&lt;p&gt;أكّد المشاركون أنهم سيواصلون تبادل المعلومات مع أقرانهم في المنطقة لتوسيع معرفتهم بالسياسة والتنظيم السياسي على المستويين الوطني والمحلي. وذكروا أيضاً أنّ هذه التجربة قد مكّنتهم من اكتساب السبل الكفيلة بتحسين مستوى إشراك الشباب، كناخبين ومنظّمين على السواء، ضمن صفوف أحزابهم.
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&lt;p&gt;قال خالد الغلوش من حزب الاستقلال المغربي: &quot;إستمعنا إلى تجارب جيراننا، واطّلعنا على آلية العمل في الولايات المتحدة. فهذه التجربة ستجعلنا سياسيين أفضل&quot;.
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;مقالات ذات صلة:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
		&lt;a href=&quot;/files/Youth-Party-PR-110112.pdf&quot;&gt;بيان صحفي: أعضاء حزيبون شباب من الجزائر والمغرب وتونس لمشاهدة مجريات الانتخابات الأميركية مباشرةً&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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		&lt;a href=&quot;/files/Morocco-Youth-FG-Report-070212.pdf&quot;&gt;نظرة الشباب في المغرب إلى الأحزاب السياسية في أعقاب الانتخابات التشريعية&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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		&lt;a href=&quot;/share-experiences-organizing-debates&quot;&gt;زوّار دوليون يتشاركون تجاربهم في مجال تنظيم جلسات النقاش&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;نُشِرَت هذه المقالة في 20 تشرين الثاني/نوفمبر 2012&lt;br /&gt;
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                    &lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;p&gt;For those who have never experienced a freewheeling political campaign, the raucousness of an American election season can be inspiring and overwhelming. Talking is incessant in rooms of phone bank volunteers searching for votes, energetic political party members go door to door in last minute appeals for support and candidates talk nonstop in the countdown to election day.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A delegation of young political party members from Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia experienced this mix in an NDI program that brought them to the Washington, D.C., area to aid their efforts to improve the participation of young people in their political systems, which are dealing in different ways with the effects of the Arab Spring.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div class=&quot;all-attached-images&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;image-attach-body image-attach-node-19480&quot; style=&quot;width: 450px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/study-mission-main-450px&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.ndi.org/files/images/Study-Mission-Main-450px.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Study-Mission-Main-450px&quot; title=&quot;Study-Mission-Main-450px&quot;  class=&quot;image image-_original &quot; width=&quot;450&quot; height=&quot;250&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div id=&#039;imgcaption&#039;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;p&gt;For those who have never experienced a freewheeling political campaign, the raucousness of an American election season can be inspiring and overwhelming. Talking is incessant in rooms of phone bank volunteers searching for votes, energetic political party members go door to door in last minute appeals for support and candidates talk nonstop in the countdown to election day.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A delegation of young political party members from Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia experienced this mix in an NDI program that brought them to the Washington, D.C., area to aid their efforts to improve the participation of young people in their political systems, which are dealing in different ways with the effects of the Arab Spring.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The group, representing 11 political parties, witnessed the U.S. political process at both the grass roots and national levels in the last days before the Nov. 6 election. All of the visitors were among the leading participants in a series of political leadership training programs in the three countries over the past year organized by NDI and funded by Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) to support more effective participation of young people in political life. The study mission was the final regional activity of the program.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;During their stay, the young North Africans met with Republican and Democratic campaign staff and volunteers, media analysts, public opinion pollsters, civic activists and candidates. They attended campaign rallies, witnessed voting on election day and spoke with election officials in Washington, Maryland and Virginia in an effort to gather information and skills that they can adapt to improve their parties&amp;rsquo; effectiveness and increase youth involvement. Each of their nations will hold elections within the next year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;They heard from representatives of nonpartisan organizations such as the Federal Election Commission, the U.S. Commission on Presidential Debates and the Arab American Institute, as well as partisan groups such as the Young Republican National Federation, Atlas Project/Democratic GAIN and Targeted Creative Communications, a Republican marketing company.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;At one stop, the group saw President Obama and former President Clinton deliver speeches to supporters, and the visitors went to several campaign offices for both Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;The young participants expressed surprise at the high level of volunteerism in American campaigns and the power of organized grassroots campaigning to engage diverse groups of voters.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;The parties&amp;rsquo; campaigns are really well organized,&amp;rdquo; said Naouel Achour of Tunisia&amp;#39;s Al Massar party. &amp;ldquo;And I think that we don&amp;rsquo;t have this in our countries, but we are in our first year of democracy so it takes time.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Local candidates, including Senate candidate Tim Kaine, and get-out-the-vote volunteers who spoke with the group underscored that while rallies generate enthusiasm and phone calls to potential voters are important, the real work of a campaign involves talking to friends and neighbors about candidates and issues and convincing them to vote.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As the young party members watched late into the night as election results were tallied, they were also struck by the decentralized nature of American elections. Many also remarked on the great degree of faith American voters have in their system, despite its complexity.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;We have seen the force of the American parties,&amp;rdquo; reflected Algerian participant Amine Limam, of the Rally for Culture and Democracy party. &amp;ldquo;There are so many individuals and organizations involved [in electoral campaigns] in the U.S. We see now that we must encourage everyone to participate.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Participants said they will continue to exchange information with their regional counterparts to hone their understanding of politics and political organizing on both the national and local levels. And their experiences have helped them learn how to do a better job of engaging youth&amp;mdash;both as voters and as organizers&amp;mdash;for their parties, they said.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;We have heard from our neighbors and also seen how things are done in the U.S.,&amp;rdquo; said Khalid El Gallouch of Morocco&amp;rsquo;s Istiqlal Party. &amp;ldquo;This experience will make us better politicians.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;
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		&lt;a href=&quot;/files/Youth-Party-PR-110112.pdf&quot;&gt;Press Release: Youth Party Members from Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia to Witness U.S. Elections Firsthand&amp;raquo;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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		&lt;a href=&quot;/files/Morocco-Youth-FG-Report-070212.pdf&quot;&gt;Youth Perceptions in Morocco: Political Parties in the Wake of Legislative Elections&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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		&lt;a href=&quot;/share-experiences-organizing-debates&quot;&gt;International Visitors Share Experiences on Organizing Debates&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;The mission, sponsored by the National Democratic Institute (NDI), will run from Nov. 3 to Nov. 8. It will be based in Washington, D.C., but will include visits to Virginia and other nearby areas. They will spend election day observing voting at polling stations in the greater Washington area, including Maryland and Virginia.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The visitors will have the opportunity to witness a U.S. election campaign firsthand and&amp;mdash;during such a politically critical time in North Africa&amp;mdash;learn transferable skills and lessons they can bring home. While discussions and visits throughout the mission will address a variety of campaign and electoral issues, sessions will have a particular focus on the role of youth&amp;mdash;both as targets of election campaign outreach and as campaign organizers themselves.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The mission builds on a regional NDI program for young political party members in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia launched last year to support more effective participation of young people in political life. Through the program, funded by the U.S. Department of State&amp;rsquo;s Middle East Partnership Initiative, the 12 study mission participants have already taken part in a series of interactive seminars. These covered topics such as public speaking, media relations, party organizing, campaign techniques, conflict management, strategic planning and more. They are supplemented by independent projects, such as organizing training sessions on public speaking and campaigning for other party youth.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Through the mission, the young leaders will have an opportunity to hone their understanding of the practice of politics by observing campaigns at the national, state and local levels, and by speaking with key participants in the electoral process. They will witness Democratic and Republican campaign activities, speak with fellow party youth activists, meet electoral administrators and get-out-the-vote activists, and observe voting on election day.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:28:53 +0000</pubDate>
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 <title>The National Liberation Front (NLF) Wins the Elections in Algeria | May 11, 2012</title>
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&lt;p&gt;The final results in Algeria’s parliamentary elections confirm an overpowering victory for the national liberation front (NLF) who will dominate the future parliament with 220 representatives. Polls opened across Algeria at 8am Thursday (May 10th), with nearly 21 million voters expected to take part in the historic legislative election. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Schools serving as polling stations across the country’s 48 were highly secured and about 60,000 police officers were posted in the areas around polling stations. Anti-fraud measures were also set up to ensure total transparency as promised by the president Abdelaziz Bouteflika whose appeal to massive vote seems to have found echo in some departments.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2012 15:44:09 +0000</pubDate>
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