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Beltran Senior Advisor   Amb. André Erdős Senior Advisor   Mr. Attila Komlós Senior Advisor   Dr. Tamás Meszerics Senior Advisor   Amb. Gergely Prőhle Senior Advisor   Mr. Daniel P. Puls Senior Advisor   Dr. Anita Orbán Special Advisor About the ICDT - Executive Committee   Mr. Daniel J. Bader Director of the Helen Bader Foundation, USA   Mr. Richard C. Rowson Vice President, Board of Directors, President Emeritus   H.E. András Simonyi Former Ambassador of the Republic of Hungary to the USA   Ms. Sonja Licht Chair of the ICDT's Executive Committee; President and Founder of the Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence, Serbia About the ICDT - International Board   Prof. Anatoli Mikhailov President of EHU-International, Lithuania   H.E. John C. Whitehead Former Deputy Secretary of State, USA   Mr. Sundeep Waslekar President of the Strategic Foresight Group, India   H.E. Janusz Onyszkiewicz Chair of the ICDT's International Board; Former Minister of Defense, Poland   H.E. Madeleine K. Albright Former Secretary of State; Chair of the Albright Group, USA   Mr. Daniel J. Bader Director of the Helen Bader Foundation, USA   H.E. Donald M. Blinken Former Ambassador to Hungary, USA   The Right Hon. Kim Campbell Former Prime Minister, Canada   Mr. Gustavo A. Cisneros Chair and CEO of the Cisneros Group of Companies   Prof. Emil Constantinescu Former President, Romania   Mr. Joel H. Cowan President of Habersham & Cowan Inc., USA   H.E. Jayantha Dhanapala Former Under-Secretary General of the United Nations; Honorary President of the International Peace Bureau, Sri Lanka   Dr. MS Gill Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, India   H.E. György Habsburg Ambassador, Hungary   Mr. Andrei Nikoleyvich Illarionov Former Economic Policy Advisor to the President; Director of the Institute of Economic Analysis in Moscow, Russia   H.E. President Ricardo Lagos Former President, Republic of Chile   Ms. Sonja Licht President of the Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence, Serbia   Mr. Markus Meckel Last Minister of Foreign Affairs of the GDR; Deputy Foreign Policy Speaker of the SPD, Germany   H.E. Mark Palmer Former Ambassador to Hungary, USA   Mr. Thomas S. Rooney CEO of SPG Solar, Inc., USA   Dr. Sima Samar Chair of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, Afghanistan   H.E. Narcís Serra Serra Former Vice-President of the Spanish Government; President of CIDOB Foundation, Spain   HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal Jordan   Mr. Maximilian Teleki President of the Hungarian-American Coalition, USA   H.E. George Herbert Walker Former Ambassador to Hungary, USA   Mr. Borys Tarasyuk Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ukraine   Ms. Nabila Hamza President of the Foundation for the Future, Jordan   Dr. Péter Medgyessy Former Prime Minister, Hungary   Governor George E. Pataki Former Governor of New York; Co-Chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations Independent Task Force on Climate Change Issues, USA   H.E. Nancy Brinker Former White House Chief of Protocol; Former Ambassador to Hungary, USA   Ms. Paula J. Dobriansky Former Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, USA   H.E. President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga Former President, Sri Lanka   H.E. Dr. Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga Former President, Latvia   H.E. April H. Foley Former Ambassador to Hungary, USA   H.E. President Aleksander Kwasniewski Former President, Poland   H.E. Ho-Jin Lee Former Ambassador to Hungary, South Korea About the ICDT - Governmental Advisory Board   H.E. Victor Rico Secretary General, Secretary for Political Affairs, ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES   H.E. Florian Nova Ambassador to Hungary, ALBANIA   H.E. Alex Brooking Ambassador to Hungary, AUSTRALIA   H.E. Dr. Michael Zimmermann Ambassador to Hungary, AUSTRIA   H.E. Pierre Labouverie Ambassador to Hungary, BELGIUM   H.E Nicola Ðukić Ambassador to Hungary, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA   H.E. Evgenia Koldanova Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, BULGARIA   H.E. Pierre Guimond Ambassador to Hungary, CANADA   Ms. Gabriela Dlouhá Director at Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Human Rights & Transition Policy Department, CZECH REPUBLIC   H.E. Mart Laanemäe Undersecretary for the Economic and Development Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ESTONIA   Mr. Hannu Kyröläinen Director General, Department for Global Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, FINLAND   H.E. Dimitrios Kypreos Ambassador to Hungary, GREECE   H.E. Ranjit Rae Ambassador to Hungary, INDIA   H.E. Dr. Gian B. Campagnola Ambassador to Hungary, ITALY   H.E. Tetsuo Ito Ambassador to Hungary, JAPAN   Ms. Dorothy Angote Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Lands, KENYA   H.E. Chung-Ha Suh Ambassador to Hungary, REPUBLIC OF KOREA   H.E. Veronika Erte Ambassador to Hungary, LATVIA   Mr. Renatas Juska Ambassador to Hungary, LITHUANIA   H.E. Marc Thill Ambassador to Hungary, LUXEMBOURG   Mr. Valeriu Ostalep Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA   H.E. Ochir Enkhtsetseg Ambassador to the United Nations, MONGOLIA   H.E. Vesko Garcevic Political Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs , MONTENEGRO   H.E. Robert Mildersre Ambassador to Hungary, KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS   H.E. Siri Ellen SLETNER Ambassador to Hungary, NORWAY   H.E. Henryk Szlajfer Ambassador, POLAND   H.E. Francisco Henriques da Silva Ambassador to Hungary, PORTUGAL   Mr. Bogdan Mazuru State Secretary for European Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ROMANIA   Mr. Damjan Krnjevic-Miskovic Advisor of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, SERBIA   H.E. Peter Weiss Ambassador to Hungary, SLOVAK REPUBLIC   H.E. Darja Bavdaž Kuret Ambassador to Hungary, SLOVENIA   H.E. Enrique Pastor de Gana Ambassador to Hungary, SPAIN   H.E. Cecilia Björner Ambassador to Hungary, SWEDEN   Mr. Ralf Heckner Head of Human Rights Policy Section, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, SWITZERLAND   Prof. Rwekaza Sympho Mukandala Executive Chairperson of the Research on Democracy and Education, TANZANIA   H.E. Oya Tuzcuoglu Ambassador to Hungary, TURKEY   H.E. Volodymyr Vasylenko Ambassador, UKRAINE   H.E. Gregory Dorey Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Hungary, UNITED KINGDOM   Ms. Angela Kane Under-Secretary-General for Management, UNITED NATIONS   H.E. Zviad Chumburidze Ambassador to Hungary, GEORGIA   H.E. Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis Ambassador to Hungary, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA About the ICDT - Partnership   Partnership Center for Development and Democracy   Centre for Middle-Eastern Strategic Studies   Regional Rural Development Standing Working Group (RRD SWG)   Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence   Kawakibi Democracy Transition Center   Centre for Democracy Public Foundation (DEMKK)   Center for European Perspectives   UN Democracy Fund   Hungarian American Coalition   Council for a Community of Democracies   Geneva Centre for Security Policy   Strategic Foresight Group   Foundation for the Future   Economic Forum in Krynica   Institute for Legal Studies of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences   Centre for Democratic Institutions (CDI)   Institute for Strategic and Defense Studies (SVKI) Projects   Enhancing Sustainable Local and Rural Development in the SAP Countries by Introducing the LEADER Experience April 2008 - April 2009   Sustainable Democracy: Protecting the Rights of Vulnerable Groups of Mali, Morocco, and Mongolia February 2007 - January 2008   Increasing Lebanese Women's Participation in Public Life January 2007 - August 2007   Strenghtening Democratic Institutions in the Balkans: Ombudsman Service Reform in Kosovo and Montenegro December 2006 - January 2008   Visegrád to Višegrad April 2006 - March 2007   Minorities in Transition December 2006 - May 2007   Belarus Task Force September 2007 - June 2009   Oral History I December 2005 - February 2007   Strengthening Civil Society in Belarus by Training and Education January 2007 - June 2007   Strenghtening the Capacity of Belarusian Women's Movements and Organizations October 2007 - September 2008   Compendium of Summaries of The Annual Reports of the National Human Rights Structures of the Member States of the Council of Europe for the years 2006 and 2007 September 2008 - January 2009   Supporting the Electoral System Reform in Albania September 2008 - May 2009   Strengthening Rule of Law Institutions in Moldova: The Constitutional Court and the Ombudsman Service July 2008 - May 2009   Oral History II November 2008 - August 2010   Civil Society and State in the Process of Social Transformation November 2008 - July 2009   Annus Mirabilis - Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Transitions in Central and Eastern Europe January 2009 - January 2010   Supporting Constitutional Reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina November 2008 - June 2009   Training of Young Moldovan Politicians October 2008 - December 2008   Providing Support and Training for Afghan Politicians and Election Officials January 2009 - April 2010   Preparation of a Debriefing Paper on the Council of Europe’s Conference within the Framework of its “Peer to Peer” Project November 2009 - January 2009   Advanced Research Workshop on Human Security in the Western Balkans April 2009 - June 2009   Training Moldovan Politicians and Experts in Security Policy August 2009 - January 2010   Recommendations for Improving the Minority Communities Situation in Kosovo November 2008 - June 2009   Sharing the Experiences of Visegrad Cooperation in the Western Balkans and the Eastern Neighborhood Countries November 2008 - March 2011   Enhancing Minority Integration through Improved Implementation of the Law on the Use of Languages in Kosovo December 2009 - June 2010   Summer Seminar for Young Leaders of the Western Balkans March 2010 – October 2010   Task Force on US Foreign Policy towards Central and Eastern Europe May 2009 - July 2009   Study Tour of Hungarian Medical System for North Korean Doctors February 2009 - March 2009   Diplomacy and Good Governance: Training of North Korean Diplomats June 2008   Energy Security 2011 - Challenges of the Hungarian EU Presidency May 2010   Preparation of a Feasibility Study on the Creation of Dniestr/Nistru Euroregion December 2009 – December 2010 Newsroom - News & Events   Second Annual Conference "Globalization and Democracy"   Belarus Task Force Rounds Off   The ICDT Follows Up Belarus Women Project   "Democratic Change and Gender" Published   An Open Letter to the Obama Administration from Central and Eastern Europe   The United Nations Democracy Fund invites civil society organizations to apply for funding   Conference on the Functioning of Ombudsmen in Fragile Democracies Takes Place   The ICDT Signs Partnership Agreement with the Foundation For the Future   Belarus Women Project Achieves Remarkable Results   New Project in Cooperation with the Central European Inititative Kicks Off   The ICDT Expresses Its Solidarity with Cuban People   Representatives of the ICDT Travel to Iraq   The ICDT Signs New Partnership Agreements   Workshop Takes Place on "The Role of Female Security Experts in Countering Terrorism"   "Strengthening the Capacity of Belarusian Women Movements and Organizations" Project Continues   The "Ombudsman Service Reform in Kosovo and Montenegro" Project Summarizes Findings   "Sustainable Democracy - Protecting the Rights of Vulnerable Groups in Mali, Morocco and Mongolia" Successfully Closes   Lecture of Prof. Armando Marques Guedes at the Central European University   "Training of Trainers" Seminar Generates Promising Results   Moldovan Constitutional Court Visits Budapest   Governor George E. Pataki Receives Hungarian State Award   The ICDT Welcomes New International Board Members   Young Moldovan Politicians Meet Hungarian Political Experts   Roundtable Discusses First Steps to Continue the Constitutional Reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina   Burma's Independence Day   At Least 215 Burmese Political Activists Sentenced in November   New Partnership with CDI   LEADER Project Reaches Next Phase   Experts Set Framework for Civil Society Project   The ICDT Welcomes New International Board Members   Council of Europe Extends Cooperation with the ICDT   Maximilian Teleki Receives Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary   Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee Holds Session at the ICDT   Gala Dinner in Honor of Former Deputy Secretary of State, John C. Whitehead   Two Events Launch the “Transferring the Experiences of Visegrad Cooperation" Project   Civil Society Experts Elaborate Index System   ICDT Delegation Establishes Basis for Future Projects in Kosovo   The ICDT Welcomes New Board Member   Nancy Brinker Receives Presidential Medal of Freedom   20th Anniversary of the Pan-European Picnic   ICDT Receives $25,000 Helen Bader Foundation Grant   'Civil Society and State in the Process of Social Transformation' Workshop Takes Place in Amman   Workshop in Skopje Promotes Regional Civil Society Cooperation   Civil Society After 20 Years - An Unfinished Business Third Annual Conference of the ICDT   The ICDT Supports the EU’s European Transition Compendium Initiative   Civil Society after 20 Years - An Unfinished Business? Third Annual Conference of the ICDT   ICDT Holds Third International Board Meeting   ICDT publishes report on „The necessity of Constitutional Reform in Bosnia-Herzegovina”   Civil Society After 20 Years Executive Summary and Conference Notes   Assignment of property   Mark Palmer receives high state honour   Training in Moldova Educates Politicians and Experts on Security Policy   Interregional Workshop on Regional Security and Confidence Building in Kiev October 28-30, 2009   ICDT launches new project Enhancing Minority Integration through Improved Implementation of the Law on the Use of Languages in Kosovo   ICDT publishes new volume of the Oral History project Accelerated History   Study trip of Afghan MPs in Hungary   ICDT Project Website Launched http://interregional.icdt.hu   Second Interregional Workshop held in Tbilisi 10-12 March 2010   ICDT Publishes Study Analyzing the Visegrad Experience Sharing the Experiences of Visegrad Cooperation in the Western Balkans and the Eastern Neighbourhood Countries   Call for Participants Summer Seminar for Young Leaders of the Western Balkans, 26 July - 6 August 2010   Energy Security 2011 - Challenges of the Hungarian EU Presidency 7 May 2010   New Deadline for Application Summer Seminar for Young Leaders of the Western Balkans, 26 July - 6 August 2010   Energy Security Conference held on 7 May Energy Security 2011 - Challenges of the Hungarian EU Presidency   Interview with ICDT colleague Péter Rada on the case of Kosovo’s independence at the ICJ   Third Workshop and Final Conference held in Pristina Enhancing Minority Integration through Improved Implementation of the Law on the Use of Languages in Kosovo, 20 May 2010   ICDT International Board member Dr. János Martonyi appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary   ICDT Executive Committee member Iván Bába appointed as Administrative State Secretary of Foreign Affairs   Changing the Odds beyond the Borders Conference on adapting the Harlem Children's Zone program to foster the integration of the Roma in Hungary, 7-8 June 2010   Call for a Program Director Current vacancy at the ICDT   Solidarity message for the Sixty-fifth birthday of the Burmese dissident Aung San Suu Kyi   ICDT Organizes Carpathian Euroregion Study Tour 7-12 June 2010   Workshop on Euroregion Dniester/Nistru Feasibiliy Study held in Chisinau 23 June 2010   Third Interregional Workshop held in Chisinau 24-26 June 2010   ICDT Welcomes New Board Member Event Calendar   1989 - The Year of Change   6th Governmental Advisory Board Meeting   “Transferring the Experiences of Visegrad Cooperation to the Western Balkans and the Eastern Neighborhood in the Context of an Enlarging Europe” – Conference   Transferring the Experiences of Visegrad Cooperation to the Western Balkans and the GUAM Countries, Preparatory Expert Meeting   Sustainable Democracy: Approach to Support Good Governance in Kosovo, Assisting the Development of Minority Self-governance in Kosovo, Expert Trip, Kosovo   Civil Society and State in the Process of Social Transformation, Second Expert Meeting   LEADER Training for the members of the Serbian National Rural Development Network, Novi Sad, Serbia   Members of the Afghan Parliament, Study Trip, Hungary   Members of the Election Commission of the Afghan Baghlan Province, Study Trip, Hungary   Civil Society and State in the Process of Social Transformation Workshop, Zagreb, Croatia   3rd International Board Meeting   Annual Conference Publications   ICDT Papers No.1. Minorities in Transition in South, Central, and Eastern Europe   2 Years of Promoting Democratic Transition Worldwide 2005-2007   Democratic Change and Gender: The 'Foremother Exercise' Publication of the 'Belarus Women Project'   ICDT Leaflet 2008   Promoting Democratic Transition Worldwide in 2008   A European Alternative for Belarus Report of the Belarus Task Force   Report of the Belarus Task Force (Russian)   Report of the Belarus Task Force (Belarusian)   Promoting Democratic Transition Worldwide 2009   Project Preparatory Study Sharing the Experiences of Visegrad Cooperation in the Western Balkans and the Eastern Neighbourhood Countries Links   Economic Forum in Krynica   Centre for Democracy Public Foundation (DEMKK)   CEU Center for EU Enlargement Studies   Central European University   Centre for Euro-Atlantic Integration and Democracy (CEID)

 

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