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Iraqi NGOs study Slovak democracy.
(From The Slovak Spectator)
Byline: Beata Balogova and Zuzana HabSudova Spectator staff
YOU MIGHT not know it from the mood of the Slovak electorate, but the countrys young democracy contains some important lessons for countries starting out towards democratic revival.
At least, that is the opinion of two young Iraqi NGO workers who visited Slovakia in March and April as part of the Iraqi Civil Society and NGO Leaders Capacity Building Project to absorb the experience of Slovak NGOs with transformation following the fall of the communist regime.
Aehsan, a member of the Reach Society NGO founded by 22 young Iraqi activists, told The Slovak Spectator that NGOs in his country had been ignored until they started supporting charity and working to improve the economic situation.
His colleague Ahmed, a member of the Students Against War NGO, said his government still does not show much understanding for the work of NGOs.
Students Against War was established two years ago by five youth activists in Nassiriyah in southern Iraq to get young people involved in the Iraqi democratization process.
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