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(From The Slovak Spectator)
AFTER decades of living under the repressive regime of Saddam Hussein, Iraqis now face the challenge of building a functioning democracy.
The Slovak branch of the International Republican Institute (IRI), based in Washington, DC, is one of an array of international groups that works with Iraqis to define their future with active participation from their side.
In cooperation with the Pontis Foundation in Slovakia, IRI devised the Young Iraqi Leader programme in 2004.
Iraqi representatives from political and non-governmental organisations are being invited to Slovakia to study the countrys recent shift to democracy.
"The political leadership in this country has a lot to offer to the leadership in Iraq, because the transition from the authoritarian to the democratic system is so recent here.
Nevertheless, the two countries are very different," said Patrick Egan, the IRIs director of the regional programme for Central and Eastern Europe.