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Democracy News - September 20, 2005

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the recent re-design of the World Movement for
Democracy's Web site (www.wmd.org).

New Features include:

* A New World Movement Logo.
* New Web site navigation and layout.
* A "search box" to search the entire site or, for example, the
archives of the World Movement's monthly e-newsletter, DemocracyNews.
* An online form to subscribe to DemocracyNews.
* Consolidated pages for DemocracyAlerts and for the archives of the Web
site section, "What's Being Done On"

Of course, the Web site still features sections on Regional Networking
(including links to World Movement networks, such as the Africa Democracy
Forum, the Transatlantic Democracy Network, and the World Forum for
Democratization in Asia), and Functional Networking (including the World
Movement's Network of Democracy Research Institutes, Youth Movement for
Democracy, Global Network on Local Governance, and the International
Women's Democracy Network). Resources include a Democracy Research Guide, the World Movement's Assembly Reports, a Funding Database, and a
Democracy and ICT Guide.

The Web site also still features on Online Participants Database (go to
the "Participate!" link at the top of the page). The Database can be
searched by the following fields, among others:

* Participating Organization
* Location of an organization
* Topical focus of work
* Country focus of work
* Regional focus of work
* Type of activity.

We would also like to announce that several new members have joined the
World Movement Steering Committee since the Third Assembly in February
2004. They are:

* Ms. Zainab Bangura (Sierra Leone)
* Mr. Han Dongfang (China)
* Ms. Melinda Quintos de Jesus (The Philippines)
* Mr. Roel von Meijenfeldt (The Netherlands)
* Mr. Ravi Nair (India)
* Ms. Inna Pidluska (Ukraine)
* Ms. Jacqueline Pitanguy (Brazil)

Information about Steering Committee members can also be found on the Web
site (click on the link "About Us").

We hope you will take a moment to visit the re-designed Web site
(www.wmd.org), and we hope you find it useful in your work. Of course, we
always welcome suggestions of new things to include. We would like to
thank our Electronic Resources Librarian, Kristina Lively, for her
assistance.

With best wishes on your continued good work.

Sincerely,

World Movement for Democracy Secretariat

Posted by Evelin at September 23, 2005 12:39 AM
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