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Green budgeting is a novel concept not only for Albania but also for other much developed countries. Green Budgeting consists of tools and instruments of budgetary policy-making to help achieve environmental and climate goals. Similar practices in Albania that have achieved some positive results include the Gender Budgeting.
Albania | Report |
Members of the parliamentary Club for youth questions and youth policies in the Assembly of North Macedonia, visited their colleagues from the youth club in the Albanian parliament, exchanging experiences, sharing practices, and defining youth priorities for future cooperation between the two parliamentary bodies.
We need new approaches and more ambitious efforts to reverse the fifteen-year downward trend in global democracy. WFD wants to contribute to a more coherent and integrated approach to democracy support.
Delivering impactful programmes and policy support is a main goal of WFD’s strategy for 2022-2025. In this article, WFD’s Director of Policy and Programmes and Director of Quality and Innovation set out our ambition.
UK and WFD assist Georgia in enhancing climate action and ambition, strengthening environmental democracy and resilience.
Georgia |
The Kenya Parliament put to use WFD’s Public Debt Management Assessment Toolkit (PDMAT) to enhance its oversight on public debt, identifying crucial reform areas for improved transparency and accountability in financial management.
Kenya |
The first-ever seminar for female MPs in Sierra Leone, facilitated by Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD), united women from different political parties to address national issues impacting women, marking a significant move towards inclusivity and collaborative governance.
As each and every day takes us closer to the 2030 goal of achieving the sustainable development goals, we need policies that can close the inequality gap to be backed up by allocating adequate resources in the budget towards actualising them. Gender-responsive budgeting is part of the way forward.
Spiraling debt can undermine public services, marginalise the vulnerable, and compromise the future of democracy. This blog delves into the critical importance of addressing public debt in a democratic way.
WFD has been partnering with the Parliament of Sierra Leone to strengthen its capacity in different areas around the Open Government Parliament. The institution’s efforts to promote openness, accountability, and participation were recognised in the maiden Africa Open Parliament Index (OPI) report, as the institution ranked among the top in West Africa.
WFD engaged with key stakeholders, including women leaders and democratic institutions, working to support the country’s democratic transition process. From 2018 to 2021, WFD delivered negotiations and peacebuilding workshops and developed links between key leaders preparing the country for a peaceful transition towards a multi-party democracy.
Sudan |
WFD conducted a political economy analysis to understand the dynamics behind the political landscape in Kuwait and identify pathways for change in relation to women’s political leadership.
From 2018-2020, Democracy Works Foundation, in partnership with Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) and with co-funding from the European Union, supported improved engagement between provincial legislatures and communities in the public health and public safety sectors.
WFD worked to ensure governance in Ukraine is inclusive of all groups through its Inclusive and Accountable Politics programme, as well as supporting the parliament to ensure effective legislation.
Ukraine |