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Ten Years at the Weiser Centers WCEE and WCED celebrate 10th anniversary in 2018-19

NGO Leadership Workshop The NGO Leadership Workshop strengthens civil society in new democracies by providing management training to non-governmental organizations (NGOs).

About WCED The Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies promotes scholarship to better understand the broad historical, political, economic, and societal conditions under which democracies emerge—and autocracies endure.

Student Initiatives WCED offers funding to students who are studying emerging democracies, as well as a workshop for graduate students.

WCED Events We sponsor and co-sponsor lectures, conferences, symposia, briefings, and other events on a regular basis. Visit our Events page to see what’s coming up, or watch video of past events on our Multimedia page.

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The Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies promotes scholarship to better understand the conditions and policies fostering transformations from authoritarian rule to democracy. Initially focusing on transitions in Europe and Eurasia, it will subsequently expand its scope to other emerging democracies across the globe.

Inaugurated in 2008, WCED works in association with the Ronald and Eileen Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia, which is comprised of the Center for European Studies; Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies; and Copernicus Program in Polish Studies.

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