Online Courses

This document highlights the critical elements of coalition building, such as defining a mission and goals, winning ad hoc support, strengthening organizational competency, and taking action for advocacy. It cites examples from the experiences of Keola, a coalition of Indonesian non-governmental…

This report describes the best practices of building successful political coalitions and examines issues that political parties and other organizations should consider when attempting to build a new coalition or strengthen an existing one. It covers topics such as coalition building, maintenance,…

This guide offers a series of questions that political parties and organizations should think about as they consider joining in coalitions with like-minded parties and organizations. It describes successful and unsuccessful political coalitions, the challenges facing coalitions, and the process…

This issue of the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI) Civic Update newsletter describes NDI's work to support the political activism of people with disabilities. It contains examples of work conducted by NDI in Albania, Bulgaria, Liberia, Malawi, Kosovo, and Iraq.

This manual was developed for an advocacy training session held in Kyrgyzstan. It contains important information on the legislative processes in Kyrgyzstan in order to aid in the planning and carrying out of effective legislative advocacy campaigns.

This manual was developed for an advocacy training session held in Kyrgyzstan. It contains important information on the legislative processes in Kyrgyzstan in order to aid in the planning and carrying out of effective legislative advocacy campaigns.

This paper identifies some of the central characteristics of bicameral and unicameral legislatures and offers evidence as to why countries may have chosen one model over the other. It also provides information on other legislative structures and examples of cameral changes.

This guide provides information on how to use the internet for legislative research. It provides a list of search engines and websites on topics related to legislature, general research, budgets, constitutions, international treaties and human rights, ethics, international organizations, and…

This guide provides an introduction to various approaches and techniques for lobbying parliament. It includes an overview of lobbying campaigns, tactics for lobbying individual members of parliament and party caucuses, and guidelines for preparing a written submission to a parliamentary committee.