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Annual Report 2013 1314 ANNUAL REPORT A world consisting of stable democracies respecting equality, human dignity and human rights. Our vision CONTENTS OUR VISION: STABLE DEMOCRACIES PAGE 4 NEW STRATEGY MARKS THE WAY FORWARD PAGE 5 DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE PAGE 7 SOMALIA PAGE 7 KENYA PAGE 9 SOUTH SUDAN PAGE 11 BURMA/MYANMAR PAGE 13 CONCEPT DEVELOPEMENT PAGE 15 FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR BELIEF PAGE 19 THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC PAGE 19 CHILD RIGHTS PAGE 21 A UNIVERSAL CODE OF CONDUCT ON HOLY SITES PAGE 23 US FOUNDATION PAGE 26 ADVISORY BOARD PAGE 27 STAFF PAGE 28 BOARD OF DIRECTORS PAGE 30 BOARD OF TRUSTEES PAGE 31 INCOME AND EXPENDURE PAGE 32 PARTNERS PAGE 33 SPONSORS PAGE 34 3 OUR VISION: STABLE DEMOCRACIES 2013 has been a year for enlarging We also participate in a project aiming to improve and strengthening the Oslo protection of holy sites, and promote inter-religious Center’s Democracy Assistance trust and reconciliation. Program. Our vision is a world consisting of stable democracies When I founded the Oslo Center in 2006 together respecting equality, human dignity with my colleague Einar Steensnæs, it was difficult to and human rights. foresee how the center would develop. I am pleased to observe that the Oslo Center now is well established The Oslo Center has developed its role as an and that there is a growing interest in our assistance. independent, non-partisan democracy assistance We are grateful for the support we receive from the center assisting fragile states and vulnerable Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as well as from democracies in strengthening democratic political private sponsors. institutions and processes. In this annual report, you can read more about our democracy projects and I want to thank our international partners, our activities in several countries. members of the Board of Directors and the Board of Trustees, all of whom are of crucial importance to Human rights issues are seen as an integral part our work. of our democracy assistance program. In addition, the Oslo Center is engaged in specialized human rights projects, such as the Child Rights project in Kenya and Freedom of Religion or Belief in Mr. Kjell Magne Bondevik Kyrgyzstan. President of the Oslo Center 4 NEW STRATEGY MARKS THE WAY FORWARD In 2013, the Oslo Center developed In Kenya, the Oslo Center has continued to provide a new Strategy for 2013 – 2017. assistance to the political institutions at national and The Strategy strengthens the county level. A pilot project on Juvenile Justice has Center’s focus on providing been established in Kisumu. democracy assistance to fragile states and vulnerable The Oslo Center has been working in close democracies through dialogue. The work is based on partnership with our main international democracy the Oslo Center’s extensive leadership experience, assistance partners – the International IDEA and the its staff with diverse professional backgrounds, National Democratic Institute (NDI). The Oslo Center and our access to political leaders, governments US Foundation continues to be an important partner and grassroots organizations. As an independent in the USA. organization, the Oslo Center can play a role that might be difficult for state authorities to fill. A major achievement was the publication of the Political Party Dialogue: A Facilitator’s Guide, The main countries in the Oslo Center’s projects published in co-operation with the Netherlands are Somalia, Kenya, South Sudan, Burma/Myanmar Institute for Multiparty Democracy and International and Kyrgyzstan. We have established a field office IDEA. in Somalia with a project coordinator based in Mogadishu. In this way, the Oslo Center strengthens We are delighted to thank our sponsors for all support its support to the parliament and its legislative work, provided for the Oslo Center’s work in 2013. We will and its assistance with the establishment of political continue to strengthen our position as an independent parties. Both in Burma/Myanmar and in South and professional democracy assistance center. Sudan we have been able to assist in youth dialogue across ethnic and religious divides. Ms. Tove Strand Chairman of the Board 5 6 DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE SOMALIA After the inauguration of Somalia’s new government political parties. The group has hosted several and parliament in 2012, the state institutions began meetings with the political leaders to inform them their work of identifying their role and responsibility, about their views on the coming legislation, to help jointly listing legislative priorities, and developing time to realize the multi-party system in accordance with schedules. The implementation of this work plan has the constitution. met with varying success: much has depended on the leadership and its ability to unify the members In addition, the Oslo Center has been involved in of the state institutions. supporting the development of legislation to facilitate a multi-party system and later an election. The Oslo The parliament created 15 committees with targeted Center has worked in close contact with the institutions responsibility for issues of great importance for the working to realize this system, and has provided nation. The Oslo Center supported their work by them with comparative experiences and practical providing a secondment program. Local technical solutions, to facilitate discussion in parliament and advisers were assigned to support the preparatory other venues. work in terms of planning, and the implementation of the work plan agreed upon. To be able to better support Somalia, the Oslo Center has established a field office in Mogadishu in an At the end of October 2013, the Prime Minister was area close to Villa Somalia. The office has been removed from his post, which led to the resignation developed to become an information hub where of the cabinet in accordance with the constitution. the partners and the public can host meetings and This lead to a period of vacuum due to the absence discussions on issues of great relevance to democracy of a key figure in the Somali structure. In December and the ongoing processes. The office has been 2013, a new Prime Minister was appointed by running since January 2014 and will be the the President and approved by parliament. Hon. prime location for the Oslo Center’s activities in Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed then started to form his Mogadishu. government and presented the cabinet, expanded from 10 to 25 ministers and 25 assistant ministers in The Oslo Center will continue to support the Somali January 2014, and the new government was sworn process by providing technical advice to the government, in and started its duties immediately. parliament and civil society, responding to requests from Somali stakeholders. The Oslo Center is planning Throughout the year of 2013, the Oslo Center has to establish monthly thematic meetings on issues continued its work with the aspiring political parties related to democracy, joint technical meetings for in Somalia and hosted several workshops resulting the secondees, and to increase its direct advisory in joint statements regarding the upcoming political support to the state institutions with a mandate to party registration process and the legislation for develop the multi-party system. 7 8 SOUTH SUDAN The Oslo Center’s main focus in South Sudan is Office of the President, the National Constitutional youth participation. For democracy to take root in Review Commission, the Peace and Reconciliation the country, we believe the youth need to be included Committee and UNMISS. In summary, the signals and engaged in political processes. from all stakeholders were positive and encouraging as to the need to continue the dialogue forums. Since 2012 the Oslo Center has worked to develop a permanent dialogue forum for young people in South The Oslo Center has also had meetings and Sudan. In March 2013 we conducted a Youth Dialogue consultations with several of the most important Conference in Juba with the aim of establishing actors within the constitutional review process, the National Youth Dialogue Forum. The three-day from the President of the republic to the grassroots conference gathered 28 young people from all the of civil society, in order to press for broader states of South Sudan and produced a resolution inclusion and widespread consultation in the on the challenging situation for young people in the review process. country. The Oslo Center has had meetings with the National In the autumn 2013, state-level youth dialogue Committee for Healing, Peace and Reconciliation forums have been held in Jonglei and Eastern about the framework and process for a national Equatoria. Two representatives from each of the agenda for peace and reconciliation in South Sudan. counties of the states, and representatives of all the tribes, attended the workshops. The dialogue The outbreak of armed conflict between the forums were the first of their kind for young people Government and the main opposition group in in the states and saw immediate results in terms of December 2013 is a discouraging development in dialogue among traditionally segregated groups. The South Sudan. The Oslo Center, and the international report and resolutions from the forums have been community, encourage the parties to resolve the presented to the Ministry of Youth and Sports, the political differences through dialogue. 9 10 KENYA Kenya held its first election under the new Constitution newly-introduced six party lists, using a proportional in March 2013. For the first time six elections were system in Kenya for the very first time. The Oslo to be conducted on the same day, which presented Center has also assisted in the development of the a significant logistical challenge for all involved. On campaign financing legislation which was approved the election day Kenyans turned out in huge numbers by Parliament in December. and peacefully cast their votes late into the night. The election result was disputed but the electoral In partnership with the ORPP and with the National violence experienced after the disputed election in Democratic Institute (NDI) the Oslo Center has 2007 was not repeated.
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