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The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung invites a group of four directors of Non-Governmental Organisations from China, Indonesia, The Philippines and Cambodia to Brussels. Their organisations are dealing with issues of local democracy promotion and development of civil society structures and priorities for the social and political agenda of their countries. The intention of this visit is to create the opportunity of a dialogue between

Representatives, officials and experts of the EU-Institutions in charge of the relations with Asian countries and authentic and highly respected voices of civil society from selected Asian countries on

•The status and perspectives of democratic development in their countries

•The possibilities to promote local participation of the people as an instrument for socio-economic development and poverty alleviation

•The potentials and limits of cooperation between European and Asian Non-State-Actors in democracy promotion and development cooperation