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16 countries share lessons in democracy, good governance
Representatives of 16 countries from Asia, Africa, the Middle East and the Pacific are sharing experiences and best practice in democracy and good governance in a week-long international workshop hosted by the Foreign Ministry
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epresentatives of 16 countries from Asia, Africa, the Middle East and the Pacific are sharing experiences and best practice in democracy and good governance in a week-long international workshop hosted by the Foreign Ministry.
Foreign Minister Retno L.P.Marsudi said the Workshop on Democracy and Innovation in Good Governance held in Jakarta and Bandung from June 7 to 13 was Indonesia's response to technical assistance requests submitted by several developing countries in part of their efforts to improve their good governance capacity.
'I encourage you all to benefit from this forum to exchange constructive thoughts and opinions on the successes and challenges that might emerge in the country's development process,' she said as quoted by Antara news agency at the opening of the workshop attended by 21 participants from the 16 countries, on Monday.
Retno said she was certain that the workshop could provide an opportunity to create a general, but deep illustration of democracy and innovation in good governance in Asia, Africa, the Pacific and the Middle East.
She further said that developing countries must strive to understand the best ways they could take to ensure their ongoing democratic processes could bring positive impacts on their countries and people.
'A question for a country with a 'young age democracy' such as Indonesia is how to make democracy run well, especially how to make democracy useful for its economy and prosperity,' she said in the workshop, held in cooperation with the National Institute of Administration (LAN) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). (ebf)(++++)
