The Venice Commission and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania organised the 3nd Intercultural Workshop on Democracy “Political parties – key factors in the political development of democratic societies” on 18-19 October 2013.

This event brought together representatives of national parliaments and academics from Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Tunisia and Yemen who exchanged their experiences on international standards and national legislation and practice in the field of political parties. Among other issues, they compared the approaches used in funding of political parties, their financing and political parties and elections.

This seminar was organised thanks to contributions from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania, OSCE/ODIHR and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway.