Minimum Standards for the Democratic Functioning of Political Parties

These Minimum Standards for the Democratic Functioning of Political Parties were developed in response to requests from the Institute’s political party partners in emerging democracies for universally-accepted guiding principles and norms for open and democratic parties. The joint effort to develop such norms and principles culminated in a February 2008 meeting in Brussels where senior officials from the party internationals and other NDI partners together finalized the document.