Gender or status does not matter, the important thing is that the people we are looking for have democratic values to inspire others. They may have gone through difficult situations, but never backed away from the front line of democracy. They have been or are still part of ICLD’s business and all have a personal story to tell us. Get inspired by those champions of local democracy!

Media reports and victim accounts indicate these abuses involve foreign citizens who are kidnapped, sold, trafficked or tricked into accepting jobs in Cambodia.

Register and and join us along with over 400 delegates from 80 countries at the 27th TAFISA World Congress in Portorož, Slovenia, on 8-12 June. Under the theme of "Sport for All in a Changing World", the Congress will represent the main platform for the Global Sport for All Movement to meet, connect, share experience and knowledge, and work together.

Democracies spend more money on health than dictatorships, finds a new study in ifo Schnelldienst. “Comparing countries at the same level of economic development, democratically governed ones spend about 20 to 30 percent more on public healthcare. In contrast, there are no differences between democracies and dictatorships in private health spending,” says ifo researcher Florian Dorn.