Please join The McCain Institute for Conversation & Cocktails on Thursday, July 7, 2016 for a discussion with Democratic Republic of the Congo Program Director Paul Fagan. The event will be held at The McCain Institute office in Washington.
The McCain Institute is working to support the successful conduct of free and fair elections in North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Few countries have suffered like the Congo – from a brutal colonial occupation, to dictatorship, to local warlords, conflict, poverty and disease. National parliamentary and presidential elections have been held successfully only twice in recent years, and provincial elections never.
We believe that democracy – especially at the local level – is essential to bringing better governance to the people of the Congo, which in turn is essential to reversing the cycle of decline that has afflicted the Congo for years.
Conversation & Cocktails is a summer series of guided conversations that offers mid-level professionals the opportunity to network and develop a knowledge base on issues such as human trafficking, authoritarian threats to democracy and rule of law in developing countries.
For more information about this Conversation & Cocktails installment, RSVP here.
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