Ivo Leijten

D66

D66 is a party with a strong international character. D66 supports a sustainable, democratic and open society, not only in The Netherlands but worldwide. Human rights and free and fair elections are essential in this global perspective, they constitute the basis for a democratic society. D66 works together with fraternal partners (political parties and civil society organisations) in order to support democratisation processes abroad. This cooperation takes place via the following avenues: * The D66 foundation Internationaal Democratisch Initiatief (IDI) i supports liberal democratic parties and civil society organisations in Central and Eastern Europe and Turkey. *Democratic processes in Africa, Asia and Latin-America are supported by D66 through its involvement in Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy (NIMD) i . *D66 is a member of the European Liberal Democrats (ELDR) *D66 is a member of Liberal International (LI)