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Asia Democracy Research Network Fifth Workshop

2017-08-06

East Asia Institute (EAI) organized and hosted the Asia Democracy Research Network (ADRN) Fifth Workshop in Seoul, South Korea on August 6, 2017. ADRN representatives divided into three separate working groups on corruption, shrinking civic space, and gender inequality to discuss their progress on working papers.

ADRN was launched in 2013 under the EAI’s leadership in order to analyze challenges against democracy in Asia and collaborate on pragmatic research projects that can contribute to democracy promotion and consolidation in the region. Democracy-related research think tanks from thirteen Asian countries, including Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, and Thailand are participating in this network. EAI is currently serving as a secretariat of the ADRN.

Program

14:30 – 14:45	Welcoming Remarks & Introduction Sook Jong Lee, EAI Kaustuv Bandyopadhyay, PRIA
14:45 – 16:00	Monitoring and Evalution Project Managers (PMs) will discuss with each team members on the approach to research projects and major findings. All the ADRN members will share feedback on strengths and weaknesses of research projects. How was the labor divided within each team? What were some difficulties and strengths in conducting research projects in small teams? How did this help or strengthen solidarity-building and institutional cooperation among the ADRN members? Facilitator Sook Jong Lee, EAI
16:00 – 16:30	Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:30	Future Plans What should be our next step? ADRN members discuss freely what output/program should be continued, what should be improved, etc. Housekeeping details will be discussed. Facilitators HyeeJung Suh, EAI; Heekyung Park, EAI
17:30 – 17:40	Wrap-up Sook Jong Lee, EAI Kaustuv Bandyopadhyay, PRIA

Participant

ADRN Members
S.M. Zubair Ali Khan, Manusher Jonno Foundation, Bangladesh
Kaustuv Bandyopadhyay, Participatory Research in Asia, India
Sook Jong Lee, East Asia Institute, South Korea
Tricia Yeoh, Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs, Malaysia
Boldbaatar Sodchimeg, Academy of Political Education, Mongolia
Khine Win, Sandhi Governance Institute, Myanmar
Myat Thu, Yangon School of Political Science, Myanmar
Irfan Mufti, South Asia Partnership Pakistan, Pakistan
Hassan Akbar, Jinnah Institute, Pakistan
Francisco A. Magno, Jesse M. Robredo Institute of Governance, Philippines
Maria Cleofe Gettie Sandoval, INCITEGov, Philippines
Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, Centre for Policy Alternatives, Sri Lanka
Sabrina Esufally, Verité Research, Sri Lanka
Chin-en Wu, Academia Sinica & Asian Barometer, Taiwan
Eric Yu, Taiwan Foundation for Democracy, Taiwan
Thawilwadee Bureekul, King Prajadhipok’s Institute, Thailand

ADRN Coordinators
Young Hwan Shin, East Asia Institute, South Korea
HyeeJung Suh, East Asia Institute, South Korea
Heekyung Park, East Asia Institute, South Korea

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