12/31/2013
Department of International Affairs - Democratic Progressive Party
The DPP sent a delegation to Cambodia from Dec. 22 to 25, comprising of
party staff from the DPP’s various departments of foreign affairs, women’s
development, communications, policy and the Internet. The DPP met with the
largest opposition party in Cambodia, the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP)
in order to exchange campaign experiences with Cambodia recently holding
elections in July 2013. With CNRP, the DPP conducted a workshop to discuss
issues related to political parties such as campaign, fundraising, training and
policy formulation.
The DPP delegation also met with NGOs in Cambodia in order to share Taiwan’s
democracy experience as well as to gain an understanding of Cambodia’s current
democracy development. In the exchange this time, the DPP delegation to
Cambodia met with representatives from the branch offices of the Friedrich Naumann
Stiftung, the Committee for Free and Fair Elections (COMFREL), Transparency
International, Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC), and
the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO). The delegation also had a
chance to visit Freedom Park, which is the government’s designated area for freedom
of speech and protests in Cambodia.
