Centrist Democrat International
Budget
€500,000
EP Access
1
accredited persons
Staff
4
3.25 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
The Centrist Democrat International is a global, non-governmental organization dedicated to uniting political parties, movements, and leaders from around the world around a shared commitment to democratic governance and the protection of fundamental freedoms. Its mission encompasses the promotion and defense of core democratic values and principles, the safeguarding and advancement of human rights, and the strengthening of the Rule of Law as the foundation of just and inclusive societies. The organisation is composed of political parties with a centre-right orientation and works actively to promote cooperation and coordination among its members. To fulfill its objectives, it convenes Executive Committees, General Assemblies, thematic seminars, working groups, and other platforms for exchange. It also conducts electoral observation missions aimed at supporting free, fair, and transparent elections.
EU Legislative Interests
Regulation establishing a mechanism to strengthen the Rule of Law in the EU (Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation). EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy. European Democracy Action Plan (EDAP). Regulation on the protection of EU elections from foreign interference and related measures on political advertising transparency. EU Guidelines for Election Observation Missions and electoral assistance (coherentes con las misiones de observación de la organización). EU Enlargement Policy – Annual Country Reports (Western Balkans, Eastern Partnership). European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP). EU Humanitarian Aid Policy when linked to governance and stabilization priorities.
Communication Activities
The IDC-CDI regularly holds meetings in EU member states and abroad. For example, we hold executive committees (3 yearly), and general assembly once a year. During these events, we also hold seminars and events are organized, inviting members of the European Parliament as well as high officials of the European Commission and European Council to address specific topics such as democracy, human rights, women, youth, and the rule of law. During the statutory meetings of our organization, we approve resolutions which can influence decision makers on the national level and internationally as the EU.
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
The IDC-CDI is a member of the European People’s Party (EPP) (https://www.epp.eu), the Christian Democrat Organization of America (ODCA) (https://www.odca.org.mx), and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) (https://www.ndi.org). The IDC-CDI does not act as a sponsor; however, it occasionally has co-sponsors for specific events or seminars, such as the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (https://www.kas.de/en) and the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies (Martens Centre) (https://www.martenscentre.eu).
Organisation Members
LIST OF MEMBER PARTIES OF THE IDC-CDI: ANGOLA UNION NACIONAL PARA LA INDEPENDENCIA TOTAL DE ANGOLA (UNITA) ARGELIA RASSEMBLEMENT NATIONAL DEMOCRATIQUE (RND) BOTSWANA BOTSWANA NATIONAL FRONT (BNF) BURKINA FASO UNION POUR LA REPUBLIQUE (UPR) CAPE VERDE MOVIMIENTO PARA A DEMOCRACIA (MpD) CONGO (Democratic Rep.) MOUVEMENT DE LIBERATION DU CONGO (MLC) IVORY COAST RASSEMBLEMENT DES REPUBLICAINS (RHDP) GABON PARTI DEMOCRATIQUE GABONAIS (PDG) GUINEA BISSAU PARTIDO DA RENOVAçAO SOCIAL (PRS) EQUATORIAL GUINEA PARTIDO UNION POPULAR (PUP) EQUATORIAL GUINEA ACCION POPULAR DE GUINEA POPULAR (APGE) GUINEA-CONAKRI PARTI DE L'ESPOIR POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT NATIONAL (PE.D.N.) KENYA WIPER DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT KENYA (WDM-K) MADAGASCAR MALAGASY MIARA-MIAINGA (MMM) MALAWI MALAWI CONGRESS PARTY (MCP) MALI UNION POUR LA REPUBLIQUE ET LA DEMOCRATIE (URD) MOROCCO L'ISTIQLAL MAURITANIA UNION POUR LA DÉMOCRATIE ET LE PROGRÈS (UDP) MAURITANIA UNION POUR LA REPUBLIQUE (UPR) MAURITANIA "PARTI REPUBLICAIN DEMOCRATIQUE ET SOCIAL (PRDS)" MOZAMBIQUE RENAMO - MOZAMBIQUE (MNR) MOZAMBIQUE MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRATICO DE MOçAMBIQUE (MDM) REPUBLIC OF MAURITIUS PARTI MAURICIEN SOCIAL DEMOCRATE (PMSD) SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE ADI-ACçAO DEMOCRATICA INDEPENDENTE (ADI) SENEGAL BLOC DES CENTRISTES-GAÏNDE (B.C.G.) SENEGAL UNION CENTRISTE DU SENEGAL (UCS) TCHAD LE RASSEMBLEMENT NATIONAL DES DEMOCRATES TCHADIENS (RNDT–Le Réveil) UGANDA DEMOCRATIC PARTY (DP) ARGENTINA PARTIDO DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANO (PDC) ARGENTINA PROPUESTA REPUBLICANA (PRO) ARUBA ARUBANSE VOLKSPARTIJ (AVP) BOLIVIA PARTIDO DEMOCRATA CRISTIANO (PDC) BONAIRE BONERIAN PATRIOTIC UNION (BPU) BRAZIL PARTIDO SOCIAL DEMOCRATICO (PSD) BRAZIL PARTIDO DA SOCIAL DEMOCRACIA BRASILEIRA (PSDB) CHILE DEMOCRATAS CHILE PARTIDO DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANO (PDC) CHILE RENOVACION NACIONAL (RN) COLOMBIA PARTIDO CONSERVADOR (PC) COLOMBIA PARTIDO CENTRO DEMOCRATICO (PCD) COLOMBIA NUEVA FUERZA DEMOCRATICA COLOMBIA COLOMBIA JUSTAS LIBRES COSTA RICA PARTIDO UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA (PUSC) CUBA PARTIDO DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANO (PDC) CUBA MOVIMIENTO CRISTIANO "LIBERACION" (MCL) CURACAO NATIONALE VOLKSPARTIJ ECUADOR MOVIMIENTO CREANDO OPORTUNIDADES (CREO) EL SALVADOR PARTIDO DEMOCRATA CRISTIANO (PDC) GUATEMALA DEMOCRACIA CRISTIANA GUATEMALTECA (DCG) HONDURAS PARTIDO NACIONAL (PN) HONDURAS PARTIDO DEMOCRATA CRISTIANO (PDC) MEXICO PARTIDO ACCION NACIONAL (PAN) NICARAGUA PARTIDO CONSERVADOR PANAMA PARTIDO PANAMEÑISTA PANAMA PARTIDO POPULAR (PP) PARAGUAY PARTIDO DEMOCRATA CRISTIANO (PDC) PERU ACCION POPULAR PERU PARTIDO POPULAR CRISTIANO (PPC) PERU DEMOCRACIA CRISTIANA (DC) REPUBLICA DOMINICANA PARTIDO REFORMISTA SOCIAL CRISTIANO (PRSC) REPUBLICA DOMINICANA DOMINICANOS POR EL CAMBIO TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO UNITED NATIONAL CONGRESS URUGUAY PARTIDO DEMOCRATA CRISTIANO (PDC) URUGUAY PARTIDO NACIONAL (PN) VENEZUELA PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO 'COPEI' VENEZUELA PRIMERO JUSTICIA VENEZUELA CONVERGENCIA U.S.A. NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE (NDI) CAMBODIA FUNCINPEC CAMBODIA CAMBODIAN PEOPLE'S PARTY (CPP) PHILIPPINES LAKAS-CMD PHILIPPINES NGA DEMOKRATIKONG PILIPINO (LABAN) INDONESIA PARTAI KEBANGKITAN BANGSA (PKB) TAIWAN R.O.C. THE KUOMINTANG CENTRAL COMMITTEE (KUOMINTANG) ALBANIA DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF ALBANIA (PDSH) GERMANY CHRISTLICH DEMOKRATISCHE UNION (CDU) BELGIUM CHRISTEN_DEMOCRATISCH & VLAAMS (CD&V) BELGIUM LES ENGAGÉS (Nombre actual) CENTRE DEMOCRATE HUMANISTE (CDH) BELARUS BELARUSIAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRAT PARTY(BCDP) BELARUS BELARUSIAN POPULAR FRONT (BPF) CYPRUS DEMOCRATIC RALLY OF CYPRUS (DISY) CROATIA HRVATSKA DEMOKRATSKA ZAJEDNICA (HDZ) SLOVAKIA CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT (KDH) SLOVAKIA ALLIANCE- Magyar Szövetség – Maďarská Aliancia – Hungarian Alliance SLOVENIA NEW SLOVENIA (N.Si) SLOVENIA SLOVENIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY (SDS) SPAIN PARTIDO POPULAR (PP) FRANCE LES REPUBLICAINS. GEORGIA EUROPEAN GEORGIA-MOVEMENT FOR LIBERTY GREECE NEA DEMOKRATIA (ND) HUNGARY ALLIANCE OF YOUNG DEMOCRATS-HUNGARIAN CIVIC PARTY (FIDESZ) HUNGARY CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S PARTY (KDNP) ITALY CRISTIANI DEMOCRATICI UNITI (UDC) ITALY MOVIMENTO ASSOCIATIVO ITALIANI ALL´ESTERO (MAIE) KOSOVO LIDHJA DEMOKRATIKE E KOSOVËS (LDK) LITHUANIA LITHUANIAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRAT PARTY (LKD) MONTENEGRO EUROPE NOW MOVEMENT! NORTH MACEDONIA PARTY FOR MACEDONIAN NATIONAL UNITY (VMRO-DPMNE) MALT PARTIT NAZZJONALISTA (PN) PORTUGAL PARTIDO SOCIAL DEMÓCRATA (PSD) CZECH REPUBLIC CHRISTIAN DEMOCRAT UNION / CZECH PEOPLE'S PARTY (KDU-CSL) ROMANIA HUNGARIAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT FROM ROMANIA (RMKDM) ROMANIA DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE OF HUNGARIANS IN ROMANIA(RMDSZ) (UDMR) ROMANIA PARTIDUL NATIONAL LIBERAL (PNL) SAN MARINO PARTITO DEMOCRATICO CRISTIANO SANMARINESE (PDCS) SERBIA ALLIANCE OF VOJVODINA HUNGARIANS (VMSZ) SWEDEN KRISTDEMOKRATERNA ( Kd) UKRAINE PARTY OF HUNGARIANS OF UKRAINE (KMKSZ) UKRAINE BATKIVSCHCHYNA PARTY ARMENIA REPUBLICAN PARTY OF ARMENIA (REP P) ARMENIA HERITAGE PARTY AZERBAIJAN NEW AZERBAIJAN PARTY (NAP) BANGLADESH BANGLADESH NATIONALIST PARTY (BNP) LEBANON UNION CHRETIENNE DEMOCRATE LIBANAISE (UCDL) LEBANON THE KATAEB PARTY - Lebanese Social Democratic Party (LSDP)
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.