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TheAfrica Liberal Network (ALN;French:Réseau libéral africain) is an organization composed of 42political parties from 24 countries inAfrica. It is an associated organisation ofLiberal International, the political family to whichliberal democratic parties belong. The ALN serves to promote liberal objectives and principles throughout the continent.
Parties involved in the ALN agree to a policy stating that they: exist to ensure the freedom and dignity of all people through; establishing political and civil rights, ensuring basic freedoms, the rule of law, democratic government based on free and fair elections withpeaceful transition, ensuring religious, gender, and minority rights, fighting corruption, and establishing free market economies.
The network developed from what was originally the Organisation of African Liberal Parties and was established during an initial meeting of parties inMombasa, Kenya, in July 2001. It was formally launched at a subsequent meeting inJohannesburg, South Africa, in June 2003. This meeting adopted theJohannesburg Declaration, committing the parties to core liberal democratic principles. The network is now run from theDemocratic Alliance headquarters inCape Town, South Africa.[1] TheWestminster Foundation for Democracy primarily supports the ALN, and since its inception it has maintained a mutually beneficial relationship with other partners. To ensure sustainability the ALN is seeking to diversify and broaden its support and partnership base to include other institutions.
The Africa Liberal Network's objectives are:
The ALN's projects focus on: coordination and leadership meetings; election/campaign support; policy development; party organisation and development; political education, civic awareness, voter education and registration; joint policy positions; training seminars, workshops; gender and youth mainstreaming; information and Skills exchange through visits, website, bulletin, publications, research.
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