MISSION STATEMENT

IRDED mission is to further the promotion of a democratic society, the respect of human rights' principles and rule of law by assisting the government in formulating sound policies and helping to mobilize a social democratic constituency to consolidate the democratic process.

In order to do so, IRDED is aimed to further the whole process of policy making - from agenda entry, through issue refinement, to selection of preferred options and implementation. IRDED is contributing to determination of major strategic policy issues affecting the whole policy making system and to the understanding of issues and mobilization of interest at the level of a particular policy issue. In the widely policy making system, IRDED aims at contributing to all of the process and outcomes embraced in the notion of political learning.

ORGANIZATIONAL BACKGROUND

The Institute on Democracy and Rule of Law (l'Institut de Recherche sur la Démocratie et l'État de Droit) (IRDED) was founded in January 2007. It is an independent, non-profit, non-partisan research and educational organization that promotes policies that further democratic principles, the creation of a free society and the establishment of rule of law in West Africa, particularly in Guinea. The Institute is based in Conakry, Guinea.