Center for the Study of Democracy (Bulgaria)

The Center for the Study of Democracy, or CSD, is a European-based public policy institute dedicated to the values of democracy and market economy. The institute is an independent, non-partisan organization fostering the reform process through impact on policy and civil society.

Objectives

CSD's objectives are to:

Provide an enhanced institutional and policy capacity for a successful European integration process, especially in the area of justice and home affairs;
Promote institutional reform and the practical implementation of democratic values in legal and economic practice;
Monitor public attitudes and serve as a watchdog of the institutional reform process.

Founded in late 1989 with the official goal of building bridges between scholars and policy-makers, the institute's work over the years has grown to include policy development and has made inroads into several areas traditionally perceived as the inviolable public property, such as anti-corruption institutional reform and national security. It has had its research cited by major publications such as The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.