European Endowment for Democracy

{{Short description|European non-governmental organisation}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}

{{Infobox organization

| name = European Endowment for Democracy

| image = EED official logo transparent background.png

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| type = NGO

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| location = Brussels, Belgium

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| origins = Declaration on the Establishment of a European Endowment for Democracy

| area_served = Europe
Worldwide

| owner =

| key_people = Jerzy Pomianowski - Executive Director, David McAllister - Chairperson of Board of Governors

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| founded_date = 2013

| homepage = {{URL|www.democracyendowment.eu}}

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The European Endowment for Democracy is a European non-governmental organisation with the stated purpose of promoting democracy, particularly in the European Neighbourhood, Turkey and the Western Balkans.{{Cite web|title=The European Endowment for Democracy, Two Years On|url=https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/61190|access-date=2020-08-31|website=Carnegie Europe|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=About|url=https://www.democracyendowment.eu/en/about/about-us.html|access-date=2020-08-31|website=European Endowment for Democracy|language=en}} It was established in 2013 following a proposal by the Polish Presidency of the European Council,{{Cite journal|last=Youngs|first=Richard|last2=Brudzinska|first2=Kinga|title=EED in policy briefs: EED - Will it fly?|url=https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/143224/PB_128_EED.pdf|journal=Policy Brief|publisher=FRIDE|number=128, May 2012}}{{Cite book|last=Tabaszewski|first=Robert K.|title=Europejski Fundusz na rzecz Demokracji jako instytucja in statu nascendi|year=2013|isbn=9788363861063|location=Kraków|pages=173|language=pl}}{{Cite journal|last=Sikorski|first=Radosław|title=Fostering Europe's infant democracies|journal=Europe's World|volume=Autumn 2011|pages=50–53}} and receives funding from the European Commission and twenty-three European countries.{{Cite book|url=https://www.democracyendowment.eu/index.php?option=com_attachments&task=download&id=338:EED_AnnualReport_2019_Final_Web|title=Supporting people striving for democracy ANNUAL REPORT 2019|publisher=European Endowment for Democracy|year=2020|pages=53}}

In March 2020, the foundation was labeled as an 'undesirable organization' in Russia.{{cite news|title=Russia Labels European Democracy NGO 'Undesirable'|url=https://themoscowtimes.com/2020/03/11/russia-labels-european-democracy-ngo-undesirable-a69594|access-date=2023-09-02|work=The Moscow Times|date=2020-03-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401043504/https://themoscowtimes.com/2020/03/11/russia-labels-european-democracy-ngo-undesirable-a69594|archive-date=2023-04-01}}