Asociatia Pro Democratia (Pro Democracy Association) [www.apd.ro] is a non-governmental, non-profit and non-party affiliated organization established in 1990. It currently has 30 in-country branches in which over 1,000 citizens (members and volunteers) participate to strengthen democracy in Romania by encouraging civic participation. The main areas that the association focuses on are: better relationship between the electorate and its elected representatives, observing the correctness of the electoral process, civic education; citizens’ participation in the process of public policies drafting, the transparency of public institutions and their control by the civil society; and protecting human rights.