Executive Director of @house_democracy / proud husband @phaedrachrousos (opinions are my own) 🌻

Washington, DC
Joined May 2009
Great to represent the @house_democracy (HDP) on a panel about peer-to-peer legislative strengthening. Alongside programs like @InterParesEU, and the DEG from @Europarl_EN we showed how collaboration among parliamentarians drives impactful good governance programs worldwide.
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🚀Continuing our efforts to promote responsible AI use in legislatures, we partnered with @ParlAmericas and @popvoxfdn to hold a workshop with Caribbean MPs and staff! 💡Focus: Best practices + simple AI use cases to streamline leg work—especially critical for MPs w/limited staff
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Congratulations to the ⁦@wfpg⁩ for an excellent event celebrating women leaders around the world!
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Last week we hosted a group of senior women military officers of the #PeaceWithWomen Fellowship from @HFXforum. It was inspiring to discuss global security challenges and discuss the vital work we do around the world with these impressive leaders.
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Opening remarks were delivered by: 🔸Derek Luyten, Executive Director, @house_democracy 🔸Alisha Todd, Director General, ParlAmericas 🔸Shlomi Dinar, Dean, Florida International University @FIU Green School of International and Public Affairs #DigitalEconomy
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3 countries, 3 parliaments: finishing up an excellent trip through the Baltics! 🇱🇹🇱🇻🇪🇪
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Really great info here on China's overseas port ownerships... cfr.org/tracker/china-overse… via @CFR_org
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Last Friday was #InternationalDayofDemocracy - I had the pleasure of participating in an online RT organized by Bússola Tech to discuss @house_democracy's work and the importance of multilateralism and legislative strengthening.
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It was a pleasure meeting Mr. Jo Kyung Ho, Chief of Staff to the Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea to discuss opportunities for greater collaboration between our respective institutions 🇰🇷🇺🇸 @RokEmbDC @house_democracy
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It was a pleasure celebrating 30 years of fruitful collaboration at the @GermanyinUSA - the @Marshall_Center is a unique and exceptional institution!
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It’s a pleasure to be part of the EU Visitor’s Program in Brussels and Strasbourg this week to learn more about the EU and how we can strengthen an already great relationship between the U.S. and EU!
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Last week I had the pleasure of meeting w/ @SenatorCardin, @SenatorWicker, @Almagro_OEA2015, @USAmbOAS, and a dozen Perm. Obs. to the @OAS_official to discuss enhanced inter-parliamentary cooperation in the Americas. Many opportunities exist for effective parl. engagement!
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It was a privilege to formally open the Legislative Track of the second #SummitForDemocracy organized by the @house_democracy in close cooperation with @NDI and @IRIglobal. We have convened 48 MPs from 24 countries around the world!
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It was a pleasure meeting with Members of Parliament from #Colombia to discuss opportunities for greater collaboration between @house_democracy and the @AfroComision @ColombiaEmbUSA
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I am in #Kosovo this week working with the legislature on research, archiving, and data management. Considered by some as more “back-end” issues, these are critical to the institution’s accountability and transparency. – at Kosovo
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A powerful moment for all of us while visiting the genocide memorial in Yerevan, Armenia.
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We are very pleased and privileged to officially welcome @Parliament_RM to the House Democracy Partnership. This is a tremendous opportunity for both the U.S. Congress and the Moldovan Parliament to collaborate and learn from one another in a consistent and effective manner. – at Moldova
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