CPA has supported various conferences that engage several political parties in creating common agendas and promote alliances that will strengthen the ability of these parties to participate in the forthcoming political process. The assistance encourages political parties to develop strategies to achieve their goals through the political transition, and to work for the establishment of a government respectful of civil liberties, free economic systems, equal opportunity for women, protection of minorities, and civilian control of the military.
Through USAID and the National Endowment for Democracy, the International Republican Institute and the National Democratic Institute completed an assessment of Iraq?s political parties which identified at least 200 political parties in existence in Iraq. Both IRI and NDI have initiated training for political parties in Hillah, Baghdad, and Tikrit with participants from all over Iraq. The training focuses on the basics of political party development and the role of political parties in a democracy.