The Centre strives to show how dozens of young democracies have made and are making the transition .
Those who set off on this difficult journey from dictatorship to democracy in the future may learn from the successes as well as from the failures .
The Centre strives to show how dozens of young democracies have made and are making the transition , so that those who set off on this difficult journey from dictatorship to democracy in the future may learn from the successes as well as from the failures .