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Democratic Culture.

DEEPENING A CULTURE OF DEMOCRACY

In young democracies, democratic practice is often not embedded in the culture. Historically and traditionally, elements exist but are often not carried across cultures or populations. Investing in democratic culture must be seen as an activity that is always ongoing that is never ‘finished’. Old democracies show us time and again how important it is to continue to invest in democratic culture.

Democracy Works Foundation believes that to strengthen democratic culture, it is essential to invest in critical thinking, dialogues and exchanges of ideas to foster freedom of speech. We believe it is equally important to provide platforms for the open exchange of ideas and to help build a culture of consensus and peaceful settlement of differences. We do so by providing:

  • Platforms for democratic engagement to foster consensus and an exchange of ideas
  • Dialogues to foster cross-sector collaboration
  • Dialogues to foster intergeneration learning and collaboration
  • Content for democracy to feed new thinking on democracy and development.

PROJECTS + ACTIVITIES

Charter Project Africa

The Charter Project Africa is a pan-African project focused on the commitments contained in the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance (ACDEG) – the central African Union policy document to advance democratic governance in African Union member states.The project...

Inclusive Policy Development and Dialogue Programme

Cultivating a culture of inclusive governance through dialogue. Through the Inclusive Policy Development and Dialogue (IPDD) Programme, Democracy Works Foundation and consortium partner Freedom House Southern Africa provide spaces and platforms for multi-stakeholder engagement in the Kingdom of eSwatini. With...

State of Democracy Debates

Democracy Works Foundation organises State of Democracy debates where we seek to unpack challenges to democracy and provide critical thinking to find collective solutions. These debates form part of our outreach and advocacy work and are intended to reach broad local...

Political Cafes

The Political Cafes are dialogue and think-tank events taking place in Johannesburg. These dialogue cafes are aimed to foster dialogue, tackle complex issues, feed progressive thinking, find inspiration, build relations and network.

Lectures

Democracy Works Foundation is regularly asked to give presentations or lectures by partner organisations or clients. This page captures these lectures and dialogues.