Conducting oversight and promoting public participation during the COVID-19 Pandemic
The declaration of a state of national disaster over the COVID-19 pandemic by President Cyril Ramaphosa on 15 March 2020 brings new laws into…
Strengthening Institutions
Democracy Works Foundation seeks to strengthen democratic developmental states we focus on the following institutions:
The Executive: enhancing capacity for effective democratic governance
The Legislature: strengthening oversight capacity
Civil Society: building capacity for service delivery support, oversight and its watch-dog function
Political Parties: enhancing internal party democracy and democratic leadership for a New Politic
Extra-parliamentary Institutions – also known as Chapter 9 institutions in South Africa: assisting their capacity to fulfill their respective mandates.
Current Projects
Political Parties and Elections Support →
CSO Capacity Building for Credible Local Elections →
Malawi Parliamentary Support Program →
The Southern African Political Parties and Dialogue (SAPP&D) Programme →
Putting Women and Youth at the Center of Economic Governance →
Past Projects
The Civil Society Participation in Provincial Legislatures (CSPPL) Programme →
Zambian Political Parties Undergo Strategic Planning Training
Democracy Works Foundation (DWF) Zambia hosted four political parties in a two-day workshop to enhance their skills and knowledge on facilitating a strategic planning…
Power of Provincial Parliaments
Provincial Parliaments are critically important to South Africa’s democracy. As vehicles for public participation, they provide opportunities for oversight, accountability, and transparency on issues that affect our lives. During the month of…
Major achievements recorded by SACSPPL and CSO partners in 2019
The close of 2019 also concluded year two of the Democracy Works Foundation (DWF)’s project to support improved engagement between provincial legislatures and marginalised…
Civil Society Participation in Provincial Legislatures’ visit to Limpopo
Limpopo visit: meeting with Civil Society Organisations and the Limpopo Legislature The Civil Society in Provincial Legislatures’ (CSPPL) Team visited the Limpopo Province…
MALAWI YOUTH MANIFESTO – 2019
With over 60 percent of Malawi’s population being young people, it is evident that that almost all social and economic ills facing Malawi today…
MALAWI WOMEN’S MANIFESTO – 2019
The Malawi Women’s Manifesto is a political tool for advocacy developed by the Women’s Manifesto Movement (WOMAN). The movement is composed of diverse organisations…
Introducing the Civil Society Participation in Provincial Legislature Programme
Democracy Works Foundation in partnership with the Westminster Foundation for Democracy are the implementing partners in a three-year programme called, Civil Society Participation in…
Launch of DWF’s Civil Society Participation in Provincial Legislatures Programme
Democracy Works Foundation (DWF) is proud to announce its partnership with the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) on a new provincial programme funded by…