Putting Youth and Women at the center of Inclusive Economic Governance in Lesotho
Announcement Democracy Works Foundation Lesotho is implementing a pioneering programme with the aim of assisting the youth and women of the Mountain Kingdom in…
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
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 →
Conversation with Democracy Podcast Episode 7: A South African focus on global efforts to strengthening Legislatures
Victoria Hasson, senior parliamentary advisor at the Westminster Foundation for Democracy, shares her experiences of conducting legislature capacity building and knowledge co-creation workshops in…
Conversation with Democracy Podcast Episode 6: The power of civil society collaboration
Celeste Louw, founder of the Optimystic Bikers against Abuse, speaks of how improved understanding of public participation processes has positively impacted the work of…
Conversation with Democracy Podcast Episode 5: Strategic communication, the key to Legislatures
Martina della Togna, parliamentary communications expert, speaks about communication being at the center of public participation and the importance of legislatures investing in meaningful…
Conversation with Democracy Podcast Episode 4: Bridging the Gap between Communities & Legislatures
Lesego Moore, DWF Project Officer, reflects on his experience of working on the CSPPL project touching on themes such as government gate keeping, civil…
Public participation toolkit: building effective civil society engagement with public officials
Democracy Works Foundation (DWF) has learned and equally shared much knowledge through the project to bridge the gap between civil society organisations (CSOs) and…
Electoral reform in the air: Two new reports chart way forward for South Africa
In 2020, the Constitutional Court declared the Electoral Act unconstitutional because it doesn’t allow for independent candidates to be elected. Now the spirit of…
Conversation with Democracy Podcast Episode 3: Legislatures are the watchdog over “Tax payers” money
Carmen Gopane, Public Participation & Communications Manager in the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature (NCPL), details the role of legislative oversight in addressing service delivery…
Conversation with Democracy Podcast Episode 2: Legislatures as spaces of information sharing
Carmen Gopane, Public Participation & Communications Manager in the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature (NCPL), speaks about the power of information sharing in creating a…
Conversation with Democracy Podcast Episode 1: Governance, Democracy & Human Rights in a time of Covid-19
Nompumelelo Runji, political analyst and Founder of Critical ThinkAR, speaks about how the value of transparency was undermined in decision-making under Covid-19 regulations. She…