Citizen Engagement Program
About this program
Purpose: To accompany citizens and communities to achieve their full human potential through creating, facilitating and fostering spaces for critical dialogue and change.
Why?
To activate, educate and mobilise citizens in order to become active co-participants in the creation and accomplishment of their own development agenda.
How?
- Hosting public dialogues around critical issues of governance, accountability, social and economic justice, and nation building
- Empowering and accompanying communities through capacity building workshops to support, capacitate and mentor those we work with
- Producing educational materials that can be distributed to communities to inform and educate them about critical issues of active citizenship
- Building partnerships with community radio stations in order to increase the reach of our educational programmes to remote and marginalised areas
July 17, 2019
As 24 countries across Africa will be holding elections this year, the Democracy Development Programme in partnership with Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and My Vote Counts hosted […]
May 16, 2019
By: Sthabiso Mdledle and Nosipho Luthuli The Democracy Development Program hosted its 3rd Annual Youth Indaba on Wednesday to Thursday June 14-15 at the Diakonia Centre […]
May 16, 2019
DDP convened a book launch on transformation: “What is transformation in contemporary South African higher education? how can it be facilitated through research and pedagogic practices? […]
May 14, 2019
By Sphesihle Masondo – As the local government elections get close, the competition between political parties to win the hearts and votes of citizens becomes stronger. […]
May 14, 2019
By Sthabiso Mdledle – This initiative was a multi stakeholder initiative which sought to combine practical learning elements and conversational engagement. The Lindelani Youth Forum (LYF) […]
May 14, 2019
By Sthabiso Mdledle – Respected political analyst Aubrey Matshiqi has blamed the African National Congress (ANC) for the chaos and violence in parliament. This emerged last […]
May 14, 2019
The Folweni community Dialogue took place at the Folweni Community Resources Centre (FCRC) on 20 March 2017. This dialogue focused on the various issues that affected […]
May 14, 2019
By Stabiso Mdledle – The DDP (Democracy Development Program) and ASONET (African Solidarity Network) in partnership with other women organisations held a women’s dialogue at the […]
May 14, 2019
By Sthabiso Mdledle – The Democracy Development Program in partnership with the KwaZulu-Natal Economic Council hosted a forum on South Africa’s contentious topic: Radical Economic Transformation […]
May 14, 2019
By: Sthabiso Mdledle –“On average, one in five South African women older than 18 has experienced physical violence, but the picture of gender-based attacks varies according […]
May 14, 2019
By Nosipho Luthuli – The Democracy Development Program in partnership with the Africa Solidarity Network (ASONET), Urban Future Centre and the Department of Arts and Culture […]
May 14, 2019
The Democracy Development Program held its last political forum for the year at the Diakonia Centre on 06 December. The forum was facilitated by renowned political […]
May 14, 2019
What a start to the year! and a victory for the voice of citizens who made their voices heard in every corner of the country, across […]
May 14, 2019
Democracy Development Program in partnership with the KZN Christian Council convened a meeting with civil society and religious leaders who have an interest in participating in […]
May 14, 2019
By: Sthabiso Mdledle –#SENDME WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR SOUTH AFRICAN CITIZENS AND THE CIVIL SOCIETY – FORUM BY DDP AND DIAKONIA “The best part of […]
May 14, 2019
By: Sthabiso Mdledle –Unpacking the agenda of land for civil society in post-apartheid South Africa. The Democracy Development Program (DDP) hosted a citizen forum at Diakonia […]
May 14, 2019
By: Sthabiso Mdledle – Citizen’s conversation on the chilling phenomenon of Femicide. Democracy Development Program in partnership with Diakonia Council of Churches hosted a very engaging […]
May 14, 2019
Experiences, Insights and Possibilities from Africa and Europe Democracy Development Program held a convention where a panel of eminent international speakers spoke about their experiences of […]
May 14, 2019
“The historic meeting in Dakar Senegal that paved way for a negotiated settlement and democracy in South Africa”. The 1987 film Breaking the Fetters was screened […]