Welcome to the DDP

The DDP was initiated in 1993 as a partner project of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation of Germany. For the last 16 years it has been a non-partisan non-profit organisation, supporting capacity building on governance and civil society levels to ensure that both are empowered for meaningful participation in South Africa’s social transformation.

Since its inception DDP has been committed to the promotion of the following principles:
  • Citizen participation & political awareness
  • A culture of human rights & good governance
  • Decentralised and pluralist government

Public Dialogues & Fora: Political forums are aimed at creating a platform for dialogue and debate between leaders, experts, academic and civil society. These debates seek to advocate accountability and public participation.

The Future of the Warwick Early Morning Market

20 May 2009, Arthur Smith Hall, DUT, Smith Street Campus

The DDP hosted a public forum to canvass public opinion on the City of Durban’s plan to replace the Warwick Early Morning Market with a western-style private shopping mall. The meeting was attended by about 600 people, including street and market traders, international representatives of informal traders, trade union representatives, political activists and members of the broader public.
      
Youth Speak Out

Youth Speak Out

Engaging in Democracy and Grasping Opportunity

Raise Your Voice, Share Your Ideas, and Get Involved in Democracy!
Submit your essay on democracy, and get your free ticket to the world’s largest gathering of democracy and human rights activists in Jakarta, Indonesia, in 2010!

The World Youth Movement for Democracy (www.wymd.org), a youth network of the World Movement for Democracy (www.wmd.org), is pleased to announce the launch of its Global Essay Contest. Fifteen winners (3 in each region: Asia, Central/Eastern Europe & Eurasia, Middle East & North Africa, Latin America & Caribbean, and Sub-Saharan Africa) will be invited to participate in the upcoming 6th Assembly of the World Movement for Democracy in Jakarta, Indonesia, in April 2010. For more information on questions and submissions click here.

      
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