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| The Community of Democracies | |
The ISC/CD is the recognized representative of civil society in the Community of Democracies process. Through regular interaction with member governments, participation in CD Working Groups, and support for the implementation of reforms to make the CD more effective, the ISC/CD plays an essential role in the functioning of the Community. Click here to read the MOU of the CD about the role of civil society Civil Society Recommendations for the Ulaanbaatar Declaration |
 Report on CD Working Groups at the July 2010 High Level Democracy Meeting in Krakow, Poland |
| Global Civil Society Networking | |
To strengthen the voice of global civil society within the Community of Democracies, the ISC/CD is constantly striving to widen its network of civil society leaders around the world. The ISC/CD is currently engaged in a second series of regional civil society roundtables, which identify regional issues facing democracy and human rights and develop recommendations to the Community of Democracies governments.
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 Participants in the February 2010 Pretoria Civil Society Roundtable on Democracy in Africa |
| Democracy Education | |
Through a series of three workshops, the ISC/CD developed the Global Strategic Plan for Democracy Education. In partnership with educational and policy experts, these meetings identified the needs of an educational system that recognizes a citizen's understanding of his or her democratic system as essential to the survival of that system. Education for democracy continues to be among the most important issues promoted by the ISC/CD in the Community of Democracies and within individual countries. |
 The September 2008 Workshop on Implementing the Global Strategic Plan for Democracy Education, held at the Pocantico Conference Center of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund |
| Statements and Speeches | |
Wherever democracy and human rights are threatened, the ISC/CD recognizes the need for recognition of these challenges and condemnation of efforts to suppress civil society. The ISC/CD issues statements to bring to light the many struggles of democracy activists around the world and calls on governments to take steps to protect the rights of civil society as enshrined in the Warsaw Declaration and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. |
 Morton Halperin speaks at the March 2009 seminar on the impacts of the global economic crisis on democracy promotion, hosted by the Portuguese Foreign Ministry |
