We Do Democracy are co-founders and Nordic partners of Democracy Fitness Global – a global NGO that wants to bring democracy training to even more people!
Democracy Fitness started as an idea at Folkemødet in 2017: that there was a lack of a training space for democracy where we can feel and strengthen our ability to participate. It became 10 democracy muscles, each with its own 30-minute training program that anyone can do, just as they are – as long as there is a Democracy Fitness trainer to facilitate the training.
The idea has since evolved into something much bigger than we could have imagined at the time.
At We Do Democracy and Democracy Garage, we have spent the last five years dedicated to developing Democracy Fitness into the concept it is today: an international movement for a vibrant and participatory democracy. Every year, we certify hundreds of Democracy Fitness trainers who exercise the democracy muscles of thousands of people around the world.
We have matured the concept and brought Democracy Fitness to new international partners. Over the past year, we have been dedicated to leading the development work and building a new global NGO with partners from three continents, because we believe it can bring Democracy Fitness to even more contexts and people and create catalytic change in everyday democracy.
Democracy Fitness now growing globally also means it has grown beyond the confines of We Do Democracy and into the new global NGO Democracy Fitness Global. Thank you to Robert Bosch Stiftung for supporting the work and to our dedicated partners for contributing to the process: Bureau Burgerberaad, Heinrich Böll Stiftung NRW, Mehr Demokratie, Toronto Public Library and Laere Inc.
We look forward to putting renewed energy into strengthening Democracy Fitness as a partner in the Nordics and bringing it home to the place where it all began.
Are you curious about Democracy Fitness?
Write to demokratifitness@wedodemocracy.dk and read more about Democracy Fitness on our program page.