We live in a time when a number of major societal challenges call for close collaboration and participatory solutions between systems and citizens. The demand for broad efforts to strengthen democratic innovation and new forms of participation is a growing market. We Do Democracy is one of the country’s leading consulting companies in the field and has chosen to strengthen the management and thus the momentum of the organization by hiring Ziga Friberg as Managing Director.
Ziga Friberg has most recently been head of the Red Cross with responsibility for strategic civil society initiatives for more than 12 years, where she has built the Red Cross’ efforts in this area from scratch. Ziga comes with solid experience in driving complex change projects on a broad societal level, has a strong organizational understanding and works both strategically and operationally with political and societal agendas.
“At We Do Democracy, we have played a central role in building the demand for consultancy in democratic participatory processes and innovation. In just five years, we’ve grown from the kitchen table to running a medium-sized consultancy that has conducted over 15 major citizen gatherings, established the Democracy Garage and are lead advisors in deliberative democracy in Denmark and the Nordics. We are incredibly excited to add Ziga’s strong organizational and strategic competencies to drive the company forward to the next phase with a focus on both a national and international leading position in democracy consulting” says Zakia Elvang, Managing Partner and Advisor.
Ziga holds a Master’s degree in Educational Psychology from Aarhus University and as Managing Director of We Do Democracy, she will have a special focus on the organization, strategies and partnerships and help lead We Do Democracy’s further strategic initiatives, capacity building and external relations. Ziga will join the management team together with Zakia Elvang Elvang as Managing Partner and Advisor and Johan Galster as Partner in We Do Democracy and CEO of Demokrati Garage Aps.
You can contact Ziga at ziga@wedodemocracy.dk and by phone at 31152721.