Fundacja Glebokiej Demokracji (Deep Democracy Foundation)

National Network
Poland
Address

pl. Kossaka 3/6 31-106 Krakow
Krakow
Poland

Telephone
48 505 476 964
E-Mail
biuro@deepdemocracy.pl
Organisation Type
Public/Private Non-Profit Foundation
Year of Establishment
2010
Fields of Activity
  1. Democracy and community development
General Information
Deep Democracy Foundation has no employed staff and in the moment we work volountary only. Our resources are small as we are new organization, approximately 8000 for the year 2011. Our founding are private donations and grants for the projects. We do concrete projects, exchange with other organisations, seminars (payed and nonpayed)
Mission and Objectives

Our vision is the creation of a world in which the voice of every human being would be heard and taken into consideration in the decision-making process.
We share promote the idea of Deep Democracy, which is not only a method, but also a way of existing, of making decisions and of personal, relational, family, political and organizational development. A Deeply Democratic approach is the main and fundamental way to realize all the statutory purposes of the Foundation.
THE GOALS of the Foundation:
* 1. Promoting and teaching the idea and practical application of Deep Democracy, as well as involved democracy, building an open civic society, supporting democratic ideas and solving social conflicts.
* 2. Social help, especially helping people who are socially excluded, endangered with exclusion or who have difficulties with social re-adaptation to integrate, re-integrate and join the social fabric.
* 3. Increasing the consciousness and psychological well-being of people coming from marginalised, discriminated and disadvantaged social groups, as well as people from groups that are potentially endangered with marginalisation, discrimination and social exclusion.
* 4. Acting in aid of science, education and upbringing.
* 5. Acting in aid of: the development of self-awareness, the promotion of knowledge about the functioning of human psyche, the dynamics of interpersonal relations, the decreasing of discrimination, the reduction of violence and social pathologies, the increasing of the awareness of deep democracy, also in relation to the richness of psyche and human inner life.
* 6. Promoting and organising voluntary work based on the theory and practical implementation of Deep Democracy.

Main Projects / Activities

Seminars: "DEEP DEMOCRACY AS SUSTAINABLE WAY OF DEALING WITH DISCRIMINATION, MULTICULTURE AND DIVERSITY ISSUES IN ADULTS' LEARNERS GROUP", "HOW TO TEACH ADULTS ABOUT JEWISH HERITAGE, HOLOCAUST, ANTI-SEMITISM AND PERSECUTION OF MINORITIES USING DEEP DEMOCRACY APPROACH" other different seminars about implementation of Deep Democracy idea in different areas.
Grundtvig's and Leonardo partnership projects.
Seminars about post war collective trauma between Polish, German and Jewish people.

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

Sharing our experiences about interculture conflict and collective trauma work with emphasis on deep-democracy approach.

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

To share mutual experiences and to learn from the net-partners about sustainable ways of multiculture approaches.

Contact (1) Full Name
Robert Palusinski
Head of the organisation
Robert Palusinski