The Democratic Institute
The Democratic Institute (R.A) – Society and Education is an Israeli NGO promoting a Democratic Culture in Israel in order to create a meaningful social change. The Democratic Institute is unique in that it advocates for the advancement of democratic values within all communities that operate within the public sphere.
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Our Vision
We aspire to advance an equal, fair, and growing democratic society, which allows and creates space to express difference and uniqueness; produces opportunities to make an impact; and encourages responsibility among individuals and communities to take action for the common good.
Our Principles
Four basic principles of democracy embrace our work.
The Democratic Institute strives to implement these pillars in a variety of areas and communities in over 500 educational and communal institutions.
Influencing thousands of children, youth, and adults. Our work is in conjunction with governmental offices, local municipalities, and academic institutions in Israel and abroad.
Activity
Innovative leadership training for managers in local authorities
Offering shared leadership development on two levels:
Intra-organizational partnership - Collaboration among managers in the authority.
Extra-organizational partnership - Collaboration with residents in the authority.
"Colors in the Neighborhood"
A programe promoting partnership between residents and the local authority, bringing about changes in the public space through collaborative action between the public and local governance.
"Greenhouses of Activism 60+"
A program that creates tools for the third generation to develop initiatives in groups through activities centered around collaborative projects.
Training
Public Participation
for Authorities
Join us to learn how to effectively utilize collaborative tools and foster connections between stakeholders in both local governance and the public.
Development of managers and senior executives
Professional development involving the creation of belonging, a shared language, and managerial tools that align with the principles of democratic organizational perception.
Pioneer Teachers
The largest educational leadership program in Israel
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"The City's Education Key"
8 Keys
Unveiling and addressing the educational challenges within the municipality.
Educational Development and Training
in Collaboration with the Academy
We specialize in training programs for teachers, principals, and educators in both formal and informal education.
Cultivating Municipal Education
Implementing a unique language
for the public education system,
innovative and beneficial education
for the entire community.
"HaHamama" (Greenhouse) - Empowering Social-Educational Entrepreneurship
at the Kibbutzim Seminar
Bachelor's degree in education
with an emphasis on the development
of creative and activist educational leadership
at the Kibbutzim Seminar College
"Shvilim" (Paths) Program at Kay College
Bachelor's degree in education,
equipping leaders and educators
for groundbreaking teaching
and non-formal education
at Kay Academic College
"Netivim" (Routes) Program at Kay College
Bachelor's degree in education
training Druze young men and women
for educational work in environmental
and geographical areas at Kay Academic College
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Being the largest Israeli NGO that promotes democratic culture, donations to the Democratic Institute are essential for continuing our work in such a large scale.
Certifications
Freedom Centered Workplace Recognition as a based freedom and trust working place by the national organization Worldblu
Public Participation Recognition as an NGO that leads Public Participation by the International Association for Public Participation
News Feed
3 April 2023
By: Lior Tal Sadeh, Co-CEO of the Democratic Institute *The article is about to be published in the book: “#Democratic and Jewish – Creating
27 December 2022
Participation is an old-new solution to human organization. It goes back to thetribal campfire but also moves forward to the burst of technology of
21 September 2022
Efrat Ben Tzvi and Heftsiba Deshen The term community resilience stems from research on communities in a state of emergency—how can a community can
