West African Democracy Solidarity Network CDD Ghana (2022-2024) West African Democracy Solidarity Network CDD Ghana (2022-2024) The overall objective of the program is to mobilize, coordinate, and leverage the collective power of pro-democracy actors, resources, and opportunities within the region, including engagements with regional bodies and instruments, to push back democratic erosion and advance, defend, and reinvigorate democratic norms and reforms in the Sub-region. In order to achieve this CDD-Ghana has proposed the following five specific objectives:

1) Establish a transnational network to mobilize and strengthen cooperation, solidarity, and knowledge-sharing among diverse prodemocracy civil society organizations and other civic actors and voices in the countries of West Africa 

2) Produce knowledge to support evidence-driven pro-democracy advocacy and activism in the region [WADEMOS Knowledge Hub].

3) Promote region-wide awareness and compliance with the ECOWAS Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance as well as other democracy-relevant regional/international instruments and obligations. 
 
4) Mobilize and harness creative talents (artists, poets, musicians, comedians/satirists, cartoonists, social media influencers, etc.), and creative resources to use their craft to promote democratic norms and values within the region [DEMOCrATIVES]. 

5) Strengthen and enhance the status and visibility of young women in governance and democratic projects in the Region, including in civil society leadership and activism [WADEMOS NextGen]. Projektets övergripande mål är att mobilisera och samordna demokratiska aktörer för att vända den negativa utvecklingen och verka för att demokratiska normer och reformer i regionen försvaras och återupplivas. Engagemang med regionala organ och instrument kommer utgöra en viktig del i det arbetet.

Det föreslagna projektet har fem huvudmål: 1) Etablera ett transnationellt nätverk för att mobilisera och stärka samarbete, solidaritet och kunskapsdelning mellan civilsamhällesorganisationer, aktörer och röster i Västafrika 2) Främja opinion- och aktivism till gagn för demokrati i regionen genom kunskapsproduktion och kunskapsdelning 3) Främja allmänhetens kunskap kring regionala aktörers arbete med ECOWAS-protokollet om demokrati och gott styre, samt andra relevanta regionala/internationella instrument och åtaganden 4) Mobilisera kreativa personer (konstnärer, poeter, musiker, komiker, serietecknare, influencers etc.) inom regionen, och utbilda nästa generations demokratiförespråkare. Inom samma mål ingår även stöd till demokratiinriktade rörelser ledda av kvinnor och unga 5) Stärka och förbättra unga kvinnors status och synlighet i demokratiprojekt i regionen. The overall objective of the program is to mobilize, coordinate, and leverage the collective power of pro-democracy actors, resources, and opportunities within the region, including engagements with regional bodies and instruments, to push back democratic erosion and advance, defend, and reinvigorate democratic norms and reforms in the Sub-region. In order to achieve this CDD-Ghana has proposed the following five specific objectives:

1) Establish a transnational network to mobilize and strengthen cooperation, solidarity, and knowledge-sharing among diverse prodemocracy civil society organizations and other civic actors and voices in the countries of West Africa 

2) Produce knowledge to support evidence-driven pro-democracy advocacy and activism in the region [WADEMOS Knowledge Hub].

3) Promote region-wide awareness and compliance with the ECOWAS Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance as well as other democracy-relevant regional/international instruments and obligations. 
 
4) Mobilize and harness creative talents (artists, poets, musicians, comedians/satirists, cartoonists, social media influencers, etc.), and creative resources to use their craft to promote democratic norms and values within the region [DEMOCrATIVES]. 

5) Strengthen and enhance the status and visibility of young women in governance and democratic projects in the Region, including in civil society leadership and activism [WADEMOS NextGen].

The following outcomes are expected to be achieved from the implementation of the program:

•A strengthened WADEMOS relationship with ECOWAS on the compliance of the Protocol on democracy and good governance.

•Creation of, and a sustained activism by young people, women, voluntary groups and the creative industry in defense of democracy and the ECOWAS protocol on democracy and governance.

•Strengthened cooperation and coordination among diverse CSOs in the Region to protect democratic norms and values.

•Enhanced evidence-informed advocacy and activism to counter push back on democratic backsliding.