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Inform, Inspire, Involve
Center
for Civic Education-Pakistan (CCE) is a nonprofit
organization that functions as an independent research, civic
education, training and advocacy body. The CCE provokes creative
ways of thinking and promotes tolerance for dissenting
viewpoints to tackle the problems emanating from the
transformation in the Pakistani society and its changing norms
and values. The mission of the Center for Civic Education
Pakistan is to empower the individual by promoting values of
responsible citizenship and principles of democracy in Pakistan.
The main aim
of the CCE is to cultivate and nurture civic culture, civic
courage and values of freedom, tolerance, peace, rule of law and
democracy to strengthen civil society. For this the CCE conducts
civic education, facilitates democratic dialogue, arranges
trainings, and runs advocacy campaigns besides undertaking
research on issues that shape our social, political and economic
future. The CCE critically examines existing socio-economic
policies and suggests alternatives besides monitoring democratic
developments to make Pakistani democracy inclusive and
meaningful.
In its work the CCE targets a cross section of society
particularly the politicians, the parliamentarians, lawyers,
doctors, engineers, entrepreneurs, industrialists, businessmen,
agriculturists, academia, intellectuals, journalists, youth,
students, women, minorities and civic activists to promote
active citizenship with realization of civic and economic
rights.
The work of
Centre for Civic Education-Pakistan has been supported by
National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI),
National Endowment for Democracy (NED), European Initiative for
Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR), International Institute for
Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) and Center for Civic
Education, United States of America. The Centre for Civic
Education Pakistan is part of CIVITAS International and World
Movement for Democracy (WMD). |
