Global Focus has partnered in the Digital Democracy Initiative (DDI), a programme funded by the Government of Denmark, the European Commission, and the Government of Norway. The DDI aims to strengthen and safeguard inclusive democracy under pressure in the digital age.

Around the globe and against the backdrop of a rapidly digitising world, we witness setbacks for peoples' ability to fully exercise their freedoms of association, assembly, and expression, and civil society actors face increasingly direct restrictions on their digital rights by repressive regimes.

The digital advances have provided new tactics and tools for surveillance, disinformation, and harassment, posing significant challenges sustainable development and to the protection and promotion of human rights.

Simultaneously, digital technologies also present new opportunities for increased participation, access to information, and for coordinating collective civic action. In order to seize these opportunities, and to do it safely and effectively, civil society actors need to seize the tools and skills that can mitigate risks and multiply momentum.

Global Focus contributes the DDI's effort to enable and amplify the use of digital technology among local civil society actors in restrictive contexts in the Majority World and to defend and protect civic space and inclusive democracy by promoting stronger rights-focused policies and standards on digital technologies and improved security provision for civil society.