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Our mission is to strengthen democracy by improving governance and scrutiny. Everything we do is rooted in that purpose. To help us learn, grow, and meet that mission we are developing four strategic areas of enquiry. They help us to explore and respond to some of the biggest opportunities and challenges facing democracy today.
Exploring how democracy can remain legitimate, participatory and resilient in a changing world, and what that means for local, regional and place-based governance.
How can democracy adapt and endure in the face of social, digital and ecological change?
Exploring and understanding the factors and conditions that enable democratic leadership to grow and develop in a changing world.
What support, practical skills, confidence, relationships, and institutional conditions do elected members and officers need to work effectively in increasingly complex and demanding environments?
Exploring how governance, accountability, and democratic connection can be designed across places and systems, not just within single institutions.
How can we govern across places, not just within institutions?
How can councils build governance frameworks that embody relationships, trust and shared accountability, not just rules and processes?
Exploring what robust, transparent, and trusted governance looks like in complex or changing contexts, including the relationship between formal assurance, standards, culture, and scrutiny.
How can councils build cultures of shared responsibility for governance risk and resilience?
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