Association for Democracy Assistance and Human Rights

DEMAS- Association for Democracy Assistance and Human Rights

DEMAS is a Czech organization founded in 2008 which is an amalgamation of 11 NGOs, Including the likes of Amnesty International. DEMAS, and the organizations within focus on supporting democracy and upholding human and civil rights within the Czech republic and international. They state their mission as being "Ready to serve the cause of democracy, human rights and civil society whenever and wherever the need arises." . Funding for DEMAS comes mostly from the Czech Republic government itself, through programs meant to offer funding for NGOs. Such as NED or the National Endowment for Democracy, NED funding is given out by the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs. DEMAS is also funded by the European Union, European Commission, private donors, and other governmental grants and funds.

DEMAS works with other NGOs and groups through both local and international partners to undertake the work of assisting them in their causes. They work to create links between Czech and international organizations, creating a transnational support network for NGOs. Allowing NGOs to work around possible blocking factors in their countries that prevent them from doing their work, additionally DEMAS works to help other organizations obtain funding. They also organize and host seminars and workshops on human and civil rights, and democracy. Working to aid other organizations, create transnational support networks and organize public awareness campaigns make up the actions of DEMAS.

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A really good start, Despite editing troubles you have introduced the topic nicely and this promises to be an interesting entry on an interesting group.Dwebsterbu (talk) 14:52, 17 February 2018 (UTC)