Chapter Nine of South Africa’s Constitution creates a number of institutions to support and enhance democracy. The Foundation has supported a number of projects of public institutions.  These include support to the SAHRC for human rights day celebrations, the socio-economic rights report and an inquiry into human rights abuses in farming communities. Support was given to the TRC final report.

The Foundation supported the CGE in lobbying and advocacy activities around the Communal Land Rights Bill. The Foundation
funded the IEC and the SA Civil Society Coalition. The funding to the IEC was to conduct civic education and voter awareness
campaigns to improve the participation of specifically women and youth in rural areas. The SA Civil Society Coalition trained
observers for the election.

The Foundation contributed towards the annual human rights awards, which is an event hosted jointly by the Chapter Nine
Institutions in recognition of outstanding contributions made in the promotion and respect of human rights in various sectors.

The Public Dialogue project is a joint collaboration between the Centre for Conflict Resolution (CCR), the Centre for Policy
Studies (CPS) and the Democracy and Governance Unit of the Human Sciences Research Council. This project aims to provide
a forum for public debate and to stimulate discussion between civil society and government that will strategically and coherently
inform interventions and priorities within the human rights sector. It will also explore concerns related to the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) and civil society in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region more generally.