One Constitution for All Syrians
The war in Syria continued for 13 years. During this time, the European Center for Kurdish Studies accompanied the political opposition and members of the civil society, offering capacity-building opportunities such as workshops, study trips, and webinars. You can find the results of these activities here.
Our projects addressed the root cause of the conflict — power abuse. Centralized political decision-making and weak local institutions allowed the former regime to act illegitimately and against democratic principles. With our work, we wanted to contribute to a future in which this cannot happen again.
The project “Power Sharing for a United Syria” has ended. However, we will engage with Syria’s political future in form of other projects, for more information, click here.
What's new?
The positive impact of power sharing
participation
Decentralized power and local competences allow a broader part of the society to shape Syria according to their needs and ideas.
trust
Independence of executive, legislative and judicial powers prevent future power abuse and foster trust in the Syrian state.
stability
Recognizing and promoting linguistic, religious and ethnic diversity can stabilize and unite the Syrian society in the long term.
justice
A constitution that entitles people to have a say protects them from repression and discrimination.
Building knowledge and methods of power sharing
Our mission is to build knowledge and methods of power-sharing together with the Syrian opposition and civil society. We support them in drafting a new constitution for a new, democratic Syria. We regularly organize workshops, interview Syrian politicians and activists and provide an advisory board to members of the Syrian Constitutional Committee during the official peace negotiations.