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Westminster Foundation for Democracy
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Westminster Foundation for Democracy
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Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) is the UK public body dedicated to strengthening democracy around the world. For more than 30 years we have actively helped democracies to grow stronger, so that freedom and prosperity can flourish. We help solve problems of democracy so that democracies can address challenges that people face around the world – from climate change to corruption.

自1992年以降,西敏寺民主基金會(Westminster Foundation for Democracy,簡稱WFD)的首要目標一直為協助、支持並鼓勵多元民主實踐及政治機構的和平建立與發展。我們始終相信更為穩健的民主制度是守護人權以及確保永續繁榮穩定的最好方式。

WFD(https://www.wfd.org)是英國的民主援助機構,與世界各地的政黨、議會和公民社會團體合作,建立更為共融、當責和透明的民主制度。WFD提升這些重要民主機構的能力,協助確保其獲得有助於有效運作的制度、知識與技能。WFD也促進更完善的民主程序,凝聚人才與機構,鼓勵攜手合作,運用民主價值及原則,解決具體問題。

Products or services

WFD works to support local leadership, not replace it. Our partners include parliaments, political parties, electoral bodies, civil society organisations and others that are addressing critical policy and governance challenges. Our role is to provide support in a range of ways:

  • analysis and learning based on our own experience and independent research
  • mentoring and knowledge sharing by counterparts in other countries
  • connections with other relevant national and local leaders.

Through the staff in our offices around the world, who are local to the places where we work, we build long-term, trusted relationships that are sensitive to local politics. We work at national and sub-national levels, as well as with territories and regional bodies. Our teams provide reliable support to local partners who will lead the changes that will build democratic resilience.

WFD works to strengthen democracy across the world. Our work focuses on:

Mission

WFD is the UK’s democracy support organisation. For more than 30 years we have actively helped democracies to grow stronger, so that freedom and prosperity can flourish. We help solve problems of democracy so that democracies can address challenges that people face around the world – from climate change to corruption.

We draw on Britain’s long history of addressing democratic challenges at home and on the diversity and dynamism of British society and politics when we engage with partners elsewhere.

We complement this with expertise and experience from other countries and institutions. Political parties and parliaments in the UK are integral to our work, drawing on their domestic and international networks for our programming.

Employee benefits

  • 享有勞健保
  • 享有電信費補助
  • 特休假:20天/ 年 (按比例)
  • 每年有4天心理假
  • 可遠端辦公,每週固定實體會議一次須進辦公室

Work environment

台灣團隊目前有三位正職員工,溝通直接且扁平,日常工作型態有彈性、以人為本,有與亞太區域同事及英國總部交流協作的機會,組織文化多元、深具學習及反思的動能,重視員工發展並且鼓勵員工探索和開發不同職能。

目前辦公室位在台北市區共享辦公室,有固定座位,平均每一季同事會聚餐一次,相當適合喜歡多元文化工作環境的夥伴一起為民主努力。

Tech stack

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FAQ

請問這是一個什麼樣的單位?

西敏寺民主基金會最主要的經費來自英國外交部 (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) 的支持所設立的基金會,於1992在倫敦成立,並於2023年在台灣登記設立為國際非政府組織台灣代表處。WFD旨在支持更公平、更可近且更能問責的民主體制與深化民主價值及民主韌性,目前在全球各地設有約30個辦公室。

WFD was set up in 1992 – on the initiative of all political parties then represented in the UK Houses of Parliament – in response to the wave of democratisation that took place across Eastern Europe and elsewhere. Our purpose: to help build pluralist democratic institutions overseas. After the Cold War, we supported the transition to pluralist democracy – where different ethnic groups, interests and beliefs coexist and cooperate within the political system – in former Soviet Union countries and in Sub-Saharan Africa following transitions from one-party states.

Since then, WFD has expanded both its remit and geographic footprint to become one of the leading democracy assistance organisations globally.