Objectives and organizational Structure

Centre for the Study of Democracy and Culture (Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, CDK) is an independent, non-profit educational and cultural organisation (think-tank) founded as a civic association in August 1993 in Brno, which continues in the work of some earlier initiatives devoted to the development of independent activities and publishing samizdat magazines before 1989.

Major goal of CDK is development of democratic political culture and highlighting the necessity of Christian values as fundamentals of European civilization. CDK declares its allegiance to liberal and conservative ideas and prefers open, ecumenical approach.

Main activities

• transformation and support of democratisation
• research projects
  
• EU legislation monitoring
• holding seminars and conferences
• journals (Kontexty, Revue Politika a Církevní dějiny) and books publishing
  

Organizational structure

CDK comprises of two institutes: the Institute for Politics and Culture (Institut pro politiku a kulturu, IPK) and the Institute of Christian Studies (Institut křesťanských studií, IKS). In addition to these two institutes, CDK also runs its own DTP studio and publishing house.

The CDK Board is the governing body electing the Chairman and the Director. Members of the Board are, besides the Chairman Petr Fiala and the Director Zdeněk Granát, directors of both institutes - Jiří Hanuš and František Mikš. Board's decisions are carried out by the Executive Director Stanislav Balík.