Campus Demokratie

Name

Campus Demokratie

Legal name

Stiftung Dialog – Campus Demokratie

Website

https://campusdemokratie.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Campus Demokratie is a Swiss non-profit foundation that coordinates civic education and political participation across all 26 cantons, serving schools, municipalities, youth organizations, and civil society through events, resources, and networks.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civic Education and Political Participation Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (61171), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Civic Education & Community Engagement (Voting, Local Government) (EDAAAFAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Civic Participation & Leadership Development (Voting, Advocacy, Community Leadership) (EDAAADAL)

Keywords

• Civic education
• Political participation
• Democracy networks
• Youth engagement
• Political education

Headquarters

HQ city

Bern

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Foundation Funding and Partnerships: Campus Demokratie is funded as a foundation under Stiftung Dialog – Campus Demokratie, with support from public and private funding partners. The organization receives project-based funding and operates funding partnerships (Förderpartnerschaften) to sustain its coordination, networking, and event activities.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Campus Demokratie, operated under Stiftung Dialog – Campus Demokratie, is a Swiss foundation that functions as a nationwide coordination hub for civic education and political participation. It runs events such as the annual Tag der Demokratie (Democracy Day) on September 15, maintains a democracy network across all 26 Swiss cantons, coordinates the Faktor D democracy network in the German-speaking region, and provides freely accessible educational resources including the ABC der politischen Bildung und Partizipation and the Polit-Typ Test.

Product overview

Campus Demokratie is a Swiss foundation (Stiftung Dialog – Campus Demokratie) that serves as a national coordination hub for civic education and political participation. The organization operates several interconnected programs: the Tag der Demokratie (Democracy Day) annual event, the Faktor D democracy network for collective strategies, the Polit-Typ Test interactive tool, the Forum Politische Bildung annual conference, a comprehensive Demokratie Netzwerk resource catalog/database of Swiss civic education projects, and the ABC educational glossary. Founded in 2015 as an initiative of Stiftung Dialog (which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2024), the organization focuses on making politics accessible and strengthening democratic participation across all Swiss cantons.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Tag der Demokratie (Democracy Day) Annual international event held on September 15 celebrating democracy by coordinating actions and events across Switzerland to promote civic participation and political education.
• Faktor D Democracy network for collective strategies, conducted jointly with Initiative Offene Gesellschaft (Germany) and Demokratie 21 to bundle democratic forces across the German-speaking regions.
• Polit-Typ Test
• Forum Politische Bildung (National Forum for Civic Education)
• Demokratie Netzwerk (Democracy Network Resource Catalog)
• ABC der politischen Bildung und Partizipation

Quantifiable outcome

• 26 cantonal events organized from 2017–2020 to build national network
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Initiative Offene Gesellschaft (Germany)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Together with Initiative Offene Gesellschaft from Germany and Demokratie 21, Campus Demokratie leads the Faktor D (Democracy Network for Collective Strategies) to bundle democratic forces in the German-speaking region (Switzerland, Germany, Austria). This is a key cross-border strategic partnership.
• Demokratie 21coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Together with Initiative Offene Gesellschaft (Germany) and Campus Demokratie, Demokratie 21 forms the Faktor D network to promote collective democratic strategies across the German-speaking region.
• Stiftung Dialog – Campus DemokratiecoreOthers · 21 March 2015Stiftung Dialog is the parent foundation and trustee organization of Campus Demokratie. Founded in 1974 in St. Gallen, Stiftung Dialog has been a pioneer in political education in Switzerland, publishing the youth magazine 'Dialog' until 2017 and organizing the Jugendsession (Youth Session). All 26 cantons are represented on the foundation board, with all Federal Council parties represented. Carol Schafroth has been Managing Director since 2017.
• Swiss Association of Youth Organizations (SAJV)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSAJV is a long-standing partner of Campus Demokratie's parent foundation Stiftung Dialog. Together with SAJV, Stiftung Dialog launched the Jugendsession (Youth Session) in 1991. SAJV continues to organize the annual Jugendsession with young people.
• education21coreStrategic or Co-development Partnereducation21 is the national competence and service center for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in Switzerland. It is a specialized agency of the Swiss Federal Conference of Cantonal Education Directors. education21 supports Campus Demokratie's activities by providing educational resources and funding for school projects.
• Swiss Cantonal Chanceries and Parliamentary ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCampus Demokratie coordinates with cantonal chanceries and parliamentary services across Switzerland for the annual Tag der Demokratie, youth participation initiatives, and the Forum Politische Bildung. The organization maintains ongoing relationships with parliamentary services at federal and cantonal levels.
• PH Zürich (Zurich University of Teacher Education)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRolf Gollob from PH Zürich was a key contributor to developing the concepts for Campus Demokratie at its launch in 2015, and continues to provide academic expertise in democratic education.
• infoklick.chminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMarkus Gander from infoklick.ch worked with Campus Demokratie at its founding to develop concepts for political education and youth participation, contributing to the national coordination model.
• Federal Commission for Migration (EKM/CFM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe EKM supports the 'Citoyenneté' program within Campus Demokratie's network, which funds and promotes projects enabling political participation for residents without Swiss citizenship. EKM is a key funding and strategic partner for inclusive democracy initiatives.
• ch StiftungminorStrategic or Co-development Partnerch Stiftung awards the annual Föderalismuspreis (Federalism Prize), which was won by Campus Demokratie's Tag der Demokratie project in 2022 and 2023, recognizing its contribution to strengthening federalism in Switzerland.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb): Germany's federal agency for political education. Operates a much larger mandate and budget across civic education but pursues a fundamentally comparable mission of nationwide political/civic education and partner network coordination.
• SAJV (Schweizerische Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Jugendverbände): Umbrella association of Swiss youth organizations and long-standing partner of Stiftung Dialog. Comparable in coordinating a national youth engagement network and co-organizing programs like the Jugendsession with Campus Demokratie.
• education21: Swiss national competence and service center for Education for Sustainable Development. Strategic partner of Campus Demokratie; comparable Swiss foundation-style hub for educational content and school coordination, though with broader ESD scope.

Direct peers

• Zentrum für Demokratie Aarau (ZDA): Swiss center for democracy research and political education based in Aarau. Directly comparable Swiss institution working on civic education, democratic participation research, and practitioner training.
• infoklick.ch: Swiss non-profit providing political education and youth participation resources, and a co-founder-level partner of Campus Demokratie. Directly comparable mission around political education for young people in German-speaking Switzerland.
• Stiftung Mitarbeit: German foundation dedicated to civic participation and democratic civil society. Closely comparable in legal form (Stiftung/foundation), scope (political education and citizen participation), and funding model (project grants and partnerships).
• Initiative Offene Gesellschaft: German civil society initiative promoting open society and democratic participation. Joint partner with Campus Demokratie in the Faktor D network; highly comparable as a cross-societal civic engagement coordination effort.
• Demokratie 21: Austrian civic engagement network for democratic innovation and participation. Direct peer as joint co-leader of the Faktor D democracy network with Campus Demokratie, operating a similar coordination model in the Austrian market.

Regional players

• Stiftung Demokratie Saarland: German state-level foundation promoting democracy and civic participation in Saarland. Comparable foundation model and civic education mandate at a sub-national level, illustrating the regional replication pattern that Campus Demokratie has begun to address via Faktor D.

Emerging players

• MitOst e.V. German non-profit network promoting civic and cultural engagement across Europe. Comparable as a network-based civic engagement organization with similar programmatic ambitions, though with a broader cultural and European scope.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCJ4Gtmf1qu8hPTlr9XlkOjw
• Facebookfacebook.com/campusdemokratie
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/campus-demokratie-démocratie-democrazia
• Instagraminstagram.com/campusdemokratie

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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