Field Intelligence

Through a variety of public and confidential products, Keseb develops and disseminates actionable insights to strengthen the pro-democracy field’s intelligence and foresight capabilities globally. Additionally, to support the pro-democracy field in the U.S., Keseb surfaces global insights and provides sensemaking for application by U.S. philanthropists and practitioners. To-date, Keseb’s intelligence products have reached audiences across 40+ countries.

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Intelligence Hub

Please see below for Keseb’s public intelligence products.

The Democracy Champions' Pocket Guide

The Democracy Champions’ Pocket Guide is a digital resource hub providing key trends, frameworks, and strategic recommendations to advance democratic resilience and innovation. Designed for busy democracy champions, the guide offers “bite-sized” products that distill extensive research and analysis across four initial modules. The Pocket Guide is designed to evolve and grow over time, with new modules and resources being added. 

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A Primer on Building and Evolving Pro-democracy Civil Society Coalitions

Capturing lessons from interviews with builders and participants of pro-democracy civil society coalitions in Australia, Brazil, France, the Philippines, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States, as well as from the Keseb team’s coalition experiences, the Primer aims to provide actionable insights and a provocation for civil society. It is especially intended for those who are interested in launching, supporting or participating in a coalition to achieve pro-democracy goals. The contents are also relevant to those who are seeking to build their knowledge base in this type of collective action approach.

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Championing Democracy in the 2024 Mega Election Year and Beyond

In October 2023, along with more than 650 democracy participants from 60+ countries, Keseb held a virtual Summit to explore key questions such as: What are the key threats and opportunities the 2024 election cycle presents? And how can democracy champions learn from each other and prepare to engage most effectively during this mega election year? This publication distills the top 10 actionable insights from the Summit.

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Defending and Strengthening Diverse Democracies

In this report, Keseb distills insights through literature review and interviews with 75+ civil society leaders and experts who work in Brazil, South Africa, India, and the United States, as well as transnationally. Our aspiration is that this report will generate dialogue, visioning and collaborations to strengthen the pro-democracy movement in the U.S. and globally.

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5 Key Insights | The political power of women and young people: Lessons from recent key elections

In March 2024, Keseb organized a panel discussion to understand how women and young people have played a critical role in key recent elections in Argentina, Indonesia, and Poland. The purpose of this dialogue was to unpack lessons and tactics to inform preparations for upcoming elections. This insights brief, authored by Yordanos Eyoel, offers five key takeaways from the panel discussion.

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