Who are we?

#ConstruyendoFuturo

We are a community of political, academic and citizen committed to transform the way we think and exercise the leadership in Ecuador and Latin america. In POLIS believe that the democracy is strengthened since the formation of criticism, the actual participation and the collective construction of public.

History and Origin

POLIS was born in 2023 as an independent initiative driven by young ecuadorian with public vocation and passion for the ideas. Compared to a policy often closed, partisan, and distant from the citizenship, we decided to build a space where they can learn, discuss and act for a democracy more fair, open and participatory.

Since then, POLIS has evolved into a laboratory of political thought is applied, in which converge the training, research and action. We are not just an academy: we are a platform in an expansion that seeks to nourish the public debate, promote leadership on emerging and accompany real change from the local to the regional.

Mission, Vision, and Purpose

Mission

To form leaders with democratic conscience, critical thinking, and technical capacity to influence the public debate and decision making.

Vision

To be a leader in Latin America in political training transformative, strategic thinking and the generation of applied knowledge.

Purpose

To connect thought with the participation and citizen action, democratizing the access to knowledge and political training of quality.

Our Pillars

Training Policy

We design programs and learning experiences for young people to understand, to question and transform the reality of politics from an ethical basis and technique.

Academic Research Applied

We encourage rigorous research and committed, translated in publications, reports, and tools useful to the public debate.

Incidence

Empower citizens and leaders with the tools and strategies necessary to actively influence public policy and generate significant changes in their communities.

What we Believe

  • We believe in a policy of ethical, transparent, and built from the bottom up.
  • We believe in education as the first step to freedom.
  • We believe in the critical thinking as a motor of change.
  • We believe in a democracy to live, where no one is left out.
  • We believe in the strength of the collective and in the power of ideas.
  • We believe in you.

Meet the people who make it possible to POLIS. Our team is formed by young people, academics, activists, and dreamers committed to transform the reality from the training and participation.

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