SocDem Asia

Academy for Progressive Politics

The Network for Social Democracy in Asia – Academy for Progressive Politics (SocDem APP) is designed by political advisors, campaign managers, industry practitioners, and veteran politicians Its courses and materials are timely, dynamic, practicable, free, and now online.

SocDem APP

Political education and training are pillars of transformative politics. They empower individuals and organizations who work for change. With an ever-changing political climate, progressive organizations, among others, rely on education and training to build capacities, update analytical tools, and innovate ways to face current challenges and shape the future. SocDem Asia works to contribute to this end by offering party workers, activists, and changemakers in the region a platform for retooling their skills and harnessing the power of ideas: SocDem APP.

SocDem APP is a comprehensive political education and training program designed by political advisors, campaign managers, industry practitioners, and veteran politicians from the different SocDem Asia programs from the past 7 years. It taps on an expanded network of resource persons from Asia, Europe, and Latin America for learning, experience-sharing, and collaboration. The courses are designed to provide new ideas, analytical tools, and practical skills on areas of organizational strengthening, political management, and strategy development. They aim to aid political organizations’ agents to serve their day-to-day politics and their strategic mission for transformation. The courses and materials are timely, dynamic, practicable, free, and now online. 

SocDem APP consists of the Political Management Training for Young Progressives and the Executive Courses.

Political Management Training for young Progressives (PMT)

PMT aims to equip emerging youth leaders of political organizations with the basic skills on leadership and political management. Through a four-part course program, young progressives in the region are introduced to social democratic values, provided a platform for skills development, and are linked with fellow young progressives from different countries to build relations and incubate collective action.

Executive Courses (EC)

The EC is for party workers, policy advisors, and officials who manage different portfolios and/or departments within their political organization. It aims to aid participants as they take on greater roles in their organization or in their country’s political arena. The program employs a variety of methods for asynchronous learning. It also encourages strategy debates, networking, and collaboration during synchronous activities like expert consultations and workshops.

Alumni Program

Our trainings have had over 250 young progressive leader-graduates who are now working on different portfolios as politicians, policy advisors, and party workers at the local, state, and national level. To continue supporting their trans-national sharing and partnerships among progressives in the region and beyond: we built the Alumni Program.

With courses designed to provide new ideas, analytical tools, and practical skills in areas of organizational strengthening, political management, and strategy development, we aim to aid political organizations’ agents to serve their day-to-day politics and their strategic mission for transformation.

Testimonials

During my time in PMT, I learned a lot of practical information and leadership skills, especially on community mobilization and how to encourage others to participate in politics. After the training, I shared what I learned to my community and applied the lessons during my own campaign for our state parliament.
Nang Ei Mon Aung
PMT Batch 5 | Member of Parliament, Shan State Hluttaw, Shan Nationalities League for Democracy Myanmar
The world is changing fast, underscoring the need for young, progressive movement leaders all over the world. The Political Management Training equipped me with the knowledge, skills and networks I need to face my generation's fight.
Justine Balane
PMT Batch 3 | National Secretary-General, Akbayan Youth Philippines
PMT 5 was one of the most memorable learning milestones in my life. The people, the conversations and the comradeship that were created there; definitely nothing comparable to those memorable days. The comrades I met there were enthusiastic about the possibility of a New Future for their countries, A Future where justice and equality are truly upheld. We are In Solidarity not just for the people of our time, but to the generations that will come after us.
Sairam Prakaikij
PMT Batch 5 Valedictorian | Progressive Movement Thailand

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collaborations with sister parties from all over the world