The Goedgedacht Forum was founded at the end of the apartheid era to promote reconciliation and to help develop a humane, peaceful and democratic society in South Africa. We host 6 dialogues in our core series and a number of additional dialogues each year.
PARTICIPANTS
Participants are selected and invited in their personal capacities and we limit these to 20 per dialogue. We have speakers who each make a presentation prior to opening discussion to all present. We also allow for observers to attend.
THE NATURE OF THE DIALOGUES
The Forum does not associate itself with any political party or political pressure group and runs the debates privately. We believe that ideas matter, and that understanding and insight must precede effective action.
We invite participants from a representative range of sectors: government, media, NGO, community-based, labour, academic and business.
All dialogues are recorded and a typed report is published on our website. However, following a version of the Chatham House Rules, other than the lead presentations nothing said is attributed to any individual.
Our aim is to provide the space for honest, open-minded, dynamic dialogue and we aim to make an impact beyond the debate when each participant returns to their work.