OUR HISTORY

In August 2012, The Day After Project (TDA) brought together a group of Syrians representing a large spectrum of both the Syrian opposition and civil society, representing all major political trends and components of Syrian society, to participate in an independent transition planning process. They produced a comprehensive report on managing the challenges of a post-Assad transition in Syria: 

Realizing that transition in Syria would take longer than expected, TDA decided to establish an organization to disseminate the findings of the report among Syrians inside the country and to implement projects that serve the vision and objectives of the report.

OUR VISION

Syrians’ rights, peace, stability, and prosperity can only be pursued through political democratic transition and a national program of transitional justice that lays the foundation for justice and reconciliation.

OUR MISSION

To empower Syrian civil society and to influence policy-making to serve democratic transition and justice in Syria.

OUR GOALS

TDA identifies the following as goals that should guide the efforts of political transition:

• Develop, strengthen, and promote a new national identity; 
• Foster unity among the many diverse components of Syrian society; 
• Build consensus on the core values and fundamental principles of the nation as well as the new framework for governance; 
• Establish citizenship and the equality of all citizens as decisive in relations between individuals and the state as opposed to sectarian, ethnic, or gender considerations; 
• Establish Syria as a civil state in which the role of the security forces should be to protect the security and human rights of all citizens; 
• Affirm that Syria must remain one unified state, with elements of decentralization that will allow for citizens’ participation on all levels; 
• Provide for economic governance that ensures social justice, human development, sustainable development, and the protection of national resources; 
• Dedicate efforts to building trust between communities and groups; 
• Break with authoritarian legacies by demonstrating a commitment to democratic principles and processes among political leadership and government; 
• Educate and empower citizens on the principles and practice of democracy; 
• Increase the potential for a legitimate and effective governance and legal framework that consolidates rule of law in all domains; and
• Develop a national transitional justice program to ensure justice for all Syrians, especially victims of human rights violations, to lay the foundation for genuine reconciliation and sustainable peace in Syria.