CivWorld works to connect the world's citizens through concrete bottom-up civic strategies. By developing an international civic infrastructure, organisers plan to create a Civic Corps to urge leaders and citizens around the world to adapt a new agenda for building a movement for global democracy.

In its first phase, the Campaign focussed on encouraging citizens to sign the online Declaration of Interdependence, which begins with these words: "We the people of the world do herewith declare our interdependence as individuals and members of distinct communities and nations. We do pledge ourselves citizens of one CivWorld, civic, civil and civilized. Without prejudice to the goods and interests of our national and regional identities, we recognize our responsibilities to the common goods and liberties of humankind as a whole. We do therefore pledge to work both directly and through the nations and communities of which we are also citizens..."

The signed declaration was publicly presented and celebrated at the first annual Interdependence Day in September 2003. Events were held in Philadelphia, USA, Budapest, Hungary, and at a number of college campuses in the United States. This day is meant to be "a call to citizens around the world to acknowledge Interdependence as a reality of daily existence and to support policies and institutions that affirm its democratic realization." In Philadelphia, citizens gathered to celebrate "new possibilities of civic cooperation across national borders." A choral piece was performed; a poet and activist performed her poem "Peace" with a jazz combo; and various people, such as UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, presented messages of support. In Budapest, a member of Parliament and the first democratic president of Hungary hosted a roundtable of individuals from NGOs and the Hungarian Parliament. A pianist also performed a concert dedicated to civil society.

Plans are underway for Interdependence Day 2004. The CivWorld site urges people to mobilise their fellow citizens to plan individual Interdependence Day celebrations, as well as to spread the word on the Declaration of Interdependence.

CivWorld is also working to develop a "civic interdependence curriculum" and education programmes for children of all ages in USA schools. Organisers are encouraging citizens to develop school-based CivWorld organisations that promote this kind of curriculum development.

Eventually, the campaign will include a self-tithe, online deliberative debates about expending self-tithing revenues, global community service programmes, and a media strategy.

Civic Engagement, Security, Democratic Governance.

Organisers describe their motivation as follows: "Today as global citizens we face a choice between two forms of interdependence. Either we create a legitimate, democratic and pragmatic interdependence or by default, must live with a radically illegitimate and undemocratic interdependence - already manifested in HIV, global warming, predatory financial speculation and international terrorism."