Seit 2015 fördert das Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend mit "Demokratie leben!" Projekte zur Demokratieförderung, Vielfalt­gestaltung und Extremismus­prävention. Das Bundesprogramm fördert mehr als 700 Projekte in ganz Deutschland.

"Live Democracy!" Our democracy needs to be filled with new life every day. It needs people who practise and maintain democratic culture at local level. The aim of the federal programme "Live Democracy!" is to support people in this. With this programme, the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth has been supporting civic engagement for a diverse and democratic society since 2015. "Live Democracy!" facilitates projects all over Germany which develop and trial new ideas and innovative approaches in promoting democracy, shaping diversity and preventing extremism. Through Partnerships for Democracy (Partnerschaften für Demokratie) cities, municipalities and districts all over Germany develop strategies for action in order to strengthen democracy and diversity and to counter group-focused enmity. The partnerships decide independently on the types of measures that are to be carried out in their respective local areas. The Federal State Democracy Centres (Landes-Demokratiezentren) pool the measures targeted at strengthening democracy and diversity within each respective "Land". They also connect all relevant stakeholders and coordinate counselling services, such as mobile counselling and victims counselling as well as disengagement and exit counselling services, which are largely funded by "Live Democracy!". The Federal State Democracy Centres were established in close cooperation with the governments of the respective "Länder". The Competence Centres and Competence Networks (Kompetenzzentren und -netzwerke) bring together and advance expertise in all thematic areas of the federal programme. They organise specialist events and qualification measures and promote the development of professional standards.