[2] At the close of the conference the participating governments signed onto the Warsaw Declaration, agreeing to "respect and uphold core democratic principles and practices" including, among others, free and fair elections, freedom of speech and expression, equal access to education, rule of law, and freedom of peaceful assembly.

Since 2018, their work is more specifically guided by the Community's Strategic Plan for 2018-2023 which identified the following strategic objectives:[4] Their internal structure include regular Ministerial Conferences, a Governing Council, a Chairmanship, a Permanent Secretariat headed by the Secretary General, six Working Groups as well as two Affiliated Bodies.

Currently, the Governing Council consists of the following Member States: Argentina, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Mali, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Romania, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States of America and Uruguay.

Past Presidencies include: Romania (2019-2022), South Korea (2001-2003), Chile (2003-2005), Mali (2005-2007), Portugal (2007- 2009), Lithuania (2009-2011), Mongolia (2011-2013), El Salvador (2013-2015), United States of America (2015-2017).

Working Groups (WG) are action-oriented structures that drive the implementation of the strategic objectives of the Community of Democracies.

The ISC advises governments on the actions needed to enable civil society to work freely to strengthen democracy, rule of law, and protection for the fundamental rights enshrined in the Warsaw Declaration.

As part of the project, five regional consultations were held on the margins of large international democracy-related events in Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America.