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Intercultural Dialogue, a basic pillar in democratic societies

by Antonio Palazuelos

EN - States often accommodate several cultures, peoples, nations, religions, ethnicities or commu... more

In order to be consolidated, a democracy needs to be inclusive and involve all communities living... more

by Antonio Palazuelos

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I do agree. Dialogue between communities and peoples is a must for democracy. Every single person... more

by Laurence Denis

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Thanks Laurence, Indeed countries that have managed to integrate diversity and different communit... more

by Antonio Palazuelos

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In African countries this is very meaningful, as we have many ethnic groups that need to live tog... more

by John Dantso

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Democracy must be presented as an element that rasemble all cultutre and religion of all communaté.

by Ibrahima DIALLO

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Sure, John Dantso. This is crucial in Africa to consolidate democratic societies and promote soci... more

by Antonio

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Thank you Ibrahima Diallo. I fully agree that a real democracy must represent all religions and c... more

by Antonio Palazuelos

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La gestion de la diversité et le dialogue interculturel sont vraiment important pour notre démocr... more

by Ruth Varela

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We need more inclusive democratic systems in Africa, and the youth can play a key role in becomin... more

by John Dantso

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Oui Ruth, bien sure! Il y a besoin que les gouvernements promouvant la tolerance et l'integration... more

by Antonio Palazuelos

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@John Dantso, yes and fully agree, the youth is a key player for the change. They are the catalyz... more

by Antonio Palazuelos

2

Young people and youth organizations are an important actor in a democratic society. I like the t... more

by Dara Benoliel

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Esos valores son fundamentales para la consolidación de las democracias en el mundo. En Latinoamé... more

by Rito Brito

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@Dara: Youth is the main actor in our project, as leaders in the promotion of the intercultural u... more

by Antonio Palazuelos

@Rito Brito: Estamos totalmente de acuerdo. La juventud es el gran catalizador del cambio social ... more

by Antonio Palazuelos

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Its very important we look at the issue this topic is trying to bring up. It might sound a little... more

by William Turckson

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Thanks William Turckson for the comment. I fully agree with you and I hope governments will mains... more

by Antonio Palazuelos

The proposed methodology for the open discussion of this topic will be based on the principles of... more

by Antonio Palazuelos

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Democracy can not be imported or imposed prefabricated model, it is a choice to "live together". ... more

by valery giscard Demba

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Fatma Younis, Lorraine Arama, Thérèse Gueebah and 197 more

Illiberal democracy: Is there any place for it?

by Varvara Malevskaya

Nowadays around 120 of all the states in the world call themselves democratic. Even though they a... more

Good topic! This one includes many of the others presented here at the platform! This can be abou... more

by Mob Dan

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Thank you, Mob, I totally agree. And it is important to take into consideration all of these diff... more

by Varvara Malevskaya

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This is a perfect topic for the Forum! Not many people know the concept of the illiberal democrac... more

by Ibrahima Lablan

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I think that this topic can embrace also the democracies that, like in Italy, always find a way t... more

by Paolo Caleffi

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My previous comment is obviously a "plus", the I pressed the wrong button

by Paolo Caleffi

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Thank you, Ibrahima and Paolo! I would be happy to discuss these things at the Forum if I will be... more

by Varvara Malevskaya

Interesting topic for the forum. Good luck Varya!

by Ayse Sogutlugil T.

1

Very interesting!!

by Nadia

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Actual and interesting! I'd suggest you develop some "hipothetical" tools by which real democracy... more

by Giulia Ledda

1

Giulia, a very good suggestion, thank you!

by Varvara Malevskaya

The topic about illiberal democracies has timely come. It's hot and painful theme for many countr... more

by Natalia Tsvetkova

1

Go for it! Interesting...

by Simone Cappini

1

This is a very actual topic! In countries like mine we never hear about that, even though this is... more

by Muhammad Adam

Actual and interesting topic!

by Milorad Petreski

This is really good! It is also very much relevant to what is happening in Hong Kong right now. F... more

by Nika Kobalia

1

I find it a very relevant and interesting topic, cast my vote for it.

by Alena Shuba

Good question, here's your answer, guys: No. There isn't. And legitimizing these regimes by actua... more

by N

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Its an interesting topic but I do think we´re trying too hard to put democracy into everything...... more

by Tola

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Dear N and Tola, I do totally agree with you both. I would be really happy to discuss it with you... more

by Varvara Malevskaya

2

It's a good topic for discussion and we should a nice time discussing about it

by Ojeniyi Adetola

1

This topic is interesting and actual! I think it will help us to understand our main theme better.

by Barysheva Kateryna

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I agree with this topic, well done!

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It's really an up-to-date issue, it is such a nice idea to discuss how to react on problems like ... more

by Maria Vandlik

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Liberal Democracy is the public-political arrangement form of the legal state based on the repres... more

by Tatia Uberi

This is an up to date topic .. and i think it is so important as young people to do our own refle... more

by EMNA

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Eleri Kirkpatrick, umbar nakatan, Murat Kotov and 189 more

Young citizens: unlocking the freedom versus security debate

by Luis Botifoll

The age-old question of how much freedom we should give up in order to be kept safe has been reki... more

The ongoing Snowden affair has demonstrated how fragiile freedom in public space is - even in Wes... more

by Georgios

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In my opinion there is a big gab between those few young citizens who are strongly engaged and in... more

by Frank

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I think that people--young and older-- are unaware of the risks of private information being shar... more

by Caroline

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A World Forum for Democracy would do well to focus on this topic. Firstly, because the Internet a... more

by Martin

2

Great topic, let's people dicuss and decide informedly about what masterpieces like 1984 and Grea... more

by Gorka

2

This is an extremely important political issue! For all citizens but particularly for us young pe... more

by Antonia

2

Very good idea. Actual and interesting topic. We need to study.

by Aingeru Usoz

2

This matters. Good idea.

by Simon

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It's essential to discuss how we can ensure the protection of all human rights - and balance them... more

by Matthias

It is an excellent topic but we should not limit our discussions to the (misuse) of digital data ... more

by Jean

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I specifically like this topic because it's very recent and has had a lot of coverage lately in t... more

by Shayma

1

Fascinating topic, for present and future citizens in world democracies!

by Cathy

Very topical issue - should this result for the future genarations into a compromise in the freed... more

by Julian

Young people from other parts of the world can`t even imagine about that freedom of expression in... more

by Kaiti

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Karolina, peter, Nadeszda Gavrilova and 134 more

Freedom of expression 'the most precious human right' is it threatened?

by Ibrahima Diallo

Freedom of expression is a right granted to individuals to express their opinions and to receive ... more

Reporters Without Borders (RSF), an international association that is dedicated to monitor the st... more

by Alphadjo BAH

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Alphadjo thank you, according to you what to do so that freedom of expression is respected by all... more

by Ibrahima DIALLO

freedom of expression is the key of democracy. the ONG has to work hard to put the pression on th... more

by Alphadjo BAH

freedom of expression is under threat in Syria, Ukraine, Africa and the Arab countries etc ... al... more

by sara sacko

In Georgia, the freedom of expression is guaranteed by the Constitution of August 24.1995, which... more

by Tatia Uberi

all countries must decriminalized press offenses.

by Amadou Tidaine Bah

the decriminalization of press offenses is a guarantee for freedom of expression

by AlphaAmdou DIALLO

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Freedom of expression is a the guaranteed participation of everyone in democracy

by Ibrahima DIALLO

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yes

by Alphadjo BAH

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Mame, Mara Sayon, Zouwana and 132 more

Is possible non-formal education to empower democracy?

by Kalliopi Manoudi

Did you experienced NFE? How you were benefited from it? Do you think is important in personal de... more

For those who work with youth on civic education, we understand how important is N.F.E. to promot... more

by John Dantso

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By NFE someone can get the most for their education

by Stelios Kympouropoulos

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NFE helped me to broaden my horizons

by Patricia

2

I wish to experience one more NFE in this conference

by Fillipos

3

Seems really cool, just waiting meet NFE.

by Dolly S.

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Yes. Really interesting.

by Andrea

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Kyriakos, lin yo song, robin and 112 more

Democracy after dictatorship, a dream facing reality!

by Nadia Ali

After the Arab spring, Arab countries found themselves drowning from the various secretions of th... more

It's true that many countries struggled to adapt to democracy since the wave of revolutions that ... more

by amine charfi

I can't present a solid argument because I didn't live the experience of a revolution but I guess... more

by Mark Palmer

I think this is one of the most important things that we should discuss during this forum. After ... more

by Firas Torkhani

Thank you Amine, Mark and Firas, indeed the Arab world and specifically my country is living in t... more

by Nadia Ali

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this is one great issue to talk about, i believe that this question is very important, but some c... more

by Gelbert Beranger

I am From Egypt and i think since our government and administartions are still under the reign of... more

by Sarra Abid

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i agree that if the peole are not trusting their government, either supression or turmoil will ta... more

by John Komaks

In my opinion it is not only the administartion and the government. our kids are being taught by ... more

by Maram Jmila

I think this is one of the most important topics especially with all of the events happening in L... more

by Wassim

I'm totally with the discussion of this topic because I believe the Tunisian revolution can be a ... more

by Gharbi

Tunisia is on the verge of replacing the amazing technocrats government by an elected purely poli... more

by Gr

Building a democracy is a complex process that takes time, especially after decades of tyranny. A... more

by Nada M.

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Dali, Madelaine, Houssem and 109 more

Youth Wisdom Councils

by Andrea Gewessler

Youth Wisdom Councils (YWC) are a way of engaging young people in conversations that matter to th... more

Pro This new process elicits easily the collective intelligence of a group with diverse perspect... more

by Martin Rausch

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This is a great method that will empower young people to start to think and engage with others as... more

by Andy Paice

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The very first Youth Wisdom Council was in 1994. The process has been growing internationally as ... more

by Jean Rough

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I feel that starting the process with young people is the right way to go,they will be steeped in... more

by Kamil

This is also a model for how democracy can work on a national and global scale.

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Pro, this is an empowering magic process to give every participant a voice. Young people learn t... more

by Veerle De Bock

A good model to involve young people in democratic processes and to support the trust in the powe... more

by Gerhard Bisovsky

2

I also believe that this idea can prospered

by Ibrahima DIALLO

Youth is the future. Therefore it's so important to find ways to engage them in political issues.... more

by Manfred Hellrigl

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Strengthening young people and their communities by empowering them to exercise their democratic ... more

by Eilidh

A truly open means to honour the contributions of all, and for those present to deeply understand... more

by Kirsti Norris

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really good idea, which involves several youth for the discussion of actual issues.

The Universal Consciousness speaks through all of us, therefore, everyone's voice counts. We nev... more

by Dan F.

The Universal Consciousness speaks through all of us, therefore, everyone's voice counts. We nev... more

by Dan F.

I think there needs to be more forums for young people to share, cultivate and experience- go for it

by Cchopyak

To the individual it brings understanding, insights personal growth. To the world it delivers bre... more

by AJN

The fate of our world is in the hands of our children, give them a voice.

by Matthew

1

Great idea, great concept!

by Ilona

2

Youth Wisdom Council offers youth a way to tap into their innate wisdom and share it with their p... more

by Jan

1

We just did a DF seminar - it was so much fun! Students will love Wisdom Councils. Ruth Backstrom

Once this becomes more well-known among young people it will be seen as a necessity.

by William Gazecki

Adds huge integrity for young people. Have high expectations, don't limit what they are capable o... more

by Henry Liebling

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Theresa, Elisabeth, laurence bertin and 102 more

Make the society an essential common good : Manifesto for territorial societal co-responsibility and contribution to sustainable development raised consistently to what is at "the stake"

by Sebastien KEIFF

It was 22 years ago. On the 4th of June 1992, 182 States and more than a thousand NGOs took part ... more

Coresponsability is the only way to merge bottom-up and top-down approach ... the only way to bui... more

by Sonja

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I'll be glad to discuss about the link you make between responsability - common goods - society .... more

by Tony Scarpetti

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This is a core need for our future societies : a strong link between active citizen engagement (c... more

by Joel

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this is not only a core need to adress this topic of co-responsability and sustainable developme... more

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This is a very important area and is well complemented by the Common Good Framework

by Andrea

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I think that is an intrinsec link between common goods, co-responsability and sustainable develop... more

by Mihaela

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Coresponsabilty is The solution

by Marie

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Co-responsibility (between public, private actores and citizens/inhabitants) is an unavoidable wa... more

by Samuel

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Coresponsibility and sustainable development are constituent parts of the same process, they are ... more

by Yuliya

1

To make the society an essential common good: Manifesto for territorial societal co-responsibilit... more

by Maria Pereira Rosarinho

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One thing we didn't try since now is coresponsibility. I don't know if it's THE solution, but obv... more

by Damien Thibault

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Theresa, Rodrigue Pauillac, Dominique Nicolas and 93 more

The Arab world’s deadliest import: A pre-packaged Western Democracy?

by Walid

Huge problems are happening now in some of the Arab spring countries due to the trial of its gove... more

What’s gone wrong with democracy? Democracy was the most successful political idea of the 20th c... more

by Tatia Uberi

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Well said. The basis upon which democracy has been built is too strong to be changed. It is the o... more

by Walid Hedidar

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nesrine, salah, Hamza Lee and 8 more

Is possible non-formal education to empower democracy?

by Kalliopi Manoudi

Did you experienced NFE? How you were benefited from it? Lets find out the steps from NFE to demo... more

by Kalliopi Manoudi

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NFE promotes values as civic participation and social engagement, thus I think is positive for a ... more

by Antonio Palazuelos

3

I enjoy this topic, as I have some experience in it) And I`m ready to share it with other partici... more

by Volha Krus

2

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Serena Lacopo, George Limantzakis, Maria marda and 5 more

Digital Democracy: re-wiring young people and political institutions in a digital age

by European Youth Council

The technological advances of our times enable new and dynamic ways for citizens to engage in the... more

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Theofanis, Theofanis, nikola prpa and 6 more

Building an Alliance for Collaborative Government

by Alistair Stoddart

Governments are slowly starting to realise the need to involve citizens between elections and inv... more

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Anna murray, Doug Stoddart, Matilda Murday and 4 more

The dilemma of Democracy and Religion in the Arab World

by Eya Somai

The debate about Islam and democracy has reached a stunning turning point. Since the Arab revolut... more

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dominique charlier, zeineb horriche, maryem rojbi and 4 more

Imposing democracy - a policy designed to fail?

by Luca Bucken

Imposing democracy seems to clearly violate the most fundamental value of the democratic spirit i... more

government of the people, should be called democracy. In Colombia (talking about the electoral pr... more

by Manuela Fernández Agredo

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Democracy is a way of life that we must cultivate in the minds of the people and not imposed. Afr... more

by Ibrahima DIALLO (pdhguinee2011@gmail.com)

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Liberal democracy evolved over centuries, starting with an elite and gradually giving civic right... more

by Irena

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Thank you Manuela, Ibrahima and Irena for your input. I am really glad about your reactions that ... more

by Luca Bucken

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Democracy is not universal value, but rather a lifestyle into account social values, cultural a... more

by Ibrahima DIALLO

Democracy- Is a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a sta... more

by Tatia Uberi

It quite evident that the West has without success in Afghanistan and Iraq tried to impose the we... more

by Costas

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Costas

Irena

Rabea

Politics supervision:A perspective from self-supervision on parties

by flora

To improve youth's passions to participate in politics,we need to display to them how politics ca... more

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flora, 马平, Zhou and 2 more

Democratic education for youth

by Varvara Malevskaya

It is well known that the best way to change the future is to start today. If we want our childre... more

That's exactly the point! I think that democratic education is fundamental, too. But I would add ... more

by Marco Cerlini

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Yes, this is just the thing I am hoping to discuss in Strasbourg. I think both schools and organi... more

by Varya

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It all starts from education so we should discuss this topic. Hoe do we teach democracy? how do w... more

by Eliza Chirilă

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Eliza Chirilă

Evgeny

Julia Dunaeva

Introduction to the world of Independent Living

by Stelios Kympouropoulos

We live in a world where diversity is non acceptable. We do not care of quality of life for homos... more

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Dilyana Deneva, eleni foskolou, Keftie Kadaminsci and 1 more

Bottom-up versus Top-down: Will collaborative decision-making stimulate democracy and ensure efficient and sustainable development?

by Alexander Iscenco

There are movements and trends to democratize consumption, production, political agenda, etc. But... more

If it works in science and business, should work in democracy too; But will we still need people ... more

by Irena

In my opinion we need a balanced combination of both approaches.

by Antonio Palazuelos

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Dana

Rabea

Is it time to give the right to vote to teenagers (or even children)?

by V.R.

Right now children and young people have to carry the burden of a crisis that they did not creat.... more

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Irena

Vera

The Stomach Democracy

by Adefioye Paul

Democratic participation is a fundamental human right as indicated by the definition of the conce... more

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irena

Michael

sustainable democracy

by Julian Reichle

How we can prevent recent democratic systems from dangers from the outside and the inside? Everyb... more

When we look on Hungary or failed states in Africa it seems interesting to discuss about

by Victor

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quite a nice proposition, but how we define democracy and is democracy not a steady process of ga... more

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Paul

Can we create collaborative democracy? Liberal democracy is based on competition between paries. Partisanship means fighting the others at any cost, even when they have good ideas. People who are serious about politics are put off by the gang spirit so politics is left to medioctity. What would c... more

by Irena

I think this also relates to the way people who decide in the end are chosen. Is election the onl... more

by Bérénice

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Bérénice

Democratic Leadership

by Veaceslav Cretu

As we all are leaders of our societies I propose this topic on which we can discuss and find answ... more

I like the concept of democratic leader vs autocratic or laissez-faire, but it'll be needed furth... more

by Antonio Palazuelos

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Veaceslav Cretu

Need and Importance of Democratic Local Self Governance: A System of Direct Democracy within Representative democracy

by Amit Upadhyay

Democratic local self-governance is a system of direct democracy within the representative democr... more

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Amit Upadhyay

Petitions on NGO platforms and outsourcing of decision-making:

by Robert Riemann

With few exceptions of some plebiscites, the involvement of the public in gouverning is in gene... more

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Diane

Democracy is a Solution for the Globe, and Youth are its Future practitioner. First we will share, how can we better interfere in the government, then every participant will come up with problems from their country and its effect on neighbors then region and ultimately how that problem spread ac... more

by Mohammad Milad Haidary

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Mohammad Milad

2013 GEZI Protests : a turning point for Turkey's democracy attacked by Erdogan ?

by Emrecam0

The Gezi Park events were without doubt the most significant social development in Turkey.Turkish... more

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Marichka Yurchak

My proposal to this fact is campaigning for people to take into account the value of democracy, and how important it is to choose well, building a voice to young pioneers of fair equality.Dignify labor, strengthen knowledge in different cultural, arts and empowerment areas, supports groups with s... more

by Manuela Fernandez Agredo

The campaign sounds interesting... what do you mean with productive enterprise?

by Antonio Palazuelos

¡Que bueno! ¿En qué país es eso?

by Rito Brito

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Between Two Fires: The New Normal between Elitism and Populism

by Bernard Lim

Elites are the lifeblood of government, the intellectuals and administrators who judge the merit ... more

I believe that the fight against national populism in any matrix belongs dogmatic go "fought" by ... more

by Domenico Letizia

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Joining our efforts: Making a democracy ecosystem not democracy tools

by Anthony Zacharzewski

There are people working around the world on amazing new digital tools and on-the-ground initiati... more

Excellent question, Antony, this is precisely what the world forum is about, connecting the "spec... more

by Irena

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Global problems of participant's countries and the ways youngsters see to resolve them

by Katya Romanenko

Here we can talk about role of NGOs ( lots of us represent some of them and have the experience t... more

not a bad idea, being specific is very important. Coz it is very time consuming and inconclusive.... more

by Mohammad Milad Haidary

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Increase the engagement of Civil Society Organizations insecurity research decisions taken by the European Commission.

by Eli

We work in a project that tries to find out how to engage CSOs, we think that an unconference wil... more

by Eli

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I don't understand why the increase of engagement of CSO produces insecurity.

by Laurence Denis

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Liberal Democracy Liberal Democracy is the public-political arrangement form of the legal state based on the representative democracy in which the will of the majority and the power of the elected representatives is limited for the benefit of the rights and liberties of minorities and each indi... more

by Tatia Uberi

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Electronic direct democracy parliaments

by Ecodemocracy

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Price of democracy

by Oksana Svyryda

Democracy is a form of government in which all eligible citizens are meant to participate equally... more

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People of the ancient civilizations: Their present, past and future. A question of a culture and migration

by Maksim Makarov

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Debate about Building a Europe for and with children

by Intern01

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democracy after dictatorship, a dream facing reality!

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Democracy doesn’t train values, but values are condicio sine qua non for Democracy.

by Kristiyana Lyubenova

A democratic world is a world of choice where everyone can rule over his fortune. But the human h... more

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Empowering the Arab Youth

by Diego Filiu

Since 2011, the Arab peoples have took their future into their own hands. Facing corrupted and au... more

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The Failure of Democracy in Post-Soviet Eurasia - The failure of democracy throughout much of post-Soviet Eurasia is perhaps best understood through the norms and practices outside of election season. To Discuss patterns in non-voting activism after elections in Russia, and LaPorte discussed how ... more

by Tatia Uberi

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Abuse of human organs in China

by Domenico Letizia

In the Republic of China is engaged in more than 10,000 organ transplants per year and 165 center... more

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Rebooting democracy in the Arab world: Educating Youth to take Action.

by Eya Somai

Democracy has had a tough time in the Arab World. Many countries are ruled by monarchs — Jordan a... more

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The transformative power of transnational social movements

by Rabea

Transnational activism enjoys unprecedented support from all kinds of social classes. Civi... more

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How Influential is Youth in Today's Politics

by Haris Selmanović

In my country, there is little or even no influence at all, I would like to other experiences and... more

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Between Two Fires: The New Normal between Elitism and Populism

by Bernard Lim

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From deliberative towards representative democracy

by Rabea

Of course you mean from representative to deliberative ;-)). Would deliberation tempt young peopl... more

by Irena

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