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The 8 winning teams are working on their ideas for democracy in Europe.

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What became of the projects developed at POC21? Meet with the teams who are building a zero carbon and zero waste society.

In the summer of 2015, Ouishare's teams, with among others the support of Advocate Europe, embarked on a big adventure: bringing together designers, engineers and scientists in a French castle to prototype a zero carbon and zero waste society.
on Nov. 14, 2019
Challenge  |  Invitation  |  Democracy

Making budgets readible for more democracy and participation

Why is it important for citizens to understand local budgets? How do you read a budget? And how can WeBudget help you?
on Oct. 18, 2019
Review  |  Invitation  |  Democracy

Change starts with us. Celebrating five years of Advocate Europe.

Looking back on five years of supporting civil society in Europe and celebrating the people and projects behind our winning ideas
on Oct. 18, 2019
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The Advocate Europe Winners

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Democracy and participation | Arts and cultural activities

Beyond '91 - Portrait of the "perestroika

7 countries. 7 reports. 7 languages. Exactly 25 years after the end of the Soviet Union, what are the most important daily issues facing the youth of the former Soviet states? We want to send young journalists to 7 countries (EST, LTU, L...
Proposal 2016 0 1
winner
Arts and cultural activities | Social inclusion

DeFence

We would like to bring divided communities closer to each other. Therefore we invited photographers, social scientist, urban&community developers to map together cities and localities where real and imaginary fences were built up. After ...
Proposal 2016 0 0
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Democracy and participation | Communities

DEMOCRACY FITNESS

Like muscles in general our democratic muscles require training. Democracy Fitness is a simple, active and motivating training concept. Each session takes 30 minutes and focus on one muscle. All sessions are designed after modern learnin...
Proposal 2018 6 11
winner
Democracy and participation

Digital Identity, Citizenship &Democracy in Europe

There is an increasing gap between citizens and governing bodies in the EU. EU citizens must have more direct voice in politics. ICT’s offer ways to make the EU a living democracy. We see Random-Sample Voting (RSV) as a cost-effective to...
Proposal 2018 11 7
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Democracy and participation | Education

EscapeFake

Populism poisons the minds of youngsters with fear and untruth. Teachers try to cure it by preaching history books to digital natives. We think teens need to experience education as an engaging experience, so together with school kids ag...
Proposal 2018 2 1
winner
Migration

Flüchtlinge Willkommen – Refugees Welcome

Warum können geflüchtete Menschen nicht einfach in WGs wohnen statt in Massenunterkünften?! Das haben wir uns auch gefragt & einen Weg gefunden, das möglich zu machen. Why shouldn't refugees be able to live in shared flats (or other no...
Proposal 2015 0 2
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Urban development

Funding the Cooperative City

As a result of political restructuring and the economic crisis, local communities and citizen networks in many European cities emerged as new actors in urban development, helping establish parallel social services and welfare systems. “F...
Proposal 2015 0 0
winner
Democracy and participation | Arts and cultural activities

FUTURE DOCS

Let’s establish a platform for creative meeting of European documentary filmmakers, looking for topics of films, and human rights NGOs, from their practice knowing not only crucial socio-political problems, but also powerful human storie...
Proposal 2015 0 0
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Environment

Growth Initiative

Bottom-up approach to green investments projects in Greek and German municipalities discussed in multi-stakeholder forums between the representatives of the municipal authorities, business and civil society to solve structural difficulti...
Proposal 2015 0 0
winner
Communities | Education

Hate Free Cities

Hate Free Cities is a long-term project connecting 4 cities in 4 countries - Brno, Czech republic, Herceg Novi, Montenegro, Tbilisi, Georgia and Lodz, Poland to become cities without hate speech. We are bringing innovative approaches to ...
Proposal 2016 0 0
winner
Education

JobAct Europe Partner Program - JEPP!

It is true: Everybody is an ARTIST! What happens if you make the experience that you are the creator of your future? You will overtake responsibility and develop perspektives for you and others. JEPP! the JobAct Europe Partner Pr...
Proposal 2015 0 0
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Migration

KITCHEN ON THE RUN. COOK - EAT - SHARE!

The mobile kitchen enables refugees to become a host for a day and invite their (new) neighbors for dinner. Offering a place to cook, eat and share food as well as stories, the KITCHEN ON THE RUN turns into anybody’s home for one evening...
Proposal 2015 0 2
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Migration | Social inclusion

LOST AND FOUND

A documentary about the objects lost by refugees trying to cross Serbia - and about the stories of their owners. Often, these letters, pictures, and children’s toys, are the only remains of their journeys, and sometimes of their lives. I...
Proposal 2016 0 0
winner
Migration | Education

Migration Matters

Migration Matters will be Europe’s first free and open access MOOC on migration (Massive Open Online Course) that brings together leading researchers, practitioners, and migrants to help our audience step away from anxiety-fraught headli...
Proposal 2016 0 0
winner
Environment

POC21

POC21 is a catalyst to build the prototypes and products for a truly sustainable society. Ahead of the UN climate negotiations COP21 we set up an innovation camp of co-living and co-making to build the tools we need for the world we want.
Proposal 2015 0 3
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Democracy and participation

Politix EU

Politix EU breaks down the complicated EU policy-making-process and presents EU law proposals in an easy-to-consume manner. Users can get informed on this platform and then vote on these current EU legislative proposals (Thumbs up, Thumb...
Proposal 2015 0 0
winner
Migration | Communities

Refugee Open Cities (ROC21)

Asylum homes burn, radical parties thrive and borders close: While Europe struggles with the so-called refugee crisis, we risk to fall back into a dark age of isolated nation states. „Refugee Open Cities“ tells a different story: This to...
Proposal 2016 0 3
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Migration | Urban development

Refugees for co-creative cities

How can refugees improve their daily lives and public space in Ruhr region in Germany? The project raises the questions on the current situation and the future of life of refugees in the Ruhr Area and compares it with best-practice mode...
Proposal 2015 0 1
winner
Democracy and participation | Migration

RISE, Refugees' Ideas and Solutions for Europe

For decades, refugee and migrant communities settled in Europe have been the bridges between newcomers and receiving societies, providing all kind of support and developing local solutions. RISE aims at ensuring refugee and migrant group...
Proposal 2016 0 0
winner
Democracy and participation | Communities

Sisters of Europe

A website displaying potraits of 16 European women of our times -writers, politicians, activists or normal women...- unveiling their personal stories and how they struggled with issues such as equal pay or sexism but also share their vis...
Proposal 2018 7 4

A growing community

Since 2014 we have collected more than 1,500 ideas from 42 European countries, connected 49,745 people on our online platform and invested in 25 winning initiatives that pilot new answers for a common European future.

Ideas for Europe

Our idea space collects all ideas that have been submitted in the three rounds of our idea challenge. You can filter the ideas along your interests and comment on them to share your feedback and expertise.

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Each of the seven winning ideas from all over Europe has received their funding to implement their project until September 2019. Stay updated on their progress with their project journey..

Advocate Europe is an idea challenge realised by MitOst and Liquid Democracy, funded by Stiftung Mercator.

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