Democracy and participation | Communities
Fearless Cities Warsaw summit
In Poland we are the inhabitants of very specific cities, recently transformed from central planning to free market environment. This is why our role in redefining the urban space and improving the quality of life in our cities is in our v…
Social inclusion | Communities
VOICES and FACES
In our fluid world, nothing is stable. Communities are permanently in a state of flow. But, in our changing society, do we take time to meet the people who ARE the change? To get to know their stories? To care for them? Through emotional…
Democracy and participation
The right to know, a right for all
What happens when you use your right of Access to Information (Freedom of Information) to ask a government body for information and you get a refusal? We will provide people with a digital platform containing an accessible collection of l…
Democracy and participation | Communities
The power of local participatory democracy
Local democracy seems to be the only promising future for European democracy. We want to give new energy to our global network of local governments, academics and NGOs working on the subject. We will host a 500-participant event to a) shar…
Migration | Education
Education for Cooperation and Development
There is a significant need of teaching democracy values in schools. In particular those related with multicultural diversity and inclusion of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, which is one of the present EU challenges. Schools sh…
Arts and cultural activities | Education
Roma Heroes
How can you meet positive stories of Roma people? Do you know how can you be a hero in your life? We bring some dramas about Roma heroes, and discuss their challenges, decisions, activities as role models with the participants and inspire …
Democracy and participation | Communities
Jerusalem Intercultural Encounter
Jerusalem encounter helps selected european youth to reflect about the Judaeo-Christian western roots and Muslim culture, favouring a deep debate about western civilization and current need of democratic values in the EU. Jerusalem, a plac…
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Democracy and participation | Urban development
Incubator for Participatory Democracy in Europe
Across Europe, cities are experimenting with participatory democracy, in budgeting, in planning and in city services. Too often, those experiments are small-scale, disconnected and fail to transition from experiment to mainstream. The Incu…108 Ideas found