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Democracy and participation | Education
Academic Participatory Policymaking
Uneven stakeholder consultations advance the perception of the EU as a policymaker ‘behind-closed-doors’. When large corporations spent some €838 million for lobbying in Brussels, academics and small nonprofits have a much weaker position.…
Democracy and participation | Social inclusion
DEMOCRATEEN
The past few years have seen overwhelming examples of decisions made by countries, voters against the spirit of democracy and inclusiveness in Europe.The onus is now on the future generation how they will shape Europe & European values. We…
Democracy and participation | Social inclusion
Hate Free Network
“Hate Free Spaces” project aims to counter this dangerous tendency. Once hate speech and xenophobic views become accepted as a regular part of public discourse, and they are freely promoted in the public space, we will set ourselves on a s…
Democracy and participation
Human Being is not a Commodity
We need to protect especially children and youth, people with special needs and with disabilities and to protect the human rights of the victims of trafficking in Estonia. NGO Lifeline is able to provide the expert knowledge, training mate…
Social inclusion | Migration
Open Village
Open Village is a festival organised by Edgeryders community since 2012, a physical gathering of community members and newcomers. Our aim is to bridge the online and offline realms in a unique gathering that fosters global collaborations a…
Democracy and participation | Education
Safe Space-Divers Schools
Recent years we have witnessed increasing of violent actions performed by young people or youth groups across Europe.The knowledge and skills of youth educators is still limited in relation of identifying and preventing youth at risk o…
Democracy and participation | Social inclusion
Stories that unite
After the Soviet Union fell apart, countries went their own ways, but there are more similarities than we think. Using the method of Human Library, we want to bring together people from several post-soviet countries to strengthen the ties …
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Democracy and participation | Education
The European Civics Academy
The idea is a pan-European and traveling advocacy school empowering citizens to bring systemic change at local and EU level, acting alone or in tandem with civil society organisations. By building on the methodology designed by The Good Lo…
Democracy and participation | Education
Visualizing democratic renewal
Too much energy is wasted on strategies that never affect real life decisions in governance. The democracy lab solves it through collective wisdom and visualizing changes. Be it sustainable development or equality issues, democracy lab ser…9 Ideas found