#CoronaCrisis

[…] Now in our 14th year of celebrating International Democracy Day, a day intended to encourage governments around the world to strengthen and protect democracy, we are called upon to reflect on the [...]

[…] by Karola KlattGermany took over the G7 presidency at the turn of the year. Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced that he would use the opportunity to make the leading democratic industrial nations - the [...]

[…] For about a year, the Bertelsmann Foundation and the European Committee of the Regions have been working on giving European citizens a voice in the context of the Conference on the Future of Europe. [...]

[…] Emergency decrees supplant separation of powersOn 25 July 2021, Tunisia’s President Kais Saied independently exercised his powers and declared a state of emergency. With strong approvalfrom the [...]

[…] change: Mr. Peres, the word innovation is used by so many people in so many different ways. What does innovation mean to you?Chemi Peres | For me, innovation is actually about changing time, history [...]

[…] As the pandemic and therestrictionsit involves continue, concern has grown in recent months that public satisfaction with democracy may suffer. In cooperation with the King BaudouinFoundation, the [...]

[…] White, rich, safe: COVID-19 Exposes Rampant Health System Inequality The distribution of the coronavirus vaccine around the world is glaringly unjust. But the fight against the pandemic shows that [...]

[…] As a once-in-a-century event, the coronavirus pandemic poses major challenges to our political and economic systems, but also to social cohesion. As our recent study conducted in cooperation with the [...]

[…] Data are becoming increasingly important for the public and for policy-making at the local level. The emergence of smart cities and smart regions means that communities can now make more data [...]

[…] The third Migration Zoom Time, a digital version of the successful Migration Lunch Time event format, brought together a broad range of participants from the federal administration, politics, [...]