#Democracy

[…] After the first meeting in May 2023 at the Baden-Württemberg State Representation, the experts from national and international organisations now met for the second time in Brussels on 20. and 21. [...]

[…] Together with the European Committee of the Regions, the New Democracy project has launched the "Becoming a Participation Professional" initiative. The aim: to provide young politicians from the EU [...]

[…] European election 2024: European youth demands institutional reforms for more democracy in the EU In these dramatic times, young Europeans speak with one voice: for the EU to tackle global challenges, [...]

[…] How exactly should the EU reform and what are the next steps forward? The third edition of the Democracy Reform Conversations brought three prominent speakers to discuss the topic: Guy Verhofstadt, [...]

[…] Jessika Roswall, the Swedish Minister for the EU Affairs, Alin Mituta, the MEP (Renew Europe Group), Corina Stratulat from European Policy Centre and Dominik Hierlemann, Senior Advisor in the [...]

[…] Bertelsmann Stiftung condemns the attacks on Israel The Bertelsmann Stiftung condemns the terrorist attacks on Israel by Hamas. Our unreserved solidarity goes out to the people of Israel. We mourn the [...]

[…] Anchoring citizen participation in Europe - at the local level Why is citizen participation important and why does it need an institutional framework? Our event revolving around these topics was met [...]

[…] The Commission envisaged panels as a regular feature of the EU’s policy-making process ahead of the key legislative proposals. A pilot series of panels was held between December 2022 and May 2023 on [...]

[…] With its origins in settler colonialism, Canada has fundamentally embodied an immigrant society since its early days as a modern nation in the 19th century. For a long time, the nation’s immigration [...]

[…] Strengthening European democracy at grassroots level: More competences for citizen participation What do Zagreb (Croatia), Brussels (Belgium), Madrid (Spain), the Gemeente Middelburg (Netherlands), [...]