#Commune

[…] Revitalising politics: More citizen participation for more trust in Europe The Winter School Training "Becoming a Participation Professional" is part of the democracy programme "Young Elected [...]

[…] Less than a third of young people under the age of 30 state that the most effective way to make their voices heard is to participate in elections. It is therefore hardly surprising that only about [...]

[…] 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 [...]

[…] Linked Open Data: A vision for interlinking and sharing open data On August 17, the Data for Society project organized its 11th Municipal Open-Data Network Meeting. The approximately 90 participants [...]

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

[…] Bright minds from Germany’s public sector and civil society came together for the third time on June 22 with representatives and experts from the open data movement to discuss how civil society can [...]

[…] The Data Dialogue has existed since last year – and was initiated by the Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Data Science Lab. The idea is to collaborate with CorrelAid, a nonprofit network of data enthusiasts, to [...]

[…] On May 9, 1950, then-French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman presented a plan that became the European Coal and Steel Community in 1952 and, much later, the European Union. The economy was at the [...]

[…] At the Bertelsmann Stiftung, we work strategically not only to draw attention to critical developments, but also to develop constructive solutions to societal problems. In 2022, we engaged in a wide [...]

[…] Press Release: A current survey by the Bertelsmann Stiftung shows that Europe stands united behind Ukraine. According to the findings, 65 percent of Europeans believe that Ukraine should become a [...]