Deadline: 21 October 2016
The Council of Europe is inviting applicants for its 2016 World Forum for Democracy to focus on the relationship between education and democracy. The forum will explore how education and democracy can nurture active citizens with critical and analytical skills, and how through fostering grassroots innovation and bottom-up democratic reform, it can help develop civic engagement and improve opportunities for all.
The World Forum for Democracy is a platform for dialogue and innovation dedicated to democracy, which promotes the Council of Europe principles across the world. A unique event of its kind, it deals with challenges facing democracy taking as a starting point innovative initiatives and practice, and fostering debate between different actors in order to find solutions.
Key Themes
- Innovation
- Participation vs influence
- Inclusive decision-making
- Participatory democracy
- E-democracy
- Competences for democratic citizenship
- Democracy literacy
- Freedom vs control
Eligibility Criteria
- The Forum will involve political decision-makers, inspirational speakers, innovators and social entrepreneurs, as well as leaders from the education sector, civil society, the media, academia, faith groups, youth movements, and business.
- Members of the Council of Europe Schools of Political Studies – involving emerging leaders in the Council of Europe’s newer member States and countries from its ‘neighbourhood’, – will be actively involved in the Forum.
- The Conference of INGOs, the Parliamentary Assembly, the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities and the Council Europe’s Education Committee (the CDPPE) will all be actively involved, as well as other Council of Europe structures as necessary.
- The Council of Europe Youth Sector will play an important role in the Forum preparation.
How to Apply
Interested applicants must fill the registration form via given website.
Eligible Countries
Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Republic of Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, “The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom.
For more information, please visit World Forum for Democracy 2016.
