Join as Core Participant in the Structured Democratic Dialogues
Before you proceed to the Application Form you must ensure that:
- You fulfill the requirements
- You have prepared everything you need for the Application
To go directly to the Application click here.
Five things you need to have before you proceed to the Application
- Download the project flyer and study it carefully
- Download IdeaPrism and contribute at least 1 idea in the Dialogue: Reinventing Democracy for Applicants
- Secure 10 shadow participants; have their full names, at least one affiliation and their emails handy
- Secure support from at least 3 Civil Society Organizations or other Youth NGOs or peoples’ initiatives
- Identify (ideally secure support) national media: at least one web-based, one paper newspaper, one radio and one TV station. Have website, name of a person in charge, role and telephone handy.
Who can apply
Anyone from across the world can apply to participate in our Structured Democratic Dialoguetructured Democratic Dialogues
The dialogues will be week-long and will take place in five regions of the globe as follows:
Preliminary planning for location and time of the SDDs
| Region | Approximate Month | Proposed Location |
|---|---|---|
| European Initiative | 8 | Limassol or Brussels |
| African Initiative | 10 | Kenya |
| American Initiative | 12 | Argentina |
| Euroasian Initiative | 14 | Japan or Indonesia |
| Middle Eastern Initiative | 15 | Cyprus |
It is best to apply in a region that is nearby the location of the dialogue implementation, although this is not absolutely obligatory. Applicants may apply as individuals and/or as representatives of NGOs and/or informal groups or other initiatives, as representatives of formal education, and/or non-formal & administrative bodies working with youth such as youth workers.
Basic Requirements
- Age: 18-35 years
- Two years professional experience in a non-profit, for-profit or hybrid organisation working in related subjects
- Have a very good level of both spoken and written English
- Strong communication skills as evidenced by a short video clip submitted with the application
- Willingness and ability to promote messages using modern media communication technologies as evidenced by written confirmation of support by
- Leadership in her/his respective community as evidenced by letters of support from NGOs and Youth organizations or initiatives willing to support the participant in later actions
Successful participants must demonstrate
- Their ability to identify and secure 10 shadow participants who will virtually contribute with their ideas to the objectives of the project through social media and ICT-based technologies
- Contribute ideas using social media, ICT-based technologies.
Commitments
The participation begins a few months before the implementation of the actual Structured Democratic Dialogue and continues throughout and life time of the project and hopefully well beyond.
Committed participants are expected to:
- Participate in the respective regional Structured Democratic Dialogue Co-Laboratory
- Participate in 3 or more Regional Webinars and two Global Webinars
- Produce at least a few Youtube video clips explaining their own contributions to the project plus arguing about the need
- Provide their feedback and possible edits for the collectively authored e-book about the project
- Provide their feedback and possible edits for the collectively authored Manifesto for 21st Century Democracy: “Requirements of a new system of democracy”
- Create and implement a regional plan for action