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<center>{{Box-round| title = Key objective | The key objective is to increase youth participation in democratic governance by empowering young people from across the world to invent and propose new, innovative and concrete actions aiming at reinventing democracy taking advantage of what the digital era has to offer | <center>{{Box-round| title = Key objective | The key objective is to increase youth participation and collaboration in decision making processes with regards to democratic governance by empowering young people from across the world to invent and propose new, innovative and concrete actions aiming at reinventing democracy by taking advantage of what the digital era has to offer.}}</center> | ||
More than 1000 young people will contribute with ideas face-to-face and virtually during five Co-Laboratories engaging ICT and structured democratic dialogue methodology. The process is designed to mobilize young people and to increase interaction among youth globally with the aim to advocate for and enable meaningful youth participation in democratic processes. | More than 1000 young people will contribute with ideas face-to-face and virtually during five Co-Laboratories engaging ICT and structured democratic dialogue methodology. The process is designed to mobilize young people and to increase interaction among youth globally with the aim to advocate for and enable meaningful youth participation in democratic processes. |
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Reinventing Democracy in the Digital Era is a project funded by the United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF) and implemented by Future Worlds Center with the support of five Regional Coordinators, one in each of the five Regions, and many [[Partners and Liaisons, who are supporting local, national, regional and/or global activities.
The project team invites everyone on the globe, individual, initiative or organization who is interested in the vision, to approach the team and explore way to collaborate.
Key objective
More than 1000 young people will contribute with ideas face-to-face and virtually during five Co-Laboratories engaging ICT and structured democratic dialogue methodology. The process is designed to mobilize young people and to increase interaction among youth globally with the aim to advocate for and enable meaningful youth participation in democratic processes.
Problem Analysis
Despite low youth participation in political processes and elected institutions, young people participate in democratic life through other means, such as political movements, youth organizations, and ad-hoc community initiatives mostly on informal arenas. Their meaningful participation in these processes depends on the political, socio-economic and cultural context and requires both young people and youth organizations to have the opportunities and capacities for youth participation, as well as operate within an enabling environment for civil society and especially young people.
While youths across the world are facing similar problems to access the political decision-making arena there are limited opportunities for them to share those experiences and to explore and propose solutions in a structured way and through personal meetings. To become a stronger voice there is a need for youth around the world to unite.
Global Scope
The initiative has a global scope
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The Reinventing Democracy in the Digital Era project Eco-system
Funding Organization
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Implementing Organization
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Regions The core project is being implemented in five regions. The initiative in each region is called:
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Regional Coordinators
The project is being implemeneted with the assistance of the following:
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Core Participants
Core Participants are the key actors of the project.
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Shadow Participants
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Mentors The project foresees a Mentorship Program with three different types of Mentors:
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Structure of the Mentorship Program
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The extended Mentors' Network Mentors have the benefit that they have access to >100 participants from across the world | |
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Liaisons
This role is for Civil Society or other national organizations interested to join the core activities. They can do so by:
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Project Supporters Many individuals, authorities and orgnaizations are supporting the project in many ways:
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Endorsements Many individuals, authorities and orgnaizations are endorsing the project by placing it under their auspices |
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Researchers Researchers and scientists join in order to collect data and study the process or products |
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Policy Many people involved in policy commit to promote its ideas and products in their respective circles |
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Politicians Many individual politicians are endorsing the project and commit to promote its ideas and products in their respective circles |
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Science of Dialogic Design Many individual politicians are endorsing the project and commit to promote its ideas and products in their respective circles |
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SDD Certificates All participants will receive certificates that bear the official logo of the Structured Democratic Dialogue methodology |
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YouTube
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IdeaPrismIdeaPrism is a mobile App that runs on Apple and Android devices, which allows participants to enter their ideas, clarifications and short videos online |
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Cogniscope The Structured Democratic Dialogues require the use of a special software called Cogniscope v3 for their implementation The software, originally developed by the team of Aleco Christakis, is now produced by Ekkotek Ltd. |