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{{Project | {{Project | ||
|acronym=Reinventing Democracy in the Digital Era | |acronym=Reinventing Democracy in the Digital Era | ||
|logo= | |logo= | ||
|project_title=Reinventing | |project_title=[[Reinventing democracy in the digital era]] | ||
|contract_number= UDF-GLO-13-532 | |contract_number= UDF-GLO-13-532 | ||
|coordinator=[[Maria Georgiou]] | |coordinator=[[Maria Georgiou]] | ||
|funding_agency=[[United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF)]] | |funding_agency=[[United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF)]] | ||
|partners=[[Talents Coaching & Consulting Kenya Ltd]] (Kenya | |partners=[[Talents Coaching & Consulting Kenya Ltd]] (Kenya) <br> [[Kwansei Gakuin University ]] (Japan) <br> [[National University of Patagonia ]] (Argentina) | ||
|website= | |website= | ||
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==Introduction== | |||
'Reinventing Democracy in the Digital Era (UNDEF)' 's 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. 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. | 'Reinventing Democracy in the Digital Era (UNDEF)' 's 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. 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. | ||
==Overall Objectives== | ==Overall Objectives== | ||
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Communication and collaboration among youth across the world is strengthened using structured dialogue, new innovative ICT-based solutions and tools to find common ground for increased participation. | Communication and collaboration among youth across the world is strengthened using structured dialogue, new innovative ICT-based solutions and tools to find common ground for increased participation. | ||
==The Vision of the Project== | |||
'''Brief Description''' <br> | |||
Our world is currently faced with a number of major challenges, ranging from increasing inequality, which leaves large parts of society without access to basic needs; wars and security threats; a food system in crisis and the carrying capacity of our planet being at its tipping point. The Millennium Development Goals are reaching their end date in a year’s time from now, and a new global framework is currently being negotiated among the world leaders. One of the key questions, however, is how democratic and participatory is this and other democratic processes when youth are not being included? | Our world is currently faced with a number of major challenges, ranging from increasing inequality, which leaves large parts of society without access to basic needs; wars and security threats; a food system in crisis and the carrying capacity of our planet being at its tipping point. The Millennium Development Goals are reaching their end date in a year’s time from now, and a new global framework is currently being negotiated among the world leaders. One of the key questions, however, is how democratic and participatory is this and other democratic processes when youth are not being included? | ||
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Although it is difficult to estimate the number of unique and serious video clip viewers, people who will read and discuss the content of the reports/ books and the manifesto, and those who will take actions based on ideas and proposals found in the above products, the number of indirect beneficiaries is of the order of thousands. Of course, the wider public is also considered to be an indirect beneficiary. | Although it is difficult to estimate the number of unique and serious video clip viewers, people who will read and discuss the content of the reports/ books and the manifesto, and those who will take actions based on ideas and proposals found in the above products, the number of indirect beneficiaries is of the order of thousands. Of course, the wider public is also considered to be an indirect beneficiary. | ||
