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The '''Reinventing Democracy in the Digital Era''' | The '''Reinventing Democracy in the Digital Era'''co-laboaratory took place in Lefkosia on the 14th and 15th of September, 2012 (full days) at the [[Cyprus Community Media Center]] in the Buffer Zone next to the Ledra Palace Hotel. It was a highlight in a series of structured dialogues aiming to explore new ideas for reinventing democracy. The first one, ([[Reinventing democracy (YiA 1.3)|Reinventing democracy]]) was a week long co-laboratory with 11 Greeks and 11 Cypriots. The second ([[Youth envisage and design their ideal future (YiA 5.1)|Youth envisage and design their ideal future]]) engaged almost 30 Cypriots. This third co-laboratory is co-organized together with the [[Digital Futures]] of the European Commission and the results are online at [[SDDP Reinventing Democracy in the Digital Era]] The aim is to explore how future and emerging technologies can contribute towards designing a better system of governance. | ||
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The project aims to bring together 24 young people from all across Europe in an attempt to envision, conceptualize and design new models of democratic governance that capitalize on the possibilities offered by contemporary as well as emerging digital technologies. The project was born as a joint initiative between the [[Future Worlds Center]], and the [[Digital Futures]] of the European Commission and it is a part of the activities carried out under the auspices of the Cyprus Presidency. The two-day event will be organized as an interactive co-laboratory, fully utilizing up-to-date methodologies and technologies of the science of structured democratic dialogue. | The project aims to bring together 24 young people from all across Europe in an attempt to envision, conceptualize and design new models of democratic governance that capitalize on the possibilities offered by contemporary as well as emerging digital technologies. The project was born as a joint initiative between the [[Future Worlds Center]], and the [[Digital Futures]] of the European Commission and it is a part of the activities carried out under the auspices of the Cyprus Presidency. The two-day event will be organized as an interactive co-laboratory, fully utilizing up-to-date methodologies and technologies of the science of structured democratic dialogue. | ||
The co-laboratory took place back-to-back with the Cyprus EU Youth Conference (Cyprus Presidency event). This builds on the priority of the Cypriot Presidency to address the topic of Youth Participation in democrtic life in Europe as a main priority of the trio PL-DK-CY, adopted by the ministers' meeting in the Council of Education, Youth, Culture and Sport. | The co-laboratory took place back-to-back with the Cyprus EU Youth Conference (Cyprus Presidency event). This builds on the priority of the Cypriot Presidency to address the topic of Youth Participation in democrtic life in Europe as a main priority of the trio PL-DK-CY, adopted by the ministers' meeting in the Council of Education, Youth, Culture and Sport. | ||
==An international event under the auspices of many organizations== | ==An international event under the auspices of many organizations== | ||
