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| Gender (20%), Age: young people 18 – 30 years old (15%), Anti-discrimination criteria (10%), Years of relevant experience or/and prior relevant activities (10%), Potential for organizing follow-up activities (10%), Belonging to associations with wide networks (5%), Communication skills (5%), Reliability / Commitment (5%), Country of origin / nationality (5%), Availability of sponsors (10%), Uninterrupted access to social networking (5%).
| | ==Outcomes and Outputs== |
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| ==Activities==
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| '''Output 1.1: 5 Regional Co-Laboratories of Democracy held with a total of 100 participants'''
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| The Future Worlds Center intends to conduct a total of 5 Co-Laboratories throughout the project, each lasting 5 full working days, and taking place in different continents. The major product of each Co-Laboratory will be a detailed virtual report with all ideas, clarifications, processes, and final results documented in great detail.
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| '''Output 1.2: At least 1000 ‘Shadow Participants’ to Co-Laboratories recruited'''
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| Before attending a Co-Laboratory, each participant is asked to identify and recruit additional 10 ‘shadow participants’. This will significantly enlarge the total number of participants and increase the validation of the results during each Co-Laboratory. Since participants themselves will represent a diverse mix of ethnic and social backgrounds, so will the additional participants, as they are likely to be identified within the socio-economic environment of each participant. Participants will however be asked to try and identify representatives of different youth organizations or active youth/ civil society groups. By recruiting 10 shadow participants each, the total number of young people involved per Co-Laboratory will reach 200. The shadow participants will contribute through virtual means, through the website, the IdeaPrism™ or email, depending on the particular circumstances. In addition, however, the virtual participants will also be in charge to reflect on the proceedings and also “broadcast” the progress of the project using their respective channels, i.e., via email, Twitter™, Facebook™, Blogs, YouTube™ movies, etc.
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| '''Output 1.3: 13 Regional Webinars on Participatory Democracy held'''
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| A number of regional webinars will be held in the framework of the project and after the Co-Labs being held. The first webinar will aim at introducing participants to the project and the concept of participatory democracy and will address issues on media literacy. The following webinars will focus on increasing interaction among the participants and will work as platforms for exchanging ideas and work on country specific activities. In addition, the webinars will serve as a tool for discussing topics of interests and sharing success stories. Overall, the webinars will support participants to complete their follow up activities. Moreover, in these webinars participants will be invited to discuss the progress of their action plans. Thus, webinars will ensure interactive participation among the participants and smooth operation of the process. Due to the time frame, three Webinars with participants from Europe/ Africa/ the Americas, and two Webinars with participants from Asia/ the Arab States – in total 13 regional Webinars will be organized.
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| '''Output 1.4: Two Global Webinars on Participatory Democracy held'''
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| Global webinars on participatory democracy will be taking place during the implementation of the project. The webinars will ensure global coordination of the project outputs and will give participants the opportunity to discuss and exchange ideas on topics of common interest. The global webinars will support and encourage communication among the participants in an effort to empower youth to actively participate in the democracy processes. The webinars will be organized using standard technologies (available to FWC) and the results uploaded to public cloud for open access. The first Global webinar will take place after the Co-Labs in Europe, Africa and the Americas (Q5) have been implemented and will invite participants from those regions. The final Global webinar will take place in the end of the project (Q8) and will include participants from all continents.
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| ==Expected Results==
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| '''Outcome 1: Structured youth dialogue has capacitated and empowered youth, and strengthened the level of engagement among youth across the world''' | | '''Outcome 1: Structured youth dialogue has capacitated and empowered youth, and strengthened the level of engagement among youth across the world''' |
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| The necessary requirement for any action to be successful is that the youth has clarity of their situation and are able to articulate their thoughts and goals clearly. Future Worlds Center will coordinate and carryout co-laboratories in which 100-125 youth and citizens’ representatives/leaders, will participate. Doing so will develop a common language and a shared understanding of the situation for youth and capacitate them to formulate their ideas, suggestions, and strategies with clarity. They will work together to develop shared action plans. They will co-author a book and produce video clips to promote their action plans. Moreover, they will co-develop a Manifesto for 21st Century Democracy. As a result, the participating youth will regain their interest in the democratic process and their faith toOutcome 2: Social media is increasingly used in advocacy efforts to strengthen the voice of youths across the world.
| | *Output 1.1: 5 Regional Co-Laboratories of Democracy held with a total of 100 participants |
| | *Output 1.2: At least 1000 ‘Shadow Participants’ to Co-Laboratories recruited |
| | *Output 1.3: 13 Regional Webinars on Participatory Democracy held |
| | *Output 1.4: Two Global Webinars on Participatory Democracy held |
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| '''Outcome 2: Social media is increasingly used in advocacy efforts to strengthen the voice of youths across the world''' | | '''Outcome 2: Social media is increasingly used in advocacy efforts to strengthen the voice of youths across the world''' |
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| A series of 1-min video clips and a best video clip competition will serve as a major step towards engaging a few thousand people in evaluating and selecting ideas using modern social media and Apps. This is envisioned as the launching of a global mobilization process which will engage thousands of people in critical and reflecting thinking by sharing and discussing the video clips. The results of best video clip- voting process will be disseminated to the media, organizations and decision makers through various communication channels and are expected to make an impact in the political agenda.
| | *Output 2.1: “50 Proposals for Action towards designing ideal future systems of governance” video-clips uploaded on YouTube™ |
| | *Output 2.2: A YouTube™ best video clip competition held: Voting among the 50 Proposals for Action |
| | *Output 2.3: A promotional video clip promoting young people’s voice produced and shared globally in social and traditional media |
| | *Output 2.4: A Global Democracy Facebook™ Group to launch social media campaigns created and maintained |
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| '''Outcome 3: Increased number of tools to strengthen youth participation in democratic processes''' | | '''Outcome 3: Increased number of tools to strengthen youth participation in democratic processes''' |
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| A number of tools to strengthening youth participation will be created through the project. This includes publicizing a collectively authored e-book and the Manifesto for 21st Century Democracy, as well as the operational action plans. These deliverables will empower citizens to express their ideas for the future of democracy and the system of governance. The expected support of international organizations and networks will further assist in connecting citizens with policy makers such as members of the government and parliament, international institutions and local authorities.
| | *Output 3.1: One collectively authored e-book published |
| | *Output 3.2: Manifesto for 21st Century Democracy: “Requirements of a new system of democracy” established |
| | *Output 3.3: 5 Action Plans created and implemented |
| | *Output 3.4 Grants for projects proposed by participants |
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| ==Beneficiaries== | | ==Beneficiaries== |
