Reinventing Democracy in the Digital Era (UNDEF Contract)

The content of this page is displayed in standardized format to serve as quick reference; and facilitate its use during preparation of new applications. Do not change the content of this page without consulting with the project coordinator. For encyclopedic details about the project, please refer to its main page. Reinventing Democracy in the Digital Era Reinventing Democracy in the Digital Era is a two-year project that is being coordinated by Future Worlds Center in Cyprus with the assistance of local partners Talents Coaching & Consulting Kenya Ltd in Kenya, Kwansei Gakuin University in Japan and the National University of Patagonia in Argentina. 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. 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.

Formal Project Description Contract Title Reinventing Democracy in the Digital Era Project Acronym Reinventing Democracy Donor United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF) Lead Partner Future Worlds Center/CNTI Agreement n° UDF-GLO-13-532 Partners Talents Coaching & Consulting Kenya Ltd (Kenya) Kwansei Gakuin University (Japan) National University of Patagonia (Argentina) Countries of the action Global Cost of Action $200,000 Grant $200.000.00 Cost for FWC $200,000 Grant for FWC $200.000,00 Dates 01/05/2015 - 30/04/2017 Main Page Reinventing Democracy in the Digital Era (UNDEF) Website http://www.reinventdemocracy.info About Project Reinventing Democracy in the Digital Era (UNDEF)

Overall objective(s) The key objective of this project 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.

Expected Results Structured youth dialogue has capacitatedand empowered youth,and strengthened the level of engagement among youth across the world. Social media is increasingly used in advocacy efforts to strengthen the voice of youths across the world. Increased number of globally produced tools to strengthen youth participation in democratic processes.