Output 2.4: A Global Democracy Facebook™ Group to launch social media campaigns created and maintained

Participants of the Co-Laboratories and their Facebook™ friends will be encouraged to create a Global Democracy Facebook™ Group in order to discuss about democracy and expressing their thoughts freely, regardless of gender or nationality. FWC will monitor the discussions as to ensure adequate representation. When necessary, FWC will open new topics to encourage dialogue and reflecting learning. The video clips (Output 2.1) and the e-book (Output 1.3) will be posted in this group to facilitate global attention and engage a wider audience. The Group will be initiated after the first Europe-based Co-Lab.

Concrete results expected / Monitoring: It is expected that democracy-related topics will be discussed among youth on a global level, that knowledge will be shared and that the discussions will mobilize youth to get engaged and to take action in their home-countries. It is hoped that the discussions will empower the youth to express themselves freely through the support of others and to create their own campaigns which will be later posted on the FacebookTM group. The effectiveness and impact of those campaigns and discussion threads will be measured by collecting number of group members, “likes” and “shares” of campaigns, analyzing comments and if new campaigns and activities have risen from the discussions.

Follow-up Actions: By the end of the project, FWC will have found a new moderator(s)/ admin(s)to ensure keeping the group and the discussions alive.