23 December 2015

Call for participants: Reinventing Democracy in the Digital Era (8-12 February 2016, Platres, Cyprus)

Future Worlds Center is inviting youth from all over Europe to participate in a global initiative that aims to reinvent a new system of governance by proposing new and innovative actions. The initiative aims to engage youth in both physical and virtual meetings with the first physical meeting taking place in Cyprus in February 2016. The initiative is supported by United Nations Democracy Fund.

Deadline: 2 January 2016
Open to: youth workers aged 18-30
Venue: 8-12 February 2016, Platres, Cyprus

Description

Be one of the 100 young change makers from across the globe who will design new and innovative systems of governance Future Worlds Center is inviting youth from all over Europe to participate in a global initiative Reinventing Democracy in the Digital Era that aims to reinvent a new system of governance by proposing new and innovative actions. The initiative aims to engage youth in both physical and virtual meetings with the first physical meeting taking place in Cyprus in 8-12 February 2016. 

100 young people will have the chance to reinvent democracy in a digital era
Source: http://events.adage.com/

Tasks of participants are as follows:
  • Able to identify 10 participants that will virtually contribute with their ideas to the objectives of the project through social media and ICT-based technologies;
  • Participate in the structured dialogue co-Laboratory in Cyprus;
  • Participate in 3 regional webinars and two global webinars;
  • Contribute ideas for a global e-book;
  • Contribute ideas for the Manifesto for 21st Century Democracy;
  • Contribute ideas using social media, ICT-based technologies.

Find out more: More details | Official call for participants | Official website | Application form