France
Direct democracy is back in the 21st century
The book entitled Direct democracies has just been published in French following several others is...
Veli-Valtteri Lehtonen
Citizen participation, Policy-making and Legislation, Public administration, Local Governance, Education and youth participation
Kyynämöinen , FI
I work for Democracy International e.V. in European-level democracy advocacy, focusing on the European Citizens’ Initiative. In addition, I am the Chair of Future Demo ry and Lead Coordinator of the Student Network on Future Democracy (SNFD).
DETAILS
CONTACT
Future Demo ry
Muuraismäentie 32
41240 Kyynämöinen
Finlandlehtonen@democracy-international.org
QUICK FACTS
- I am a founding member of Student Network on Future Democracy.
- I am a founding member of Network on Future Democracy Finnish Office ry
- For contacting me on DI: lehtonen@democracy-international.org
- For contacting me on Future Demo ry or SNFD: lehtonen@futuredemo.org
WHAT I CAN OFFER
- Democracy Education
WHAT I'M INTERESTED IN
- Participatory Democracy
- Democracy Innovation
HISTORY
I founded the Student Network on Future Democracy in 2023 after the first Student Forum on Future Democracy organized by Gesellschaft zur Erforschung der Demokratiegeschichte e.V. After my internship at Democracy International e.V. in 2025, I joined them to work on European democracy advocacy. I am also a founding member and Chair of Future Demo ry.
