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What Young People Are Seeing, Changing and Questioning
A tote bag. A shrinking river. Plastic waste. A community where rubbish is not collected on time. These might seem like unrelated things, but they all appeared when we asked young people a simple question: what does protecting...
LIPA
COLUMN The Future of Democracy Is in Your Local Trash
And That's a Good Thing
Germany
Participation without Accountability: What the end the Cage Age case Tells...
In March 2024, the Citizens’ Committee behind the End the Cage Age initiative (EtCA) took the European...
Ukraine
Talking their way to trust: can dialogue save Ukraine’s EU dream?
In June 2022, something extraordinary happened. Ukraine, a country under invasion, was granted candidate...
Germany
Citizen Initiatives: It Is Not the Signature That Counts. It Is What...
Imagine coming across a petition on a topic or theme you genuinely care about. You read it, you sign it, and...
Germany
When the Door to Democracy Is Open, Who Gets Through?
A citizen initiative begins with a simple promise. If enough people believe something should change, they...
MUNICH
THE PLANETARY PUEBLO: A New Model of Local Democracy and Governance
A New Model for a Locality That Governs Itself and the World
Photo by Bruno Kaufmann
MALMO
WHERE IN THE WORLD IS BRUNO KAUFMANN? Malmo, Sweden
Finding Local Sucess in a City Defamed Internationally
SACRAMENTO
COLUMN Can a Politician Be Too Accomplished?
Gavin Newsom's Record May Be Too Long to Follow
MUNICH
EVENT Joe Mathews to Give Keynote at CONSULCON26 in Munich
On Sept. 17, at 1p, a look at local democracy's future
Afghanistan
The Right to Education and Sustainable Development Goal 4: The Educational...
Education is one of the most fundamental human rights and serves as the foundation for sustainable...
TORONTO
NATIONAL CIVIC REVIEW Democratic Resilience on the Periphery
A Different Perspective on Civic Infrastructure