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MOSI
COLUMN The Local Assembly Beautiful Enough to Run a Nation
The Kgotla Mixes Democracy, Culture, and Technocracy to Govern Botswana
Germany
The People’s Candidate
The United Nations is choosing its next Secretary-General at perhaps the most precarious moment in its history. The process tells us something uncomfortable about the institution the successful candidate will inherit: the UN has...
Global
“More or less democracy?” that’s the question
Erwin Mayer, Board Member Democracy International and Spokesperson for Mehr Demokratie Austria makes the case...
European Union
Europe makes room for participation
Kicked off last year in October, our European Public Sphere project has been travelling Europe in the past...
European Union
A busy summer for the European Citizens' Initiative
It’s been a long journey for the revision of the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) over the last year. The...
Italy
Invitation General Assembly, 29 September 2018
INVITATION General Assembly 29 September 2018 02:30 pm - 06:00 pm Palazzo Senatorio Sala della Piccola...
Serbia
Participation, transparency and real estate on the Belgrade Waterfront
The Serbian initiative “Don’t Let Belgrade D(r)own” (Serbian: Ne Da(vi)mo Beograd (NDB)) is changing the way...
Bulgaria
Bulgarian Referendum Between Capture and Myth
Bulgaria has become a highly frequented destination for EU officials and foreign visitors at large since the...
Ireland
The Irish Referendum on Abortion: a Feat of Direct Democracy?
On 25 May, the people of the Republic of Ireland voted overwhelmingly to repeal the 8th amendment of the...
Netherlands
Long Read: Abolishing the referendum? How and why the Netherlands is...
Using controversial legal tricks, the Dutch government is trying to abolish the law for citizen-initiated...
European Union
Open Letter to the European Parliament: Make the European Citizens’...
On 20 June, the Constitutional Affairs Committee (AFCO) of the European Parliament will will vote on the...
Italy
Report on Milan Networking Meeting on Empowering Citizens for the Future...
With only one year to go until the next European elections, civil society organisations across Europe are...