WORLD FORUM FOR DEMOCRACY

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]World Forum for Democracy which took place in Strasbourg in November has provided preliminary conclusions. The insights gathered during the World Forum meetings inform the work of the Council of Europe and its numerous partners in the field of democracy and democratic governance.

BDF Summit 2015: Challenges and Game Changers

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The discussions in the session “The Baltic Sea Region: Challenges and Game Changers” was based around a paper by Tobias Etzold and Christian Opitz, Stiftung Wissenshaft und Politik. The paper suggests that a meaningful cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region involving Russia is still possible and recommends a step-by-step approach as a possible way forward.

Not your typical ‘About Me’ opening

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Moving away from familiar faces and places is always difficult, but eventually rewarding as you realise how much you’ve grown and matured in the process. Back in 2008, the idea of going somewhere far away was both intensely appealing and just as much frightening.

Migration – Refugees and Labor

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On behalf of the Danish Cultural Institute in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania,  IUC would like to promote and draw attention to the conference Migration – Refugees and Labor,  created as a part of the EU-project My!Europe supported by the Europe for Citizen-program.

EU Youth Report released

  The EU Youth Report reveals that generally young people are better educated than their predecessors and less young people drop out of school in the EU. Yet, 8.7 million young people aged 15-29 are unemployed, 13.7 million are not in employment, education or training (NEETs) and close to 27 million are at risk of poverty or…

Official video of Waves of Democracy 2015 Denmark

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]As promised, two weeks after the end of the Summer Academy in Soenderborg we are glad to present the official video of the event, filmed and mixed by our photographer and designer Micky Wang.
It sums up the activities, the experiences, and the feelings we had during a very intense week through the faces and the voices of our participants.