<div dir="ltr">why don't we get dorotea and kasha to go there .. kasha is in strasbourg already and dorotea in paris .. dorotea are you interested ?<div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 1:23 AM, Stacco Troncoso <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:staccotroncoso@gmail.com" target="_blank">staccotroncoso@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">"High level institutional representative": Michel Bauwens<div>"Young person of different gender" Michele Bauwens (<a href="http://www.elciudadano.gob.ec/ecuador-es-pionero-en-priorizar-el-conocimiento-y-talento-humano/" target="_blank">see here</a>)</div>
<div><br></div><div>Seriously though, I guess the only person that fits the second profile is Dorota? Unless we get, say, Helene as High level institutional rep and Kevin or Eihmin as "dashing young Irishmen"</div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 8:17 AM, Layne Hartsell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hartsellml@p2pfoundation.net" target="_blank">hartsellml@p2pfoundation.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">I hope someone from p2pf can get over there for this event; looks good<br>
</div></div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 3:09 PM, Stacco Troncoso <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:staccotroncoso@gmail.com" target="_blank">staccotroncoso@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">It's a Hollande thing, methinks. Here's <a href="http://www.coe.int/en/web/world-forum-democracy/partners-2014" target="_blank">the funding page</a>.<div><br></div><div>There's a form to fill out, focusing on youth democratic engagement. There's some forms to fill out. If we go ahead with it, I'd suggest focusing it on a FLOK like proposal, centered on Open Knowledge.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Here's the skinny:</div><div><br></div><div>"<b><span style="font-family:Candara,sans-serif" lang="EN-GB">Interested organisations worldwide are invited to
express their interest</span></b><span style="font-family:Candara,sans-serif" lang="EN-GB"> in presenting an example/initiative
enabling youth participation by answering the questionnaire in Appendix and
sending it to </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:forum_democracy@coe.int" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Candara,sans-serif" lang="EN-GB">forum_democracy@coe.int</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Candara,sans-serif" lang="EN-GB"> by 30 April 2014.</span><span style="font-family:Candara,sans-serif"> </span></div>
<p><span style="font-family:Candara,sans-serif" lang="EN-GB">The World Forum Task Force
will select the most interesting and relevant proposals in May 2014.</span><span style="font-family:Candara,sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Candara,sans-serif" lang="EN-GB"><b>Up to two presenters (preferably
a high-level institutional representative and a young person of different
genders) f</b>or the selected initiatives will be invited to Strasbourg to take
part at the World Forum. A number of funded places is available.</span><span style="font-family:Candara,sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Candara,sans-serif" lang="EN-GB">In the context of this
call a “young person” is a person who is 35 or younger.</span><span style="font-family:Candara,sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Candara,sans-serif" lang="EN-GB">Any public or private
organisation is eligible to apply.</span></p></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 3:57 AM, Michel Bauwens <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:michel@p2pfoundation.net" target="_blank">michel@p2pfoundation.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Anyone interested in present the p2p-f in Strasbourg,<div><br></div><div>not sure about the funding of this ??</div>
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Dear Mr Bauwens,<br>
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With great pleasure I would like to invite you to submit an<br>
application to present the “P2P Foundation” at the World Forum for<br>
Democracy 2014 with the title “From participation to influence: can<br>
youth revitalise democracy?". The third edition of the World Forum for<br>
Democracy, to take place on 3‐5 November 2014, will address the<br>
challenge of re‐building young people's trust in democracy and<br>
re‐shaping institutions to give youth real influence on<br>
decision‐making in all social arenas.<br>
<br>
The Strasbourg World Forum for Democracy is an annual gathering of<br>
leaders, opinion-makers, civil society activists, representatives of<br>
business, academia, media and professional groups to debate key<br>
challenges for democracies worldwide. The Forum is organised by the<br>
Council of Europe in partnership with the French government, the<br>
Alsace Region and the City of Strasbourg and a range of international<br>
organisations, think tanks, foundations, and other partners from the<br>
public and private sectors.<br>
<br>
Organisations and movements worldwide are invited to express their<br>
interest in presenting an example/initiative enabling youth<br>
participation by answering the attached questionnaire and sending it<br>
to <a href="mailto:forum_democracy@coe.int" target="_blank">forum_democracy@coe.int</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:forum_democracy@coe.int" target="_blank">forum_democracy@coe.int</a>> by 30 April<br>
2014. Successful initiatives will be identified in May-June 2014.<br>
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On behalf of the World Forum for Democracy Secretariat<br>
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World Forum for Democracy 2014<br>
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"From participation to influence: can youth revitalise democracy?"<br>
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Strasbourg, Council of Europe, 3-5 November 2014<br>
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Democracy is played out in the political institutions of society, but<br>
also in the multiple arenas where people come together: formal and<br>
informal education, the work place, sport, culture, civil society and<br>
increasingly, in social media via the Internet. Democracy requires<br>
firm and unshakeable foundations, but must be transmitted and renewed<br>
from generation to generation.<br>
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Today, we witness among young people a rising abstention from<br>
electoral participation and party politics, distrust in mainstream<br>
media, and sometimes violent rejection of traditional embodiments of<br>
political power. In transition democracies, young people are at the<br>
forefront of movements of popular rejection of corruption and<br>
electoral fraud, but are conversely marginalised in the process of<br>
democratic consolidation. In times of economic crisis, young people<br>
are increasingly faced with exclusionary barriers in the “everyday<br>
arenas”. How to increase any democratic participation of youth through<br>
the labour market when employment opportunities decrease? Is education<br>
a real promise for prosperity and security, and is it a good vehicle<br>
for inclusion that extremely qualified generations now have less<br>
guarantee of access to the labour market, leading some to speak of a<br>
“lost generation”?<br>
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There is a disparity between young people’s aspirations on the one<br>
hand and forms of engagement and the limited opportunities for<br>
influence on the other hand. There is also a disparity between the<br>
ideals of young people – such as social justice and equality – and the<br>
priorities of democratic decision-making. There is a mismatch between<br>
the long perspective youth desires to influence in order to shape<br>
their future and a pressure to focus on short-term obligations.<br>
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Nonetheless, potential for youth influence and participation in<br>
democracy exists. Many young people are engaged at community and<br>
grassroots levels and express strong civic ideals and commitment. A<br>
wide range of formal participation opportunities for youth exists –<br>
elected student representatives, local youth councils, youth<br>
parliaments, youth branches of political parties etc, but their impact<br>
is relatively weak. It is crucial to enhance youth democratic<br>
involvement, not only in terms of participation (quantity) but also in<br>
terms of influence (quality). It would be important to identify cases<br>
where such structures are genuine vectors of democratic participation<br>
rather than an alibi, and to explore the conditions which make them<br>
successful. New ways of socialising and organising are being forged<br>
and pioneered by the young via on-line media and social networks, from<br>
a perspective which may challenge established models of democratic<br>
governance. Moreover, there are a number of successful political<br>
figures deeply engaged in the existing structures of representative<br>
democracy who try to improve the system “from within”.<br>
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All these perspectives should be explored in order for societies to<br>
mobilise the potential of youth as actors of positive change.<br>
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opinion-formers in a reflection on these patterns of exclusion and<br>
involvement and will explore new ways of engaging young people in<br>
re-visioning the democratic arenas of today.<br>
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Call for Lab submissions<br>
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Deadline: 30 April 2014.<br>
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Interested organisations worldwide are invited to express their<br>
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