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30-10-2020
The Direct Democracy Navigator turns ten!
The Direct Democracy Navigator, a unique platform gathering all direct democracy and citizen participation instruments around the globe, is turning ten today. Over the past decade, it has developed from a small crowd-...
02-09-2020
Transnational instruments for transnational issues: The Fridays for Future ECI
While timely and necessary, the measures to halt the spread of COVID-19 have had an enormous impact not only on our daily lives, but also on our democracies. In this series, we try to asses how democratic practice has been affected and how we can make our future democracies more...
02-09-2020
Transnationale Instrumente für transnationale Fragen: Die Fridays for Future EBI
Die Maßnahmen zur Eindämmung von COVID-19 sind zwar zeitgerecht und notwendig, doch haben sie nicht nur enorme Auswirkungen auf unser tägliches Leben, sondern auch auf unsere Demokratien.
In dieser Serie wagen wir einen Versuch zu beurteilen, wie unsere demokratische Praxis...
02-09-2020
German Direct Democracy in Action
Abstimmung21 intends to organise the first nationwide vote on socio-political issues in the history of Germany. The idea is to send a voting booklet along with other documents during the 2021 German federal election so that citizens are able to directly make their voices heard...
02-09-2020
Deutsche Direkte Demokratie schlägt Wellen!
Abstimmung21 will die erste bundesweite Abstimmung zu gesellschaftspolitischen Themen in der Geschichte Deutschlands organisieren. Bei der Bundestagswahl 2021 soll ein Stimmheft zusammen mit anderen Unterlagen verschickt werden, damit die Bürgerinnen und Bürger sich direkt bei...
24-08-2020
Seven lessons from the Corona-crisis: Interview with Tamara Ehs
Krisendemokratie is a book written by Tamara Ehs, which focuses on the Austrian democracy during the Covid-19 crisis. After an in-depth analysis of the decision making process of the Austrian...
19-08-2020
Democracy in Crisis Online Discussions: Challenges and Recommendations
Over the last couple of months, we organised several interactive online discussions on pertinent issues related to democracy during the current Covid-19 pandemic. The goal of these discussions was to share ideas between experts and participants from across the world in order to...
19-08-2020
Demokratie in der Krise: Herausforderungen und Empfehlungen
In den letzten Monaten organisierten wir mehrere interaktive Online-Diskussionen zu unterschiedlichen Aspekten der Demokratie während der aktuellen Covid-19-Pandemie. Ziel dieser Diskussionen war es, Ideen zwischen Expert*innen und Teilnehmenden aus der ganzen Welt auszutauschen...
10-08-2020
The Global forum on modern direct democracy goes online in 2020
This year the Forum will take place online, registrations are open on: www.democracy.community.
The Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy is the largest gathering devoted to direct democracy worldwide. It...
28-07-2020
French Citizens want a referendum on climate measures
A survey shows that 81% of French adults are in favor of submitting the most important proposals made by the recent Citizens’ Convention on Climate in France to a Referendum. The measures drafted by 150 randomly-selected citizens also find significant approval in French society...