September 15th, 2016 will mark the International day of Democracy, with this years theme commemorating the same day one year ago when 193 Member States of the United Nations adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, a plan of action for the people, planet and prosperity.
September 15th, 2016 will mark the International day of Democracy, with this years theme commemorating the same day one year ago when 193 Member States of the United Nations adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, a plan of action for the people, planet and prosperity.
On June 6th - 9th, 2016 researchers and practitioners from around the world will gather at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver for the first large-scale meeting of the Participedia project. Project partners who have been working together for over a year via email and Skype will come together to share knowledge and resources as they refine plans for the next four years of a SSHRC Partnership Grant
On June 6th - 9th, 2016 researchers and practitioners from around the world will gather at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver for the first large-scale meeting of the Participedia project. Project partners who have been working together for over a year via email and Skype will come together to share knowledge and resources as they refine plans for the next four years of a SSHRC Partnership Grant
We are in the midst of a transformation of democracy—one possibly as revolutionary as the development of the representative, party-based form of democracy that evolved out of the universal franchise. This transformation involves hundreds of thousands of new channels of citizen involvement in government, often outside the more visible politics of electoral representation, and occurring in most countries of the world.