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ANKARA
NEWS: Two Turkish Cities Are Finalists for 'European Capital of Democracy'
Ankara and Denizli Join Brussels and Tirana on Short List
ADDIS ABABA
NEWSLETTER: The Planetocracy Is Coming, So Wear Your White Hats
Also: Impact Investing Against Democracy; Sub-Saharan Local Covenant; Cat-Mayor-Martyr
Germany
"No one should be angry"
On May 5 it finally happened: the first event of the NRW tour of the European Public Sphere took place in...
European Union
The challenging making of the European Citizens’ Initiative
“Take the Initiative!” This request by the European Commission to all citizens of the European Union marks...
European Union
“We are fighting with unequal means”
In a last-minute bit of good news ahead of this year’s ECI Day, the ‘Minority SafePack’ European Citizens’...
European Union
An online platform to support ECIs
At ECI Day this week, the European Commission announced the launch of a new online platform to support...
European Union
Under construction: the ECI
This year's European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) Day showed once again that the world's first and only...
European Union
ECI Day 2018: Working together
On April 10, 2018, the ECI Day took place in Brussels for the seventh time, with the main organiser and host...
Taiwan
How Taiwan got one of world´s best direct democracy laws
The first European explorers from Portugal called this land simply Ilha Formosa, the beautiful island. Today...
Peru
The missed opportunity of direct demoracy in Peru
After almost a century of politically and economically turbulent times, Peru has re-established democratic...
Global
What drives citizen participation?
For seven years, Dr Klaus Hofmann has been researching legal instruments of direct democracy worldwide for...
Belgium
Crowdsourcing is a step forward in citizen participation
This year's Digital Democracy Day, initiated by ECAS, focused on the question of how crowdsourcing can...