Stories

GRENOBLE
WHERE IN THE WORLD IS BRUNO KAUFMANN? Grenoble
Visiting the Most Democratic City in France
Germany
The People’s Candidate
The United Nations is choosing its next Secretary-General at perhaps the most precarious moment in its history. The process tells us something uncomfortable about the institution the successful candidate will inherit: the UN has...
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...
Global
All roads lead to Rome – Join us for the 2018 Global Forum on Modern...
Climate change, inequality, conflict - our challenges today are so great that we cannot pretend to be able...
Germany
What companies can teach democracy
The most successful companies have learned how to continuously adapt to new challenges, if we want to make...
Netherlands
Meer Democratie Netherlands to sue Minister over Abolition of the Dutch...
Meer Democratie, our Dutch partner organisation, is starting a legal case against Dutch Minister of Interior...
Korea South
Korea: From Teargas to Candlelight
In 1987, South Korean democratic protests achieved the direct election of the president, opening the door for...
Korea South
Democracy’s bright flame in South Korea
The Republic of Korea has gone through turbulent times in the past years, but with the presidency of former...
Iceland
People Power Lights Up The Shores Of Arctic Ice Deserts
#ddworldtour Notebook from Reykjavik/Iceland: If you think that Europes far north is populated by quiet and...