Inspiring exchanges with future leaders at #CoE Youth Centre Budapest, including from minority groups!
This is the place where young people learn how to build #Democracy through inclusive dialogue & exchanges on global challenges.
@CoeYouth
Alain Berset, a former President of the Swiss Confederation, is to be the new @CoE Secretary General.
Watch again the announcement of his election and acceptance speech...
https://t.co/wRVRgTMh0T
👏Closure of 2⃣ successful Schools of Participatory #Democracy in Türkiye. Representatives from authorities and CSO ready and exited to apply participatory mechanism in practice in their communities and take up the challenge to engage in policy-making at central level!
📅Happening now in Strasbourg: 1st plenary meeting of the new Steering Committee on Democracy (#CDDEM) to define an effective roadmap towards the implementation of the 10 Reykjavik Principles of #Democracy.
My @coe speech at the 1st meeting of our new committee on #democracy / Mon @coe_fr intervention lors de la 1ère réunion de notre nouveau comité sur la démocratie #CDDEM 👇https://t.co/EM3DV1cnb0
Excellent @LIEatCoE initiative, which the Republic of Moldova was happy to join with an Album highlighting its wonderful people, landscapes, and traditions! A small country with a big heart!
👏🇺🇦Deliberative democracy milestone achieved in Ukraine! Looking forward to supporting #Zvyahel and #Slavutych municipalities in conducting first citizens’ assemblies to unify citizens in the reconstruction of the country!
🫴 https://t.co/fZmNRdTqtG
👏Following schools of #participatorydemocracy in Istanbul and Ankara 🇹🇷, the number of practitioners applying Council of Europe #civilparticipation tools is increasing across Türkiye!
➡️Learn more: https://t.co/8qzfx0ZptB
Had a great discussions with the Director @EPilichowski on the cooperation perspectives between 🇲🇩- @oecd in
the field of good governance, the development of institutional capacities and of civil servants.
1⃣ The deliberative wave continues to grow — from 2021 to 2023 it reached five new countries and 11 812 citizens:
🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina @DamirKapidzic
🇨🇴 Colombia @extituto
🇬🇪 Georgia @coe
🇲🇪 Montenegro @EP_DEG
🇳🇿 New Zealand @ABardsley99
👏Celebrating the closure of @coe#participatorydemocracy project in Georgia 🇬🇪 last week! Grateful for the successful collaboration, positive impact on civic engagement, and support from @AustrianDev
➡️ https://t.co/XgqSzZLhmG
It was an honor for Ambassador Svetlana Geleva to open the Conference Improving Electoral Processes & Elections: Role of Electoral Training Centers, organized by @CoEDemocracy
Looking fwd to the discussions on #Elections and experience sharing on the role of electoral training centres @coe
Training & capacity building of the electoral officials is crucial, re generally low voter turnout and wider trends on #democracy backsliding @CoEDemocracy
Empowering youth in 🇷🇸! Inspired by the @coe School of Participatory Democracy, the 1st School of #YouthParticipation was initiated & students visited the CoE office Belgrade to learn more about innovative participatory tool💡Exciting initiatives underway! https://t.co/zA3YGapcrz
🌍🇲🇰Skopje Climate Assembly gains momentum! North Macedonia's 1st #citizens’ assembly kicked off with @coe support to promote the process in Shtip. Discussing with citizens about this innovative tool & how it could be used in their community. 👇
https://t.co/8070rhUvri