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Local councilors and officials in Iceland share their experience on citizen participation mechanisms
Written the 05/09/2017
"Citizen participation is the bedrock of democracy and good governance, beause the citizen must be in the center of any public action and policy" stressed Congress Seretary General Andreas Kiefer on a conference held in Reykjavik on 5 September 2017. Administration staff from various Icelandic municipalities...
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ELDW administrator’s website under development
Written the 30/06/2017
The ELDW administrator's website is currently under development to provide ELDW partners with a more user-friendly and simple platform for registering and promoting their ELDW activities. Due to these changes, ELDW partners may encounter technical problems when entering data after logging in to their personal...
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Learning to Live Together – A Conference on the Future of Citizenship and Human Rights Education in Europe
Written the 23/06/2017
A conference on the future of education for citizenship and human rights in Europe was organised from 20 to 22 June at the Palais of Europe in Strasbourg (France). In the framework of the Council of Europe's Charter on Education for Citizenship and Human Rights, presentations, round tables and debates...
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Instruments to engage citizens: towards improvement of Georgia’s local governance system
Written the 20/06/2017
"Local authorities should be supported by a framework enabling them to effectively take care of their citizens, analyse their ideas and ensure that these voices are projected into decision-making" affirmed David Narmania, Head of the Delegation of Georgia to the Congress and Mayor of Tbilisi, when addressing...
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Video clip : three minutes to understand the ELDW
Written the 04/04/2017
Congress debate on the 10th anniversary of the European Local Democracy Week
Written the 29/03/2017
The World Forum for Democracy returns with a sixth edition! – Call for submissions
Written the 06/03/2017
Theme of the ELDW 2017: “Citizen participation, consultation and commitment: for a thriving local democracy”
Written the 14/02/2017
23 partners from 11 countries represented at the annual co-ordination meeting of the European Local Democracy Week
From 30/01/2017 to 30/01/2017
ELDW Evaluation Workshop in Budapest
Written the 14/12/2016
Congress President meets with young local leaders from Ukraine including ELDW partners
Written the 07/11/2016
Hanno Pevkur on the ELDW 2016 : “ Identifying ways to promote cultural diversity as richness and not a threat is crucial ”
Written the 21/10/2016
Numerous activities organised by Patras municipality during the ELDW 2016
Written the 14/10/2016
Official start of the European Local Democracy Week 2016
From 10/10/2016 to 16/10/2016
“Citizen participation, power sharing and providing space for interaction are essential for successful local policies”, says Andreas Kiefer
From 06/10/2016 to 07/10/2016
The ELDW is coming up fast!
Written the 27/09/2016
Watch interview of Andreas Kiefer, Secretary General of the Congress on the ELDW
Written the 20/09/2016
Follow the ELDW on Facebook and Twitter!
Written the 19/08/2016
Congress of Regional and Local Authorities and local social integration: ELDW 2016
Written the 27/07/2016
New features on the ELDW events website!
Written the 30/06/2016
Intercultural initiatives of the University of Patras for refugee children
Written the 29/06/2016
Building bridges within culturally diverse societies – “More than one story” card game
Written the 03/06/2016
Council of Europe develops new educational game
Written the 23/05/2016
Registration for the 2016 European Local Democracy Week is open!
Written the 30/03/2016
Intercultural and inter-faith dialogue: the Congress proposes the creation of a toolkit to prevent radicalisation at local and regional level
Written the 24/03/2016
30th Session of the Congress: intercultural dialogue at the centre of discussions
Written the 17/03/2016
2016 European Local Democracy Week to focus on promoting intercultural dialogue
Written the 08/02/2016
20 partners from 10 countries were represented at the annual ELDW co-ordination meeting
From 01/02/2016 to 01/02/2016
ELDW partners participated to the first Hackathon during the 2015 WFD edition
From 20/11/2015 to 20/11/2015
Registration to the annual co-ordination meeting of the European Local Democracy Week (ELDW)
From 01/02/2016 to 01/02/2016
More than 180 activities organised during the ELDW 2015
Written the 19/10/2015
Official start of the European Local Democracy Week 2015
The 12/10/2015
The 2015 edition of the European Local Democracy Week
From 12/10/2015 to 18/10/2015
Call for online registration to the ELDW 2015 (12-18 October)
From 02/10/2015 to 09/10/2015
ELDW at the World Forum for Democracy 2015 – participatory democracy workshop
From 18/11/2015 to 20/11/2015
Grant opportunity for building active citizenship made available by ALDA!
Written the 04/09/2015
60th anniversary of the Europe Prize
Written the 23/06/2015
60th anniversary of the Europe Prize - debate on multiculturalsim
Written the 22/06/2015
ELDW partner Kairouan launches co-operation with the city of Strasbourg
Written the 04/05/2015
Reinforced partnership of the ELDW with the Intercultural Cities Programme
Written the 20/04/2015
World Forum for Democracy 2015 – call for Lab submissions
From 13/04/2015 to 15/05/2015
Call for applications: European Youth Capital 2018
Written the 18/02/2015
ARLEM Plenary Session in Turkey: Migration and urban governance on the agenda
From 14/12/2014 to 15/12/2014
"Citizen in my city – Citizen in Europe"
From 15/12/2014 to 16/12/2014
The European Local Democracy Week officially started
From 13/10/2014 to 19/10/2014
Call for expression of interest: grants for multi-ethnic municipalities in South-East Europe
Written the 12/09/2014
Think Global – Act Local: Education for Democracy
From 21/10/2014 to 22/10/2014
Promoting human rights and citizenship education as part of the ELDW 2014
From 20/05/2014 to 21/05/2014
ELDW on the Swedish Democracy Day 2014
The 03/04/2014
“Participatory democracy: sharing, proposing, deciding” will be the slogan of the 2014 Democracy Week
The 24/03/2014
Evaluation of the ELDW 2013 in Andalusia
Written the 03/05/2014
Strong participation of citizens in the ELDW 2013 in Brussels-Capital Region
Written the 02/05/2014
Innovative participatory processes in the approach of Dionysos to the Local Democracy Week
Written the 01/05/2014
Community engagement in Tbilisi for improving local democracy
Written the 30/04/2014
Huddinge participated for the third time in the European Local Democracy Week
Written the 29/04/2014
Involvement of citizens and youth in Metz for democratic participation
Written the 28/04/2014