Between May 15th – 18th 2024, the University of Bucharest will host the 2024 edition of the Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy. The event is co-organized in partnership with Europuls – The Center for European Expertise, with the Democracy International Swiss NGO, Swiss Democracy Foundation and Bucharest City Hall.
The forum will reunite, in Bucharest, a global community of activists, decision-makers and experts who will approach, within substantial electoral debates, as well as within several parallel sessions, multiple themes concerning the level of trust in democracy and pressing problems related to direct rights of democratic and civic participation. The event will offer attendants the opportunity to get informed about the democratic landscape of the region, and to gather insight of the political history of Bucharest and Romania.
Attending the forum is free of charge, but it is conditioned by prior registration here, where interested persons can select the events, debates or workshops they wish to attend.
The Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy is a participative conference annually attracting over 500 participants from over 60 countries, being organized by civil society organizations in partnership with local institutions.
The central theme of the Global Forum on democracy will focus on the concept of trust in democracy. Several key-subjects will be debated, such as the participation of youths to the decisional process, direct democracy and participation in EU decisions, the connection between mass-media and democracy, trust in political representatives, institutions and mass-media or the implications of the war in Ukraine and its consequences for Romania, Moldova, and the Black Sea region.
Among invited speakers for the 2024 edition of the Forum, the organizers mention: His Excellence Hernandez Perez-Solorzano Jose Antonio, Spanish Ambassador to Romania, Mădălina Mihalache – head of the Liaison Office of the European Parliament in Romania, Corina Crețu – member of the European Parliament and former European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, Dan Dragoș Drăgan – State Secretary within the Ministry of Energy in Romania.
At the same time, between May 13th -15th 2024, participants are invited to 3 optional tours: a historical tour of Bucharest, an experience-exchange and a tour of the Capital of Youth in Romania for 2024, the city of Ploiești, and a study visit to EfdeN, where they will visit EfdeN solar houses.
The full program of the Forum is available here.
On the Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy
The Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy, which has been organized on 5 continents ever since 2008, will reunite in Bucharest a global, diverse community of activists, decision-makers and experts who will approach significant international programs, these being strongly connected to the direct rights of democratic and civic participation. The event puts a particular focus on the challenges that democracy is facing in Romania, but also on the global phenomena that are constantly shaping the world we live in. The objective of the Forum is to provide participants with the necessary knowledge to build a safer future, in which trust remains at the core of democracy.
On the Eurosfat Forum
Eurosfat is the largest annual European Business Forum in Romania. Based on the European values of democracy, civic engagement and open dialogue, the forum represents an opportunity to debate current European, national and regional subjects. In 2022, the Eurosfat Forum won the Charlemagne Youth Prize at national level, an award offered annually by the EU to the best youth initiatives that contribute to bringing the EU closer to citizens. Each of the previous editions hosted over 600 participants, over 50 speakers, 30 sponsors and partners.
On Europuls
Europuls – The Centre for European Expertise is an NGO established in 2010 in Brussels, by a group of Romanian experts in European business. The Europuls’s goal is to promote the European integration process in Romania, but also to contribute to developing the European Public Space.
Europuls aims to stimulate public debates on European themes by publishing articles and studies, as well as by organizing debates, workshops, and conferences. Among the participants to these events are European Commissaries, Romanian and foreign members of the European Parliament, representatives of the civil society, experts and journalists who gather to discuss relevant themes within the EU.
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