The webcast is starting now: http://www.coe.int/en/web/world-forum-democracy/home On Nov 15, 2015 10:47 PM, "Steven Clift" <cl...@e-democracy.org> wrote:
> I leave for France on Monday for the World Forum for Democracy. > > Considering the tragic Paris attacks, the main event theme is very timely: > > Freedom vs control: For a democratic response > > Strasbourg, France 18-20 November 2015 > > Website/Plenary webcasts from: > > http://www.coe.int/en/web/world-forum-democracy/home > > Hashtag #COE_WFD : > > https://twitter.com/hashtag/coe_wfd?src=hash > https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=%23coe_wfd > > If you be there, drop me a note! cl...@e-democracy.org > > * My side gathering over dinner: > > E-Networking Democracy Builders Globally? - Dinner Conversation > > https://www.facebook.com/events/842231672562138/ > > Thursday, November 19 > > Small dinner conversation on the side of the World Forum for Democracy > in Strasbourg. > > Topic: > > What can the democracy building/civic engagement community learn from > online networking related to the Open Government Partnership (both > official networking and civil society networking like the UK civil > society OGP online group)? > > How might we digitally bridge the worlds of #demopart and #opengov > #opendata #civictech #nptech? > > Or put another way, whether it is government-led democracy global > promotion efforts, free press/human rights/FOI/participatory democracy > organizing by civil society groups, or domestic "civic engagement" > networks within well established democracies the opportunities to > share knowledge globally in _effective_ online groups, etc. is far > weaker than in the digital government and civic technology arena. And > the opportunity to connect technology innovators in democracy with the > broader democracy building world has has yet to be seized. > > This is what I'd like to talk about with 6 interested people over dinner. > > > Main conference description: > > Democracies across the world feel increasingly vulnerable to a diverse > range of threats – from violent extremism to economic, technological, > environmental and geopolitical risks. Fear, and particularly the fear > generated by violent attacks such as those carried out in 2015 in > Paris, Copenhagen and in other parts of the world, destabilises > societies. The lack of guarantees for the protection of personal data > sharpens anxieties. In this context, the growing tension between the > concern for safety and the protection of freedoms is one of the key > challenges facing democracies today. > > How to maintain a balance between security and freedom in a democratic > society under threat? Can democracies resist the escalation of fear > and formulate responses based on civic responsibility and active > citizenship? Can they deal effectively with security risks linked to > the digital revolution without jeopardising individual rights and > freedoms, the benefits of the digital revolution and democratic > institutions? > > These questions will be in focus at the 2015 World Forum for Democracy. > > > > > > Steven Clift - Executive Director, E-Democracy.org > cl...@e-democracy.org - +1 612 234 7072 > @democracy - http://linkedin.com/in/netclift > http://1radionews.com - My radio app >
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