-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 I'm interested in going but I think I might otherwise be in India at the time though this is not yet confirmed. I still qualify as a young person just 34.
Kevin Stacco Troncoso: > "High level institutional representative": Michel Bauwens "Young > person of different gender" Michele Bauwens (see > here<http://www.elciudadano.gob.ec/ecuador-es-pionero-en-priorizar-el-conocimiento-y-talento-humano/> > > ) > > Seriously though, I guess the only person that fits the second > profile is Dorota? Unless we get, say, Helene as High level > institutional rep and Kevin or Eihmin as "dashing young Irishmen" > > > On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 8:17 AM, Layne Hartsell > <[email protected] >> wrote: > >> I hope someone from p2pf can get over there for this event; looks >> good >> >> >> On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 3:09 PM, Stacco Troncoso >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> It's a Hollande thing, methinks. Here's the funding >>> page<http://www.coe.int/en/web/world-forum-democracy/partners-2014> >>> >>> . >>> >>> There's a form to fill out, focusing on youth democratic >>> engagement. There's some forms to fill out. If we go ahead with >>> it, I'd suggest focusing it on a FLOK like proposal, centered >>> on Open Knowledge. >>> >>> Here's the skinny: >>> >>> "*Interested organisations worldwide are invited to express >>> their interest* in presenting an example/initiative enabling >>> youth participation by answering the questionnaire in Appendix >>> and sending it to [email protected] by 30 April 2014. >>> >>> The World Forum Task Force will select the most interesting and >>> relevant proposals in May 2014. >>> >>> *Up to two presenters (preferably a high-level institutional >>> representative and a young person of different genders) f*or >>> the selected initiatives will be invited to Strasbourg to take >>> part at the World Forum. A number of funded places is >>> available. >>> >>> In the context of this call a “young person” is a person who is >>> 35 or younger. >>> >>> Any public or private organisation is eligible to apply. >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 3:57 AM, Michel Bauwens >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Anyone interested in present the p2p-f in Strasbourg, >>>> >>>> not sure about the funding of this ?? >>>> >>>> Michel >>>> >>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kevin Flanagan >>>> <[email protected]> Date: Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 12:18 PM >>>> Subject: Invitation - Fwd: World Forum for Democracy 2014 To: >>>> Michael Bauwen <[email protected]> >>>> >>>> > > > > -------- Original Message -------- Delivered-To: > [email protected] Received: by 10.216.180.130 with SMTP id > j2csp99727wem; Mon, 7 Apr 2014 02:45:40 -0700 (PDT) > X-Received: by 10.140.21.8 with SMTP id > 8mr13004087qgk.55.1396863939469; Mon, 07 Apr 2014 02:45:39 > -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: > <[email protected]> Received: > from mail-qg0-f54.google.com (mail-qg0-f54.google.com > [209.85.192.54]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id > z66si6461574qgd.30.2014.04.07.02.45.38 for > <[email protected]> (version=TLSv1 > cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 07 Apr 2014 > 02:45:39 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: neutral (google.com: > 209.85.192.54 is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record > for domain of [email protected]) > client-ip=209.85.192.54; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; > spf=neutral (google.com: 209.85.192.54 is neither permitted nor > denied by best guess record for domain of > [email protected]) > [email protected] > Received: by mail-qg0-f54.google.com with SMTP id > a108so5964760qge.27 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 07 Apr 2014 > 02:45:38 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; > c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; > h=x-gm-message-state:delivered-to:from:to:subject:thread-topic > :thread-index:sender:date:message-id:references:in-reply-to > :accept-language:mime-version:x-original-sender > :x-original-authentication-results:precedence:mailing-list:list-id > :list-help:content-language:content-type; > bh=lGr/i7vOWJokc4U8OER1Z1amPWZLzhQg81Z2Phb+1a8=; > b=iaW+c6onN3+awsuUmBZ8uInVwutzxUtqw/NOkUUEXSrJDA4SB296SzNleo1zkQ6pKZ > > > /rYEHUvB9/X80vl+pur75IWNcS9zhbTOMIP5Cwby7e0yBnzcO7e7iwN/EJ/QHIlkLxu5 > > > 1kmY1uIkQhCe6RtqWQxzaDdan27XJF4ncBRudUL+3qMUn6yanjpyZ1glJYbQd1MtKFm4 > > > CbJ3ofAxlqvDr2HKfA2yqJ+TFwUqicyFSIpDxUv/yYNxQcQe68Oup8ctTi2NAIK+kkeX > > > KOivtGMfBvX2kewSGNOl4SdqD2MyeR+xjkEpMQIiNVTVqu7DuIbQuqaCae+9oHTqZoEp > > AYUw== > X-Gm-Message-State: > > ALoCoQkwu/6dCHuE4Ez9WBfi/cvAPY2VuYIuRZlS0zMkFHXdvzE4FiVCS+r1tVK2Qiktk5nFQqjO > > X-Received: by 10.224.36.129 with SMTP id > t1mr2152452qad.88.1396863938303; Mon, 07 Apr 2014 02:45:38 > -0700 (PDT) X-Forwarded-To: [email protected] X-Forwarded-For: > [email protected] [email protected] Delivered-To: > [email protected] Received: by 10.96.195.169 with SMTP id > if9csp199211qdc; Mon, 7 Apr 2014 02:45:36 -0700 (PDT) > X-Received: by 10.180.74.242 with SMTP id > x18mr10312590wiv.20.1396863935570; Mon, 07 Apr 2014 > 02:45:35 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: > <[email protected] >>>>>> > Received: from mail-we0-f198.google.com (mail-we0-f198.google.com > [74.125.82.198]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id > u9si5911449wjw.151.2014.04.07.02.45.35 for > <[email protected]> (version=TLSv1 > cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 07 Apr 2014 > 02:45:35 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: neutral (google.com: > 193.164.229.94 is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record > for domain of > [email protected]) > client-ip=193.164.229.94; Received: by mail-we0-f198.google.com > with SMTP id u57sf4018238wes.1 for <[email protected]>; Mon, > 07 Apr 2014 02:45:35 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.112.135.8 with > SMTP id po8mr185153lbb.12.1396863935059; Mon, 07 Apr 2014 > 02:45:35 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: [email protected] > Received: by 10.180.88.193 with SMTP id bi1ls235973wib.47.gmail; > Mon, 07 Apr 2014 02:45:34 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.180.7.133 > with SMTP id j5mr24075396wia.55.1396863934598; Mon, 07 Apr > 2014 02:45:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cuivre.coe.int > (cuivre.coe.int. [193.164.229.94]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id > s8si2733210wiv.74.2014.04.07.02.45.34 for > <[email protected]>; Mon, 07 Apr 2014 02:45:34 -0700 > (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of > [email protected] designates 193.164.229.94 as permitted > sender) client-ip=193.164.229.94; Received: from > V-Prefix02.key.coe.int (v-prefix02.key.coe.int [192.168.95.17]) > (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client > certificate requested) by cuivre.coe.int (ESMTP on COE Domain) with > ESMTPS id 283B0604F0 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 7 Apr > 2014 11:45:34 +0200 (CEST) Received: from > V-LINGUISTIX02.key.coe.int ([fe80::fdba:3195:8d90:770c]) by > V-Prefix02.key.coe.int ([fe80::81bb:e70f:5c49:7c26%13]) with mapi > id 14.03.0146.000; Mon, 7 Apr 2014 11:45:31 +0200 From: > forum_democracy <[email protected]> To: > '[email protected]' <[email protected]> Subject: > World Forum for Democracy 2014 Thread-Topic: World Forum for > Democracy 2014 Thread-Index: > > Ac9SNoq2Gh8i1OIuTaKFJ0eifzIJ6AAAKrRgAABWyyAAARzRkAAAKFugAAAtmOAAABcLMAAA614gAAAYbJAAABKKIAAALYagAAA75KAAAEV5UA== > > Sender: WILLERS Rabea <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2014 09:45:30 +0000 Message-ID: > <c96845a2d0ae7f4ea8de7f677523d9ed23bd3...@v-linguistix02.key.coe.int> > > References: > <c96845a2d0ae7f4ea8de7f677523d9ed23bd3...@v-linguistix02.key.coe.int> > > <c96845a2d0ae7f4ea8de7f677523d9ed23bd3...@v-linguistix02.key.coe.int> > <c96845a2d0ae7f4ea8de7f677523d9ed23bd3...@v-linguistix02.key.coe.int> > > <c96845a2d0ae7f4ea8de7f677523d9ed23bd3...@v-linguistix02.key.coe.int> > <c96845a2d0ae7f4ea8de7f677523d9ed23bd3...@v-linguistix02.key.coe.int> > > <c96845a2d0ae7f4ea8de7f677523d9ed23bd3...@v-linguistix02.key.coe.int> > <c96845a2d0ae7f4ea8de7f677523d9ed23bd3...@v-linguistix02.key.coe.int> > > <c96845a2d0ae7f4ea8de7f677523d9ed23bd3...@v-linguistix02.key.coe.int> > <c96845a2d0ae7f4ea8de7f677523d9ed23bd3...@v-linguistix02.key.coe.int> > > <c96845a2d0ae7f4ea8de7f677523d9ed23bd3...@v-linguistix02.key.coe.int> > <c96845a2d0ae7f4ea8de7f677523d9ed23bd3...@v-linguistix02.key.coe.int> > > <c96845a2d0ae7f4ea8de7f677523d9ed23bd3...@v-linguistix02.key.coe.int> > In-Reply-To: > <c96845a2d0ae7f4ea8de7f677523d9ed23bd3...@v-linguistix02.key.coe.int> > > Accept-Language: de-DE, en-US > X-MS-Has-Attach: yes X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: > [10.16.104.210] MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Original-Sender: > [email protected] X-Original-Authentication-Results: > mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of > [email protected] designates 193.164.229.94 as permitted > sender) [email protected]; dkim=pass > [email protected] Precedence: list Mailing-list: list > [email protected]; contact > [email protected] List-ID: > <contact.p2pfoundation.net> X-Google-Group-Id: 484116650614 > List-Help: > <http://support.google.com/a/p2pfoundation.net/bin/topic.py&topic=25838 >>>>>> > , > <mailto:[email protected]> Content-Language: en-US > Content-Type: multipart/mixed; > boundary="_012_C96845A2D0AE7F4EA8DE7F677523D9ED23BD33C3VLinguistix02ke_" > > Dear Mr Bauwens, > > With great pleasure I would like to invite you to submit an > application to present the “P2P Foundation” at the World Forum for > Democracy 2014 with the title “From participation to influence: > can youth revitalise democracy?". The third edition of the World > Forum for Democracy, to take place on 3‐5 November 2014, will > address the challenge of re‐building young people's trust in > democracy and re‐shaping institutions to give youth real influence > on decision‐making in all social arenas. > > The Strasbourg World Forum for Democracy is an annual gathering of > leaders, opinion-makers, civil society activists, representatives > of business, academia, media and professional groups to debate key > challenges for democracies worldwide. The Forum is organised by > the Council of Europe in partnership with the French government, > the Alsace Region and the City of Strasbourg and a range of > international organisations, think tanks, foundations, and other > partners from the public and private sectors. > > Organisations and movements worldwide are invited to express their > interest in presenting an example/initiative enabling youth > participation by answering the attached questionnaire and sending > it to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> by 30 > April 2014. Successful initiatives will be identified in May-June > 2014. > > Further information on the World Forum for Democracy 2014 can be > found below as well as on our website: > www.world-forum-democracy.org<http://www.world-forum-democracy.org>. > > You are also kindly invited to follow us on > Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/WFDemocracy> and > Twitter<https://twitter.com/WFDemocracy>. > > Thank you for your attention. > > With kind regards, Rabea Willers > > On behalf of the World Forum for Democracy Secretariat > > > [ > http://info.council-of-europe.org/img/55562/2629/10204392/3311/163/edcccabe/ > > ]< > http://info.council-of-europe.org/trk/55561/2629/10204392/3311/163/edcccabe/ >>>>>> > > World Forum for Democracy 2014 > > "From participation to influence: can youth revitalise democracy?" > > Strasbourg, Council of Europe, 3-5 November 2014 > > > > Democracy is played out in the political institutions of society, > but also in the multiple arenas where people come together: formal > and informal education, the work place, sport, culture, civil > society and increasingly, in social media via the Internet. > Democracy requires firm and unshakeable foundations, but must be > transmitted and renewed from generation to generation. > > > > Today, we witness among young people a rising abstention from > electoral participation and party politics, distrust in mainstream > media, and sometimes violent rejection of traditional embodiments > of political power. In transition democracies, young people are at > the forefront of movements of popular rejection of corruption and > electoral fraud, but are conversely marginalised in the process of > democratic consolidation. In times of economic crisis, young > people are increasingly faced with exclusionary barriers in the > “everyday arenas”. How to increase any democratic participation of > youth through the labour market when employment opportunities > decrease? Is education a real promise for prosperity and security, > and is it a good vehicle for inclusion that extremely qualified > generations now have less guarantee of access to the labour market, > leading some to speak of a “lost generation”? > > > > There is a disparity between young people’s aspirations on the one > hand and forms of engagement and the limited opportunities for > influence on the other hand. There is also a disparity between the > ideals of young people – such as social justice and equality – and > the priorities of democratic decision-making. There is a mismatch > between the long perspective youth desires to influence in order to > shape their future and a pressure to focus on short-term > obligations. > > > > Nonetheless, potential for youth influence and participation in > democracy exists. Many young people are engaged at community and > grassroots levels and express strong civic ideals and commitment. > A wide range of formal participation opportunities for youth exists > – elected student representatives, local youth councils, youth > parliaments, youth branches of political parties etc, but their > impact is relatively weak. It is crucial to enhance youth > democratic involvement, not only in terms of participation > (quantity) but also in terms of influence (quality). It would be > important to identify cases where such structures are genuine > vectors of democratic participation rather than an alibi, and to > explore the conditions which make them successful. New ways of > socialising and organising are being forged and pioneered by the > young via on-line media and social networks, from a perspective > which may challenge established models of democratic governance. > Moreover, there are a number of successful political figures deeply > engaged in the existing structures of representative democracy who > try to improve the system “from within”. > > > > All these perspectives should be explored in order for societies > to mobilise the potential of youth as actors of positive change. > > > > The SWFD 2014< > http://info.council-of-europe.org/trk/55563/2629/10204392/3311/163/edcccabe/ >>>>>> > > will engage with young people and with decision-makers and > opinion-formers in a reflection on these patterns of exclusion and > involvement and will explore new ways of engaging young people in > re-visioning the democratic arenas of today. > > > Call for Lab submissions > > > > Deadline: 30 April 2014. > > Interested organisations worldwide are invited to express their > interest in presenting an example/initiative enabling youth > participation. > > < > http://info.council-of-europe.org/trk/55564/2629/10204392/3311/163/edcccabe/ >>>>>> > Lab > submission form< > http://info.council-of-europe.org/trk/55566/2629/10204392/3311/163/edcccabe/ >>>>>> > > > > > > The Strasbourg World Forum for Democracy is an annual gathering of > leaders, opinion-makers, civil society activists, representatives > of business, academia, media and professional groups to debate key > challenges for democracies worldwide. The insights gathered during > the World Forum meetings inform the work of the Council of Europe > and its numerous partners in the field of democracy and democratic > governance. > > > > The Forum is organised by the Council of Europe in partnership > with the French government, the Alsace Region and the City of > Strasbourg and a range of international organisations, think tanks, > foundations, and other partners from the public and private > sectors. > > > > [ > http://info.council-of-europe.org/img/55567/2629/10204392/3311/163/edcccabe/ > > ] > > > > < > http://info.council-of-europe.org/trk/55568/2629/10204392/3311/163/edcccabe/ >>>>>> > www.world-forum-democracy.org< > http://info.council-of-europe.org/trk/55570/2629/10204392/3311/163/edcccabe/ >>>>>> > > [ > http://info.council-of-europe.org/img/55572/2629/10204392/3311/163/edcccabe/ > > ]< > http://info.council-of-europe.org/trk/55571/2629/10204392/3311/163/edcccabe/ >>>>>> > Send > us an email<mailto:[email protected]> for further > information > > > > ©Council of Europe 2014< > http://info.council-of-europe.org/trk/55573/2629/10204392/3311/163/edcccabe/ >>>>>> > > | Contact us<mailto:[email protected]> | > [ > http://info.council-of-europe.org/img/55575/2629/10204392/3311/163/edcccabe/ > > ] > < > http://info.council-of-europe.org/trk/55574/2629/10204392/3311/163/edcccabe/ >>>>>> > > > > > > World Forum for Democracy Forum mondial de la démocratie Council of > Europe / Conseil de l’Europe F-67075 Strasbourg E-mail : > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > [Description: PEQUE] > > > > > > >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- *Please note an intrusion wiped out my inbox on February >>>> 8; I have no record of previous communication, proposals, etc >>>> ..* >>>> >>>> P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - >>>> http://blog.p2pfoundation.net >>>> >>>> <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: >>>> >>>> http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens >>>> >>>> #82 on the (En)Rich list: >>>> http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/ >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- - Stacco Troncoso <http://about.me/staccotroncoso> >>> >>> >> > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEcBAEBCgAGBQJTRBItAAoJECAeSbRqWXA+PYIIAMRKmw3gcZv8I1gxh0y2EFwQ IPYPW6c8rA3+gQDcGPsRaTUkNFz48JIi+LT9QLa+H95q3gSeZuUCsa5kg4PEyOql z1WTFgfto9g9uyZ1iCceD3R4/PxGy1/8AIDuCUP8peYcUs3/gGcMstaQ0hnIeW0w vcjydqVqNGUIt5vqZIWIoEwQLwGJUw9dCcILl6ErhUpjaK8Vq8Lo7BxY92YkP71Y 6mm4w3SBcHpI++BATTrrKUgbdY0WW2yho6G4xXaYcx1DH26Gw7Q4BLFCmBHCVAvE zDYiXWBpiZFiw4RpBPLy/BLmNeDz4X4YrL56Zj2fUupGcqHcYP5edqnxwZ4WqOU= =kUEQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ P2P Foundation - Mailing list http://www.p2pfoundation.net https://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation
