In order to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century, new forms of citizen participation are developing. What is at stake is also the ability to consider the complexity of global problems using innovative approaches and methods of exchange, enhancement, analysis and popularization of information in order to reinforce citizen initiatives that contribute to building global democracy. In today’s world of Internet communication, the challenge of democracy is less that of gaining access to information than that of sorting through the vast quantities of available data to select that which is reliable and relevant, and how to structure it in an intelligent manner, which is the central question.
It is with this in mind that the Charles Léopold Mayer Foundation for the Progress of Humankind (FPH) and Ritimo have created an international data base of experiences dph, which is now on line in four languages. Click to see its offer and participate!
The FPH and Ritimo hope that this tool will be of use, and that it will inspire participation in the political project of organizing a global democratic citizen arena, by sharing experiences, structuring information and jointly developing knowledge and citizen alliances, and developing alternative proposals to build a twenty-first century of solidarity and responsibility.
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