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ON ITS TENTH ANNIVERSARY, THE SWISS DEMOCRACY FOUNDATION LOOKS TO THE FUTURE: WITH A BRIDGE-BUILDING VIDEO, A SYMPOSIUM ON DEMOCRACY PROMOTION, AND THE FORMATION OF A NEW FRIENDS AND PATRONS CIRCLE.
A decade has passed since the Swiss Democracy Foundation was established in Lucerne. Over these ten years, our foundation has established itself as a bridge-builder between Swizerland's extensive (direct) democratic and federalist experiences and practices and the growing challenges worldwide.
At the anniversary conferencec in Lucerne's old town hall, we presented a video on the history, work, and plans of the Swiss Democracy Foundation. Together with experts from government and various universities, we discussed the «future of democracy promotion» and the related article in the Swiss Federal Constitution. We also launched a new opportunity for interested and comitted individuals to actively participate in the Foundation's work: the new Friends and Patrons Circle.
You can find more detailed information on this in the current newsletter #27 as well as on our website.
Over the coming months, the Foundation has several other important activities planned:
- The world's first «Chair on Modern Direct Democracy» will be inaugurated at the University of Lille;
- In Bulgaria, as part of the three-year cooperation project with local civil society, a workshop for regional democracy trainers will take place in the week following the parliamentary elections;
- The new «Global State of Direct Democracy» report focuses on local popular rights worldwide.
We will provide information on these and other activities and opportunities for cooperation in our next newsletter #28 in June.
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