We are happy to introduce you to the grantees in the second round of our Democracy Needs Imagination action grant call. Read on about people working for their rights as citizens, for their right to public space and personal freedoms, and for their right to creative expression.
Read MoreBuild the City Towards a Practice-Based Manifesto
On 25 February, we have launched our Build the City, Towards a Practice-Based Manifesto
during our Co-creating the City event at Pakhuis de Zwijger. Download your copy now and join the conversation on our dedicated Lab.
New Democracy: Co-creating the City - REPORT
In the evening of 25 February and as part of ECF’s involvement in the cultural programme of the Netherlands Presidency of the EU Council, we hosted an event to co-create recommendations of good urban governance for the EU Urban Agenda at Pakhuis de Zwijger in Amsterdam. Speakers included Antonija Eremut (Solin, Croatia), Christian Iaione (Bologna, Italy), Sjoerd Feitsma (Leeuwarden, the Netherlands), Pedro Campos Ponce (Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations).
Read MorePersbericht: Co-creating the city - Debat #2 in een reeks over ‘New Democracy’
In aanloop naar de ondertekening van de EU Urban Agenda – hoofdprioriteit van het Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken tijdens het Nederlandse voorzitterschap – organiseren de European Cultural Foundation, Netwerk Democratie, Pakhuis de Zwijger, Europe by People, Kunsten ’92 en European Cultural Capital Leeuwarden 2018 een serie gesprekken over nieuwe vormen van democratie.
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