Democracy

The University on Youth and Development (UYD) is an international youth event part of the iLEGEND III Joint project co-funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe. It is organised by the North-South Centre of the...

The threat to digital rights continues. The work of our community continues. And so does RightsCon. Following the effective cancellation of RightsCon 2026 by the government of Zambia, our community told us they wanted...

On 23 September 2026, from 08:30 to 12:45 CEST, ECDPM and Oxfam will co-host a high-level discussion on the future direction of EU development cooperation as part of the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union’s...

We are delighted to invite you to the launch event of Afrobarometer’s flagship report: Beyond borders: citizen perspectives on a shifting global order This public dissemination event will convene senior policymakers, diplomats...

On 29 September 2026, the Team Europe Democracy (TED) Network will host a webinar on linking Information Integrity and digital sovereignty, bringing together policy practicioners, media actors, civil society organisations and...

The GDC Global Forum 2026 is not a conference of panels. It is one focused day of analysis, exchange, and collective decision-making, built entirely around a single question that surfaced independently across four regional forums...

The counter-disinformation community will meet for #Disinfo2026 in Vilnius, Lithuania, at the Radisson Blu Lietuva. The main conference days on 7–8 October 2026 will feature a full programme of sessions in a variety of formats...

In 2026, the Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy heads to Southern Africa for the first time. We will meet in Gaborone, Botswana, at the University of Botswana, an institution founded through citizens’ collective contributions...

The upcoming Forum 2000 Conference (October 11–13, Prague) marks a major milestone. It is not only the conference's 30th edition, but it also takes place as we commemorate what would have been Václav Havel’s 90th birthday. At a...

The EMPASY project (Emotional Literacy and Participatory Approaches to Support Youth Mental Health) will hold its final conference on 14 October 2026, bringing together youth workers, civil society organisations, researchers...