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TED Newsletter Issue 9: June 2026

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MD Madina Davletkildeeva
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We are inviting you to read the latest edition of the Team Europe Democracy (TED) Newsletter. This issue highlights several announcements from the European Commission, including a new tender on electoral and political process...

Worldwide
Democracy
Democratic participation
Democratic transition
+3
Human Rights
Civil Society
Media and free flow of information
18
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From Awareness to Action: Young People Driving Climate and Gender Justice

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Young participants at Ecoality youth camp

For many young people, global challenges such as the climate crisis and gender inequality can feel overwhelming, distant, or difficult to act on. The Ecoality project responds to this by creating practical spaces where young...

Poland
Romania
Italy
+7
Austria
Croatia
Finland
France
Greece
Hungary
Portugal
Youth engagement and participation
Youth, peace and security
Citizen participation
+6
Climate Change
Arts and education
Intercultural dialogue and social cohesion
International cultural relations & diplomacy
Civic education
Democratic participation
69
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TED Training Module 2 Mainstreaming Democratic Governance

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Case Study session

Mainstreaming democratic principles requires more than theory within a project cycle. With this in mind, the TED Initiative organised an e-learning session and an online discussion last April to explore practical examples of how...

Worldwide
Media and free flow of information
Democratic participation
Democracy
+4
Health Systems Strengthening
Citizen participation
Intervention logic
Stakeholders analysis
52
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From Headlines to Human Stories: Migration in Classrooms

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Sol Stuart, student creator of the documentary Polarised (Kingswood Community College, Dublin, Ireland)

Across Europe, conversations about migration are often loud, polarised, and distant from everyday experience. But in classrooms, something quieter – and more transformative – is taking place. Through the DEAR project Global...

Ireland
Bulgaria
Migration & Forced Displacement
Civic education
Inclusive education
+8
Secondary education
Primary education
Quality of education
Youth engagement and participation
Citizen participation
Democratic participation
Youth, peace and security
Youth employment, skills and entrepreneurship
40
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“We're Not Passive” – Young Rural Poles Reclaim their Voice

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Youths engaged in Borecka Forest, Poland. Photo by M.Łobrów

In small towns and rural communities across Poland, a familiar stereotype lingers: young people glued to their phones, disengaged, indifferent. But new research from the DEAR project Rural Voices 2030 tells a very different story...

Poland
Children and Youth
Youth engagement and participation
Civil Society
+5
Citizen participation
Democracy
Democratic participation
Rural development
Community outreach
49
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Working Group 2: Political and Civic Participation

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MD Madina Davletkildeeva
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The Team Europe Democracy Network (TEDN) is a core pillar of the Team Europe Democracy (TED) initiative. It provides an operational interface connecting EU institutions, Member States and democracy practitioners (+110...

Worldwide
Democracy
Youth engagement and participation
Civil Society
+9
Citizen participation
Democratic participation
Local governance
Political economy of decentralisation and local governance
Development Policy
Fragility, Crisis Situations & Resilience
Gender
Human Rights
Peace and Security
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ARIJ 18th Annual Forum: Rise to the Challenge for Investigative Journalism

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SA Shafaat Ahmed
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The panel “Eyes on the Press: Doing Journalism in the Age of Surveillance,” conducted in partnership with BBC Media Action

From 5–7 December 2025, the 18 th ARIJ Annual Forum (ARIJ25) convened journalists, media leaders, researchers and civil society actors from around the world to discuss the future of investigative journalism and the resilience of...

Worldwide
Communicating Development Cooperation
Media relations
Visibility
+22
Communication
Democracy
Democratic participation
Media and free flow of information
Mutual accountability
Transparency and accountability to each other
Harmonisation
Inclusive development partnership
Development Policy
Policy making
Policy coherence for development
Communication policy
Transparency
Governance & Corruption
Human Rights
Lesson learned and case studies
Knowledge sharing
Intercultural approach
Good practices
Knowledge Management
Peace keeping
Conflict prevention, Peace keeping & Peace building
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EUDEM - Strengthening democratic resilience across Europe

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Workshop
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Team Europe Democracy Initiative - TED

Civic participation, housing, and neighbourhood policies two years after the European elections. The sessions will include roundtables and workshops bringing together European municipalities, experts, civil society organisations...

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ALDA

Commonhub, Rue de la Madeleine 51, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Europe
Housing
Citizen participation
Civil Society
+2
Democratic participation
Democracy
43
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Growing Pains: Youth Engagement and Civil Society Resilience in a Changing World

Event
Meeting
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Team Europe Democracy Initiative - TED

Join for a panel discussion on the evolving challenges facing youth civic activism globally, with speakers from the WYDE Freedoms and WYDE Civic Engagement projects. This event is part of the One World IHRFF Documentary Film...

Worldwide
Youth engagement and participation
Civil Society
Democracy
+1
Democratic participation
28
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Meeting room with participants seated around conference tables, working on laptops and listening to the discussion. An EU flag is visible in the foreground, with more attendees and meeting equipment in the background.

Team Europe Democracy Initiative - TED

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Last Updated: 12 June 2026

The Team Europe Democracy Initiative (TED) is a global thematic Team Europe Initiative (TEI) launched in December 2021 to promote democracy and human rights worldwide.

Worldwide
Democracy
Civic education
Democratic participation
+20
Democratic transition
Electoral Assistance and Observation
Media and free flow of information
Multipartism
Legislatures and Political Parties
Governance & Corruption
Anti-Corruption legislation
Anti-Corruption institutions and specialised bodies
Anti-Corruption tools and methods
Support to Civil Society in Combatting corruption
Open Government
Governance analysis
Statistics
Transparency
Justice & rule of law
Judicial development and reform
Judicial independence
Law enforcement and justice actors
Legal and institutional framework
Legal education