Tag: Community Engagement
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How can digital technologies strengthen our democracies?
In August 2020, the Democracy & Governance programme in Agora collaborated with the European Forum Alpbach (EFA) and Agora’s partner think tanks in the Open Think Tank Network (OTTN) to ask and answer the question: “How can digital technologies strengthen our democracies?”. In particular, Agora focused on participation in democracy. This blog summaries the outputs…
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Reforming democracy: the revolution of citizens’ assemblies
Citizens’ assemblies seem like the epitome of good democracy, allowing ordinary citizens to have their say on major policy issues. The recent climate change citizens’ assemblies in France and Britain provided valuable insights for the future potential of deliberative democracy.