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How to Strengthen Climate Democracy with Deliberative Citizen Participation?
What makes a good student city?
Supporting climate action through activism and litigation
Mini-publics like citizen assemblies and citizen juries have been practiced in all corners of the world to combat the shortcomings of our democracies. Can these representative and deliberative processes encourage governments to take actions desperately needed for climate transitions?
On behalf of RETOOL, a new Horizon Europe project on climate democracy, we would like to invite you to join active citizens and researchers from the UK, Estonia and Belgium for a hyperlocal discussion on 17th of May 2024. The discussion will explore how deliberative methods can strengthen climate democracy and accelerate climate transitions.
You can take part of the discussions from our hubs in:
- UK, London
- Estonia, Tartu
- Belgium, Ghent
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The discussion begins at all locations at 13.00 CEST. After that, each hub hosts their own after-programme of more insightful connections and discussions.
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Nestled in the heart of Estonia, Tartu stands as the capital of the country’s student life. The city has long been known for its numerous universities, each contributing to the unique tapestry of the “Tartu spirit” carried forth by its student populace. But a student city is more than just its inhabitants where the academic life, job opportunities, urban design and much more make up a complex ecosystem. With the discussion we delve deeper into the issues involved in developing a student city and find new ideas for innovation.
You can take part of the discussions from our hubs in:
- Estonia, Tartu
- Germany, Chemnitz
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The discussion begins at all locations at 15.00 CEST. After that, each hub hosts their own after-programme of more insightful connections and discussions.
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The number of court cases related to climate change has rapidly increased in the world, but is still a novel way to support climate transitions. Because of its novelty, much remains to be explored regarding our understanding of the role of litigation and its links to climate activism.
How can activism and law come together to promote more democratic climate governance? How can climate litigation be supported by activism outside the court room?
You can take part of the discussions from our hubs in:
- Ireland, Dublin
- Finland, Helsinki
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The discussion begins at all locations at 11.00 CEST. After that, each hub hosts their own after-programme of more insightful connections and discussions.
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Reimagining Schools’ Responsibilities in a Changing World
#IDAHOBIT: How to promote and defend the rights of LGBT+ community?
Arts as regional survival kit
Schools and teachers have always played an important role in imparting knowledge and nurturing young individuals. However, as the world evolves, societal expectations of what schools should do and teach have grown significantly – from providing subject-specific knowledge to educating students on environmental and financial literacy, and teaching them behavioral and collaborative skills. Should all these topics be covered by schools and teachers? What is the unique expertise of schools, and what skills should come from elsewhere? Teachers often have significant autonomy in their classrooms and the ability to guide students in the direction they choose. However, what changes should be left undone?
You can take part of the discussions from our hubs in:
- Estonia, Tartu
- Germany, Chemnitz
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The discussion begins at all locations at 13.00 CEST. After that, each hub hosts their own after-programme of more insightful connections and discussions.
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The panel discussion will focus on awareness and combating discrimination and violence against LGBT+ communities. The violence of the LGBT+ community is the highest and most severe in the last decades in all of Europe, and hate speech has increased sharply. The discussion invites participants to share different perspectives and strategies on how to deal with prejudice and violence against LGBT+ people and promote a more inclusive society.
You can take part of the discussions from our hubs in Estonia, Tartu
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The discussion begins at at 11.00-12.30 CEST.
The problem of communities located far from the centers in all three Southern Estonia, Northern Norway and Upper Austria Alps is marginalization and, with it, worsening poverty and loneliness. How can arts and do artist have the power to stop it? In order for life on the outskirts to function, a vibrant community must exist or emerge there. Ideally, there should be a balance between different age groups in the community, in other words, so that the community is not only formed by those who could not leave. And one of the most important components in the communities of both in Northern Norway, Upper Alps and Southeastern Estonia are very local artist-led initatives which bring together global topic, local and international community. The goal is to share initatives, practical examples on how arts or artists have helped to overcome marginalization and extinction of region and given new opportunities for people and especially youth.
You can take part of the discussions from our hubs in:
- Estonia, Tartu
- Austria, Bad Ischl
- Oulu, Finland
- Elefsina, Greece
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The discussion begins at all locations at 17.00 CEST. After that, each hub hosts their own after-programme of more insightful connections and discussions.
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The Role of Social Media Disinformation during the EU Electoral Campaign
Making Health Education Innovation Possible
Have we forgotten Moldova and Georgia?
Disinformation campaigns exploit the powerful means provided by online platforms to reach a wider audience through sophisticated organized hostile narratives. Topics are presented to reinforce community and culture pride, exploiting the tribalism within each targeted community. In our panel we will focus on the role of social media in disinformation, especially during the EU electoral campaign. Through that we will discuss the case of Italy in 2018 with the help of the professor of the University of Tartu, Stefano Braghiroli. As well, we will have an interactive part of the discussion, consisting of 2 workshops, related to our topic. In the end of the discussion we will give the recommendations and have a Q&A and ask the audience how they would react to disinformation in future.
You can take part of the discussions from the hub in:
- Tartu, Estonia
- Lublin, Poland
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The discussion begins at at 9.00-10.30 CEST.
The goal of the discussion is to talk about way in which health education could be looked at more holistically in formal and nonformal education. The main questions are the following:
- What makes health education an exciting class to teach? What are some of the best practices in Estonia, Denmark, Malta and Czechia in the field?
- How can non-formal education support the young in health education related topics? What are some of the examples of that in the countries?
You can take part of the discussions from our hubs in:
- Estonia, Tartu
The discussion takes place at 11.00-12.30 CEST on 18th May.
The war in Ukraine has shined light to forgotten EU candidate countries, Moldova and Georgia. Moreover, broader discussion about the relations between candidate countries and the European Union should be facilitated.
The goal of this discussion is to raise awareness about the situation of candidate countries. Through panel and the following Q&A session a better understanding will be created about the possible co-operation and contribution between European Union and candidate countries.
You can take part of the discussions from our hubs in Estonia, Tartu
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The discussion takes place at 15.00-16.30 CEST on 17th May.
Soočenje - European Parliament candidate debate
The Intergenerational Coalition of Slovenia, which brings together the Slovenian Student Union (ŠOS), the School Student Organisation of Slovenia (DOS), the Youth Council of Slovenia (MSS), and the Association of Retired Persons of Slovenia (ZDUS), are organizing a debate with candidates for the European Parliament on Friday, May 17, from 11:00 to 12:30.
Through its member organizations, MeKoS represents over 1 million eligible voters, making it an undoubtedly significant player in the socio-political arena
This year’s debate will be moderated by national television (RTV) journalist Nejc Krevs, and 9 candidates from 9 leading political parties contesting in this year’s European elections will be invited.
You can take part of the discussion in Ljubljana.
The discussion take place at 11.00-12.30 on 17th May.