Closing Session and Democracy Innovation Award
9 November 2016 - 10.00-12.30 / Council of Europe Hemicycle
Interpretation : FR/EN/RU/AR
The Council of Europe’s Democracy Innovation Award is given each year to the World Forum for Democracy’s most popular initiative, which was presented in the labs, voted upon by the Forum participants.
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Snežana SAMARDŽIĆ-MARKOVIĆ
Director General of Democracy, Council of Europe
Serbia
Snežana Samardžić-Marković is since 2012 Director General of Democracy at the Council of Europe, in charge of the Organisation’s action promoting democratic innovation, governance, participation and diversity. Her responsibilities include the policy areas of education and youth, local democracy, cultural policies, election assistance, the protection of human dignity, gender equality, children’s rights, and the rights of minorities, societal defences against discrimination, democratic citizenship, social cohesion, intercultural dialogue and democratic responses to crisis situations. Previously, Snežana has held numerous positions in the Serbian Government including as Deputy Director in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Neighbouring Countries; Assistant Minister of Defence (2005-2007) and Co-President of the Serbia-NATO Defence Reform Group; member of the Foundation Board of WADA, Minister of Youth and Sports (2007-2012) and President of the Fund for Young Talents.
Rosemary BECHLER
Writer, journalist, and editor of OpenDemocracy
United Kingdom
In 2000, Rosemary Bechler, co-founded and chaired Peaceworkers UK, later absorbed into International Alert, while helping to pilot an innovative online global discussion forum, openDemocracy, in which she became European, then International Editor. In 2006 Counterpoint, the internal think-tank of the British Council commissioned her to write Unbounded Freedom: a guide to creative commons thinking for cultural organisations. She edited The Convention on Modern Liberty: The British debate on fundamental rights and freedoms (Imprint Academic 2010) in the year in which she became Editor of openDemocracy. She has a Cambridge doctorate on eighteenth century literature.
Lyn CARSON
Professor at the University of Sydney
Australia
Lyn Carson is a professor in applied politics with the University of Sydney Business School. She has convened, facilitated, researched, designed or evaluated many innovative projects including: Australia's first Consensus Conference, Australia's first two Deliberative Polls, Australia's first Citizens' Parliament, numerous Citizens' Juries and Community Summits. Her introduction to formal politics and the challenges of active citizenship began as an elected representative in local government. She has published widely: books, book chapters, and articles on related topics, and is a director of the newDemocracy Foundation (nDF), currently involved with overseeing many deliberative projects for local and state governments.
Graham SMITH
Professor at the University of Westminster, Centre for the Study of Democracy
United Kingdom
Graham Smith joined the University of Westminster in November 2012 as Professor of Politics in the Centre for the Study of Democracy (CSD), Department of Politics and International Relations. Previously he was Professor of Politics and Head of Department at the University of Southampton where he worked from 1999. From 1997 to 1999 he was a Research Fellow at the University of Strathclyde. For five months from Feb 2010 he was a Fernand Braudel Senior Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence; and in the Fall Semester 2013, Senior Visiting Scholar on the Democracy Program at the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Harvard Kennedy School.
The Democracy Award will be presented by
Thorbjørn JAGLAND
Secretary General of the Council of Europe
Thorbjørn Jagland is the 13th Secretary General of the Council of Europe. Mr. Jagland was elected in September 2009. In June 2014, he was re-elected, and his second term in office commenced on October 1, 2014. The former Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Norway, Thorbjørn Jagland, was also the President of the Storting (Norwegian Parliament) and the leader of the Norwegian Labour Party. He is a member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee.
Closing Performance: Face-to-Face
Two completely different worlds, cultures, beliefs, music styles and individuals encounter. What will happen then? How will they communicate? What will be the key of their interaction? The classical Armenian pianist Lusine Khachatryan and the Iranian Tar-player and composer Ali Ghamsary pursue these questions and try to find an answer through a musical-theatrical performance.
Theme 1
A, B, Citizenship, Democracy, and Education
Theme 2
Education bridging social divides – pass or fail?
- LAB 10
Gamify democracy - LAB 11
Embracing Global Citizenship - LAB 12
DemocrARTization - LAB 13
Refugees: Opportunities without borders - LAB 14
Deciphering media - LAB 15
Global classroom - LAB 16
Learning respect - LAB 17
Education on the move - LAB 18
Intergenerational learning - LAB 19
Education for Democracy: innovative experiences in the Francophone world