50 young people from 45 countries from all continents, selected from over 2100 applications, travelled to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, and brought their voices to the burning debate ”Democracy = Peace ?“ With war once again returned to the European continent, these young people shared their perspectives and experience, adding a rich global dimension to the Forum. The Youth delegation was actively involved in the Forum with 21 young people as discussants in the Labs and Forum talks. For the second time, a youth delegate played a central role as Youth rapporteur in the closing Plenary Session, and another was speaker in the “Conversations of generations”. Advisory Council member Marko Lončar participated as discussant in Lab 6 “The age of global protest: how to get out voice hear?” ; together with Anna Knobbout. Nedeljka Ivošević co-chaired the reporting session with Marja Ruotanen, Director General of Democracy and Human Dignity. This edition of the World Forum for Democracy illustrates the increasing participation of young people in key roles, in line with the commitment taken in the Reykjavik declaration to include a youth perspective in the Organisation’s deliberations. |