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Workshop SuccessDiverse Dynamics and Fresh Challenges in Delhi BGD’s Citizen Learning for Global Democracy (CLGD) workshop took place on 1-3 September 2010 in Delhi, India. We hope you were following our daily updates! It was certainly an exciting few days. A very diverse set of people came together in a shared desire to explore citizen learning as part of the journey towards global democracy. This was both a testing and rewarding process, with each of us learning new things about group dynamics, constantly reassessing our own paradigms and considering those of others. Looking around the room each day was a learning process in itself. We had, in one place, 45 people from all across the world; from very different professional and personal backgrounds...not to mention climates - it was virtually impossible to get the room temperature right for everyone! Many thanks to all participants for sharing so many perspectives. Read More: Workshop Summary Report
BGD Meets the PressOn September 4, 2010 BGD met the press in Delhi. Twenty local journalists asked grilling questions of the BGD convening group. The press conference focussed on the ground-breaking work undertaken at the Citizen Learning for Global Democracy workshop, held during the preceding days.
BGD Goes PublicSeptember 4, 2010 also took the BGD programme to the wider public in Delhi. Nearly 200 people gathered at Jawaharlal Nehru University to meet with a panel of contributors to BGD’s Citizen Learning for Global Democracy project. Speakers included Sitiveni Halapua (Tonga) talking on truth and reconciliation processes, Elena Vartanova (Russia) on new digital technologies, Honor Ford-Smith (Jamaica) on street theatre, and Obi Aginam (Nigeria) with reflections on the CLGD project as a whole. The audience added many challenging questions and comments, also over tea and dinner that followed. It was especially good to reconnect with friends from the BGD Cairo workshop, Ram Jee Singh, Laxmi Pandeya and Justice Rajindar Sachar. A big thank you to everyone who attended - it was great to meet and share our learning! | |||
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IEGP Workshop in Rio de Janeiro13-15 April 2011 BGD will hold a workshop on Including the Excluded in Global Politics at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 13-15 April 2011. The meeting will explore ways that groups who often lack participation and control in global affairs have gained recognition, voice and influence in decision-taking processes. As ever in BGD activities, the workshop will centre on practitioner-researcher exchange.
IEGP Authors ConfirmedAuthors for the IEGP case studies have now been confirmed. These papers will examine cases of: national minorities in Russia; global peasant movements; Pacific Island micro-states; Islamic finance; the urban poor; children; indigenous peoples; dalits; and sexual diversities. Full author information and biographies will be available shortly on the BGD website. | |||
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The Building Global Democracy Programme seeks, amongst other things, to identify new publications on the subject which may interest our readership. If you would like us to feature a publication in future newsletters, please email the office. The book from BGD's pilot project on Civil Society and Accountable Global Governance will be released by Cambridge University Press in April 2011. Kumi Naidoo, Can Citizen Action Save the World?, 'Development Dialogue' no. 54, July 2010, Dag Hammarskjold Foundation | |||
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The Building Global Democracy Programme has made links with approximately 300 other groups and organisations around the world with related concerns. Developing such a network is one of the primary goals of the BGD programme. If you are working on similar issues to the BGD programme and would like to build links with us, please email the office. The BGD website also includes a Library area with access to online publications related to building global democracy. | |||
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The Building Global Democracy programme brings together academics and practitioners from around the world to advance knowledge and practice for greater public participation and control in global affairs. BGD explores how expanded 'rule by and for the people' can be achieved in respect of global issues such as climate change, financial crises, health concerns, internet links, migration flows, security problems, and trade. The premise is that more democratic governance can encourage more effective and more legitimate responses to vital global challenges. The BGD programme is facilitated through a convening group of ten persons based in ten world regions, with diverse backgrounds and political outlooks. Our administrative office is located in the Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation at the University of Warwick in Britain. Core funding is provided through a generous grant from the Ford Foundation, with co-funding from other sources. More details about BGD can be obtained on our website www.buildingglobaldemocracy.org or email us at info@buildingglobaldemocracy.org | |||
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Website: www.buildingglobaldemocracy.org | Email: info@buildingglobaldemocracy.org | Tel: +44 (0)24 7657 2532 | |||
