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  • Youth Cohort – The democratic renewal at the center of the Summit for Democracy in Africa
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    Youth Cohort – The democratic renewal at the center of the Summit for Democracy in Africa

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Youth Cohort – The democratic renewal at the center of the Summit for Democracy in Africa

April 17, 2023|Cohorts, News, Youth Cohort|

April 17, 2023 However, there has also been a groundswell [...]

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  • Youth Cohort: Taking action in empowering young voices – 2023 Summit for Democracy in Costa Rica
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    Youth Cohort: Taking action in empowering young voices – 2023 Summit for Democracy in Costa Rica

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Youth Cohort: Taking action in empowering young voices – 2023 Summit for Democracy in Costa Rica

April 12, 2023|Cohorts, News, Youth Cohort|

April 12, 2023 While it was disheartening to see how [...]

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  • The Youth participation handbook
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    The Youth participation handbook

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The Youth participation handbook

March 30, 2023|Blog, Cohorts, Resources, Youth Cohort|

A tool for increased youth participation in the Democratic Renewal [...]

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  • Call to Action – Youth Democracy Cohort
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    Call to Action – Youth Democracy Cohort

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Call to Action – Youth Democracy Cohort

March 28, 2023|Cohorts, News, Resources, Youth Cohort|

The call comes in the context of the second Summit [...]

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  • S4D – Youth Democracy Cohort in Zambia & Costa Rica
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    S4D – Youth Democracy Cohort in Zambia & Costa Rica

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S4D – Youth Democracy Cohort in Zambia & Costa Rica

March 22, 2023|Cohorts, News, Youth Cohort|

On March 29 and 30, the Government of the Republic [...]

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  • The Youth Democracy Cohort launches the Menu of Possible Commitments
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    The Youth Democracy Cohort launches the Menu of Possible Commitments

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The Youth Democracy Cohort launches the Menu of Possible Commitments

March 2, 2023|Cohorts, News, Resources, Youth Cohort|

Meant to help prioritise, facilitate and enhance youth civic and [...]

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  • Youth Democracy Cohort, Newsletter
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    Youth Democracy Cohort, Newsletter

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Youth Democracy Cohort, Newsletter

November 14, 2022|Cohorts, News, Resources, Youth Cohort|

The Youth Political and Civic Engagement Cohort is one of [...]

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  • The Summit for Democracy Can Only Be a Success If It Focuses on Youth
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    The Summit for Democracy Can Only Be a Success If It Focuses on Youth

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The Summit for Democracy Can Only Be a Success If It Focuses on Youth

September 15, 2022|Blog, Cohorts, Youth Cohort|

By Blair Glencorse, Meryl Miner and Julie Murray 14 September [...]

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    Youth Political and Civic Engagement Cohort Concept Note
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    Youth Political and Civic Engagement Cohort Concept Note

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Youth Political and Civic Engagement Cohort Concept Note

September 2, 2022|Cohorts, Resources, Youth Cohort|

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International Cooperation for Anti Corruption

The cohort is led by Moldova, Transparency International, and Basel Institute.

Contact the following for more information: [email protected], jonathan.spicer@baselgovernance.org

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Anticorruption Policies

Anticorruption Policies as a Guarantee for National Security, Stability, and Sovereign Policy. The cohort is hosted by Bulgaria, the Center for Study of Democracy, and the Basel Institute.

Contact the following for more information: renne.traicova@baselgovernance.org, [email protected], [email protected]

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Media Freedom

The Media Freedom Cohort is led by Canada, the Netherlands, and Internews. The cohort is further organized into three work streams:

  1. Protecting Journalists’ Safety& Security: Digital, physical and psycho-social safety measures, insurance and legal assistance, designed to protect journalists and other media workers. Civil society partner: the ACOS Alliance and IFEX.
  2. Advancing Freedom of Expression: Legal and regulatory reforms that protect freedom of expression, as enshrined in Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Civil society partner: the High-Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom.
  3. Bolstering Independent and Diverse Media: Building funding models, industry standards and public policies that support the resilience and professional capacities of media outlets to survive and thrive in the coming decades. Civil society partner: the Global Forum on Media Development.

For more information or to join the cohort, contact Internews: media-freedom-cohort@internews.org

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Summit for Democracy Election Integrity Cohort

The Election Integrity Cohort is led by India with co-leads Greece, Mauritius and the International Foundation for Electoral Systems. The cohort undertakes collaborative activities to enhance understanding of election integrity with due regard to national, social and cultural contexts. Credible elections are an essential building block of democracy and one of its most visible processes.  They require strong democratic institutions and effective, professional, and impartial administration and must be built upon the principles of transparency, accountable governance, respect for human rights, inclusiveness, rule of law and an independent judiciary, lack of corruption, and a safe environment for all electoral stakeholders. In the lead-up to the second Summit for Democracy, the cohort is focused on three themes:

  • The institutional framework and capacity of election management bodies, including issues around transparency, neutrality, professionalism, autonomy, resources and legal protections.
  • Inclusive and accessible elections that enable meaningful participation with particular attention given to women, youth, persons with disabilities, and other marginalized communities.
  • The use of technology in elections to improve communications, lower costs, achieve operational efficiencies,  enhance transparency and strengthen data management with an emphasis on best practices.

For more information, please contact [email protected].

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The Civic Space

Norway, the Czech Republic, and the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL) will jointly lead a democracy cohort on Civic Space under the Summit for Democracy Year of Action. The purpose of the cohort is to identify common commitments to strengthen support to and protection of civil society actors and civic space for democracy. The co-leads suggest to organize discussions and recommendations in working streams under the leadership of different countries, depending on interest and capacity.

Contact [email protected] for more information.

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Resisting Authoritarian Pressure

The cohort is led by Lithuania, Freedom House, and Alliance of Democracies.

The cohort has four areas of focus:

  1. Seeking Release of Political Prisoners
  2. Sheltering and Protecting Democratic Activists Fleeing Authoritarian Regimes
  3. Countering the Phenomenon of Transnational Repression
  4. Building Resilience to Economic Coercion by Authoritarian Regimes

Contact Katie LaRoque ([email protected]) for more information. Read the concept note here

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Technology for Democracy

The overarching aim of the Technology for Democracy Cohort, as part of the overall ‘Year of Action’ to support the Summit for Democracy (S4D2) process, is:

‘to promote the use of technologies and digital connectivity to strengthen democracies and enhance the enjoyment of democratic freedoms, and ensure technologies are deployed in a free, responsible, secure, resilient way.’

The cohort is hosted by UK, Estonia, and Access Now

Contact Jennifer Brody ([email protected]) or Peter Micek ([email protected]) for more information.

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Information Integrity

The cohort is hosted by Latvia, Canada, and Alliance for Securing Democracy

Contact Laura Thornton ([email protected]) for more information.

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Election Integrity

The Elections Integrity cohort is run by India, Greece, and the International Foundation for Electoral Systems.

Contact Vasu Mohan and Chad Vickery for more information.

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Youth Political and Civic Engagement

The Youth Participation Cohort of the Summit for Democracy is devised as an inclusive platform to take meaningful action toward implementing Summit for Democracy commitments on youth political and civic engagement through resources, expertise, research, activities, and achievements.

The cohort is hosted by European Commission, European Partnership for Democracy, Ghana, Nepal, European Democracy Youth Network, and Africtivistes.

Contact Anne-Simone Badji ([email protected]) for more information.

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Rule of Law and Access to Justice Champions

The Rule of Law and People-Centered Justice Cohort is hosted by the Dominican Republic and the Republic of Kosovo, together with Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just, and Inclusive Societies, American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative, World Justice Project, and Transparency International.

With the goal of reaching the Sustainable Development Goal 16.3 “equal access to justice for all”, the Cohort seeks to transform justice systems by putting people at the center. People-centered justice focuses on understanding and solving people’s unmet legal needs and lowering the barriers people find when they seek justice. To realize people-centered justice, the Cohort aims to tie the themes of the Summit for Democracy with a call to action articulated in The Hague Declaration. 

The Cohort invites interested governments, organizations, private sector actors, and donors to participate in its activities, to maintain engaged collaboration around people-centered justice beyond the Summit for Democracy 2023 through the Justice Action Coalition, and to consider a potential membership in the Justice Action Coalition.

For more information, contact Themba Mahleka, Senior Program Officer, Justice for All, Pathfinders, [email protected]

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Labor and Democracy

This cohort is run by the United States and AFL-CIO.

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