“Democracy is fulfilling dreams” officially accepted for competition

Radu Oprea January 20, 2010
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The two-minute clip “Democracy is fulfilling dreams” has been officially accepted for competition in the Democracy Video Challenge 2010 and is up for Round 1.  It is also now live on the contest page, at http://www.youtube.com/democracychallenge. Here is what follows next …

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My video for the Democracy Video Challenge 2010: Democracy is fulfilling dreams

Radu Oprea January 17, 2010
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The challenge is to create a short video that completes the phrase “Democracy is …” Winners will be selected from every continent to meet in the United States. It took me all day to interview 16 people about their dreams, …

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Invitation to test the participation platform on www.Public-Policies.eu

Radu Oprea January 7, 2010
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This post is indeed an invitation to anybody interested in the field of “participative democracy.” I am developing the citizen engagement platform “public policies made by citizens” together with partners from Romania, Italy, France and Greece. We managed to win …

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Candidez.ro (I run for office) is my project proposal in the Aspen Institute’s Young Leaders Program

Radu Oprea December 20, 2009
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Once I finished the Aspen Institute’s Young Leaders Program in December 2009, I proposed a community project called “Candidez.ro (I run for office), easier to run for office, more informed voting.” Here’s a short presentation of it: Problem: Professionals or …

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Moderated the works of the Central European Initiative Youth Forum in Bucharest

Radu Oprea October 24, 2009
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During October 19-22, 2009, the Romanian Presidency of the Central European Initiative (CEI) hosted The 9th CEI Youth Forum, Supporting Youth Access on Labor Markets. The CEI was established in 1989 as an intergovernmental forum for political, economic and cultural …

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Third day of the Swedish Conference, the “Opinion Square”

Radu Oprea September 21, 2009
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The third day of the Conference was productive in terms of policy ideas. The “Opinion Square” is a wonderful tool to give feedback on all the issues that the 10 working groups discussed. To be short, every working group presented …

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Second day of the Swedish Conference, marathon of policy ideas.

Radu Oprea September 15, 2009
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The second day of the Swedish Conference on Future EU Cooperation in the Youth Field started with key messages of important stakeholders on youth policies: The Swedish Minister for Youth Affairs, Ms. Nyamko Sabuni, emphasized the need for a new …

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First day of the Swedish Conference, great hosts, great expectations!

Radu Oprea September 13, 2009
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The first day of the Conference on Future EU Cooperation in the Youth Field kicked off with great expectations. The hosts have done a great job organizing the events. The workshops from tomorrow look very promising, too. It is hard …

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I am attending the Conference on the Future European Union Cooperation in the Youth Field, Stockholm, Sweden, September 12-14, 2009

Radu Oprea September 8, 2009
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Watch live webcasts at www.se2009.eu/youth Sweden has the Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU). The Council is the highest decision-making body in the EU and consists of one minister from each Member State, who has the authority …

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