Democracy Ribbons Award Ceremony 2011 (Amsterdam, 25 November)
This year the awarding of the Democracy Ribbons will take place at the ‘Digital Democracy 2020' event on 25 November in Amsterdam. The Democracy Ribbons are awarded annually to individuals, groups and organisations who have made an extraordinary contribution to democracy.
The ‘Digital Democracy 2020' event focuses on the impact of digitisation on the society and democracy. Major changes in the use and possibilities of the internet in virtually all sectors of society demand a new approach to the cooperation between citizen and government. In the 21st century, technological developments and new media have increasingly become intertwined with society and democracy.
Participants include politicians and policy-makers, application-developers, open data experts and interested citizens and journalists. The European Partnership for Democracy has invited Ahmed Maher, founder of the April 6th movement and Nobel Price Nominee, to speak on his experiences with social media as a platform for mobilisation.
Programme
14.00 - 14.05: Welcome by Marleen Stikker (executive director
Waag Society)
14.05 - 14.20: Farid Tabarki (researcher) on the future of (digital) democracy
14.20 - 15.00: Debate on the future of (digital) democracy a.o. Ahmed
Abdelhamid (Al Jazeera Talks), Thierry Baudet (Conservatieve vooruitgang) and
Stef Grieken (Het Nieuwe Stemmen/ Bende Burgers)
15.00 - 15.10: Feedback from the audience
15.10 - 15.20: break
15.20 - 15.25: Introduction part two by Marleen Stikker
(executive director Waag Society)
15.35 - 15.45: Best practices by Mieke van Heeswijk (Netwerk Democratie)
16.00 - 17.00: Workshop: "Criteria for an involved citizenry" with Ahmed
Abdelhamid (AlJazeera Talks) and Ahmed Maher (Founder April 6 Movement) by Bende
Burgers and European Partnership for Democracy.
17.00 - 17.30: Award Ceremony of the Democracy Ribbons by Wim Deetman
17.30 - 19.00: Drinks
Venue
De Waag, Nieuwmarkt 4
Amsterdam
Registration
To register for the event, please send an email to events_nl@epd.eu indicating clearly your name, first name, organisation and position.