{"id":16951,"date":"2021-03-19T09:44:21","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T08:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/idese.community\/?page_id=16951"},"modified":"2021-04-14T21:48:10","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T20:48:10","slug":"engaged-democracy-initiative","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/idese.community\/index.php\/engaged-democracy-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Engaged democracy initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Engaged Democracy Initiative (EDI)<\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”small” position=”left” down=”18″ up=”17″ color=”#f7931d”][vc_column_text]The European Fund for the Balkans (EFB) and the Institute for Democratic Engagement Southeast Europe (IDESE) joined forces and created the\u00a0Engaged Democracy Initiative (EDI)<\/strong>. \u00a0EDI aims to involve local movements and organizations, researchers, social businesses, engaged citizens and journalists in a hierarchless and horizontal regional network (rhizome) for supporting, promoting and pursuing values of open, solidary and democratic societies across our region.[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”79″ down=”0″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” padding_top=”80″ padding_bottom=”0″ anchor=”portfolio” background_color=”#f7f7f7″][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” css_animation=””][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]Evidence shows that local initiatives remain spontaneous, often focused on single issues, lacking strong national and even more horizontal regional ties and cooperation, as well as tools to reach the broader vision of a better and just society. We need to empower citizens and to strengthen those voices coming from the local communities that are able to address and fight for common goals and public interests and engage for more participatory democracy and accountable institutions. We also need tighter genuine cooperation throughout the region, shared knowledge and common tools and valuable know-how exchange.<\/p>\n

The purpose of the EDI Rhizome will be exactly in jointly voicing common concerns \u2013 locally, regionally and towards EU counterparts to create a solidary community engaged for democracy and solidarity in our region.[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”small” position=”center” down=”18″ up=”17″ color=”#f7931d”][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”79″ down=”0″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” padding_top=”80″ padding_bottom=”0″ anchor=”portfolio” background_color=”#ffffff”][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” css_animation=””][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”17055″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” qode_css_animation=”element_from_fade” transition_delay=”0.2″][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”79″ down=”0″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text] Engaged Democracy Initiative (EDI) [\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”small” position=”left” down=”18″ up=”17″ color=”#f7931d”][vc_column_text]The European Fund for the Balkans (EFB) and the Institute…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full_width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16951","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/idese.community\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/idese.community\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/idese.community\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idese.community\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idese.community\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16951"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/idese.community\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17219,"href":"https:\/\/idese.community\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16951\/revisions\/17219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/idese.community\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}