participation, dialogue, consistency, actions, resilience, social glue. They share with the organisers a belief in the power of youth work to strengthen democracy.
This report describes the main insights of the conference structured around its key topics. It follows the overall logic of the programme. The first section describes the current state of democracy, focusing on the challenges for civil society and youth work. The second section summarizes shared practices and ideas for action. The report deliberately avoids listing every program point individually. Instead, it focuses on identifying key topics and perspectives to make the results accessible and valuable for those who did not attend the conference. The report concludes with overarching reflections to strengthen youth work and democracy. Taking stock: Democracy Under Attack The conference started by taking stock of current developments. In his welcoming words, Uwe Finke- Timpe , Head of Division in the German Federal Ministry for Education, Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, stressed his government’s willingness to support democracy promotion, just to add that democracy cannot be sustained by governments alone:
“Democracy needs engaged citizens and civil societies.”
Daniel Poli
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