Montpellier France Décembre 2008 YOUTH PROJECT Action Ankara, (Turkey)

Montpellier France Décembre Ankara, (Turkey) AGENDA * Welcome Speeches, introduction and project presentation (The project aims, objectives) * Ice Breaking Activities * Democracy Concepts Presentation * Coffee Break * Energizer (Vitalizing Plays) * Simulation Activity " Democracy Island"- * Active Participation of Youth in Management Process

Montpellier France Décembre 2008 The Project Partners Turkey (Federation of Disabled Associations, Project Promoter) Turkey ( Municipality of Şereflikoçhisar, Partner ) Estonia (Talinna ja Harjumaa Association of the Hard of Hearing, (Partner ) Estonia (THINK Eesti MTÜ, Partner) 2013 Ankara, (Turkey)

Project Summary-1 E-democracy, digital democracy, and e-government are all phenomena that are developing together with ICT sector growth and rapid public-service development processes. Governments, have strongly supported change in the Information society and in electronic services.

2013 Ankara, (Turkey) Montpellier France Décembre 2008 Project Summary-1 From a broad perspective the change is not only about transferring the services onto the Internet and making them reachable via different network infrastructures: It is more a question of profound strategic change in public-sector services overall, and a new kind of “virtual” citizenship.

2013 Ankara, (Turkey) Montpellier France Décembre 2008 Project Summary-2 Support for traditional political participation will come from technology, online information, 24 hour discussion groups, and local virtual arenas such as municipality and NGOs web sites. Participation, voting, and especially, youth empowerment are important activities for building up the Information society.

2013 Ankara, (Turkey) Montpellier France Décembre 2008 Project Summary-2 To this end, our project aim to develop a new participation model for e-democracy by using partners’ web-site and info points of municipalityies, meetings (2 days preparation meeting in Talinn and 5 days project meeting in Turkey, answering questionnaires on the web and radio programmes, 2 E-Newsletter, poster, etc.

Products E-democracy booklet will compirimise project activities, surveys, meeting reports, the results of the questionnaires, radio programmmes etc The project website to provide information about the project and present material developed. Electronic – Newsletter: 2 Electronic Newsletters will be published to announce the events and also the project activities Ankara, (Turkey)

DEMOCRACY DEMOCRACY: Democracy is a form of government in which all eligible citizens have an equal say in the decisions that affect their lives. Democracy allows eligible citizens to participate equally—either directly or through elected representatives—in the proposal, development, and creation of laws. It encompasses social, economic and cultural conditions that enable the free and equal practice of political self-determination.

2013 Ankara, (Turkey) DEMOCRACY TYPES OF DEMOCRACY: BASIC FORMS: DIRECT REPRESENTATIVE PARLIAMENTARY PRESIDENTIAL CONSTITUTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF DEMOCRACY: EQUALITY FREEDOM(HUMAN RIGHTS, SPEECH,EXPRESSION,PRESS) MAJORITY RULE

2013 Ankara, (Turkey) DEMOCRACY WHEN IS A POLITICAL SYSTEM DEMOCRATIC? 1.A political system for choosing and replacing the government through free and fair elections. 2. The active participation of the people, as citizens, in politics and civic life. 3. Protection of the human rights of all citizens. 4. A rule of law, in which the laws and procedures apply equally to all citizens.

2013 Ankara, (Turkey) DEMOCRACY So there must be ; -continuum -can have more or less of the two values (FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS/EQUALITY OF POLITICAL RIGHTS) -the point at which a system is a democracy is contestable some systems are obviously democracies some systems are obviously non-democratic some systems are in between

2013 Ankara, (Turkey) DEMOCRACY PARTICIPATION: Participation in social science refers to different mechanisms for the public to express opinions - and ideally exert influence - regarding political, economic, management or other social decisions. Participatory decision making can take place along any realm of human social activity, including economic (i.e. participatory economics), political (i.e. participatory democracy or parpolity), management (i.e. participatory management), cultural (i.e. polyculturalism) or familial (i.e. feminism).

2013 Ankara, (Turkey) DEMOCRACY PARTICIPATION IN DEMOCRACIES: Participation in democracy strives to create opportunities for all members of a population to make meaningful contributions to decision-making, and seeks to broaden the range of people who have access to such opportunities. The key role of citizens in a democracy is to participate in public life. Citizens have an obligation to become informed about public issues, to watch carefully how their political leaders and representatives use their powers, and to express their own opinions and interests. Voting in elections is another important civic duty of all citizens.

2013 Ankara, (Turkey) DEMOCRACY But to vote wisely, each citizen should listen to the views of the different parties and candidates, and then make his or her own decision on whom to support. Participation can also involve campaigning for a political party or candidate, standing as a candidate for political office, debating public issues, attending community meetings, petitioning the government, and even protesting.

2013 Ankara, (Turkey) DEMOCRACY INDIVIDUAL: An individual is a person or a specific object. And Democracy is the system bringing freedom, justice, logic and wisdom in individuals and society, willingness instead of forcing, increasing the quality of relations between humans. At least democracy is the one struggling for these objectives.

2013 Ankara, (Turkey) DEMOCRACY SOCIETY: A society, or a human society, is a group of people related to each other through persistent relations, or a large social grouping sharing the same geographical or virtual territory, subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. Society is the inevitable part of democracies. And it is the society that determines the type and style of democracy.

2013 Ankara, (Turkey) E-DEMOCRACY "the use of information and communications technologies and strategies by 'democratic sectors' within the political processes of local communities, states/regions, nations and on the global stage” “the use of information technologies and communication technologies and strategies in political and governance processes.” E-democracy, like democracy in its ideal form, is a direct democracy. In practical form it has been an instantiation of more limited forms of democracy.

2013 Ankara, (Turkey) E-DEMOCRACY TOOLS AND TYPES OF E-DEMOCRACY: There has been a significant growth in E-democracy in the last five years. Public- and private-sector platforms provide an avenue to citizen engagement while offering access to transparent information citizens have come to expect. BLOGS FACEBOOK TWITTER OPEN SOCIAL FORUMS MOBILE MESSAGING THROUGH LIST SERVS YOUTUBE

2013 Ankara, (Turkey) E-DEMOCRACY CIVIC PARTICIPATION IN TERMS OF E-DEMOCRACY: Online citizen participation in local democracies depends on the opportunities provided by the government. For e- democracy to prove effective, the democracy first must provide or facilitate the forum for public discussion.

2013 Ankara, (Turkey) E-DEMOCRACY CIVIC PARTICIPATION IN TERMS OF E-DEMOCRACY: An e-government process improves cooperation with the local community and helps the government focus upon key issues the community wants addressed. The theory is that every citizen has the opportunity to have a voice in their local government. E-democracy works in tandem with local communities and gives every citizen who wants to contribute the chance.

2013 Ankara, (Turkey) E-DEMOCRACY CIVIC PARTICIPATION IN TERMS OF E-DEMOCRACY: What makes an effective e-democracy is that the citizens not only contribute to the government, but they communicate and work together to improve their own local communities. EXAMPLES FOR THE POWER OF E-DEMOCRACY: -EGYPTIAN REVOLUTION IN 2011( HOW PEOPLE ORGANISED THEMSELVES ON SOCIAL MEDIA) -INVISIBLE CHILDREN’S KONY VIDEO(A FIGHT FOR THE DICTATOR IN AFRICA WHO USE CHILDREN AS SOLDIERS AND KILLS THEM)

2013 Ankara, (Turkey) E-DEMOCRACY PROJECT PREPARATION MEETING THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION