Valencia and Madrid will be the next cities to host the territorial debates on Citizenship and Democratic Quality organized by the Foundation, which began on February 4 in Barcelona.
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| The Barcelona debate brought together 60 representatives from different fields of expertise |
Valencia and Madrid will be the next cities to host the territorial debates on Citizenship and Democratic Quality organized by the Foundation, which began on February 4 in Barcelona.
Thus, on Tuesday, April 1, the Valencia meeting will take place at the Faculty of Philosophy and Educational Sciences of the University of Valencia, while the Madrid meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 8, at the headquarters of the Fundación Encuentro de la Universidad de Valencia. Encuentro Foundation (Oquendo 23, 3rd floor, Madrid).
The seminar organized in Barcelona on February 4 brought together sixty political, trade union and association leaders and experts. The meeting, which took place at the Palau Macaya (Barcelona) of the Fundació la Caixa, was opened by Joaquim Brugué, Professor of Political Science and Director of the IGOP of the UAB, and Carles Barba, vice-president of the Foundation, who gave way to group work.
Online and face-to-face debate to improve democracy
These sessions are part of the process of collective construction of the collection Documents for Debate on citizenship that the Advisory Council of the Esplai Foundation, at the national level, promotes throughout Spain.
The debate, which began on October 3, 2009 on the basis of two contributions from
Iñaki Gabilondo i
Josep Ramonedacontinued in a virtual forum during the months of November and December generated in the network.
www.ciudadaniaycalidaddemocratica.org The face-to-face discussions that will be held on Tuesday, 4 were inaugurated, are based on the contents of the The main objective is to develop proposals for the improvement of democracy in our country. This debate is based on the premise that democracy and inequality are incompatible concepts, that our democracy is sick and that the role of the citizenry is essential for its regeneration.
The contents elaborated therein and the rest of the pending debates will constitute the next Discussion Paper No. 6 on “Citizenship and Democratic Quality”.
