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The European Democracy Shield: from intention to reality

Date

21 April 2026

Time

10:00-17:30

Location

University Foundation 11 Rue d'Egmont 1000 Brussels - Belgium

Type of Event

Nets4Dem 6th Democracy Retreat

On invitation only

Organisation

Egmont Institute and Nets4Dem

Nets4Dem 6th Democracy Retreat “The European Democracy Shield: from intention to reality” examined ways to operationalise the European Democracy Shield (EDS) beyond policy commitments. The event brought together policymakers, practitioners, democracy researchers and

Nets4Dem experts around two interactive roundtable sessions, to tackle the following topics:

  1. The EDS and the Centre for Democratic Resilience: maximising scope and impact, tacking an institutional approach;
  2. 2. Democratic innovation and citizens engagement: boosting societal resilience, from a citizens’ perspective.

Nets4Dem is a Horizon Europe project coordinated by Democracy Reporting International, which endeavours to reshape the landscape of democracy initiatives, and brings together more than 200 cities, over 50 think tanks and universities, and dozens of democracy-focused NGOs, covering 38 European countries.

 

 

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