Global Forum 2016 adopts Donostia Declaration
From 16 to 19 November 2016, 200 people from all continents of the world gathered in Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain, to attend the sixth Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy.
This year’s edition of the world biggest conference on participatory democracy addressed the question whether direct democracy is in retreat or on the rise and how to connect social movements around the globe to encounter the backlash against democracy and human rights.
At the end of the Global Forum the participants commonly adopted the “Donostia Declaration” that reads as follows here.
Further information on the Global Forum and coverage at:
– www.2016globalforum.com
– www.swissinfo.ch/directdemocra
– www.people2power.info
– www.democracy-international.o
– www.zocalopublicsquare.org
