European Democracy in the 21st Century: Principles and Challenges

The Yerevan Forum is expected to provide orientation on how the Council of Europe could support the improvement of good democratic governance in its member states. This would include:
- an indicative list of strategic tools based on the existing acquis on the principles of democracy as a basis and structuring element for further work by the Forum over the next few years;
- a roadmap for the next phase of the Forum process, including proposals for issues, in particular transversal ones, that may be addressed in thematic intermediary events, to be used as input to the next Forum plenary session.

The Forum might, in a perspective beyond 2010, focus on shaping democracy within an evolving context of democratic governance, based on a set of pointers deriving from the common principles on democracy. Such pointers would make it possible to better compare and analyse key challenges facing political actors and societies by sectoral and, increasingly, cross-sectoral approaches, thus facilitating the formulation of innovative solutions at both the national and European levels.

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Council of Europe
Directorate General of Democracy and Political Affairs
Directorate of Democratic Institutions
Division of NGOs and Civil Society
Mr Mehdi Remili
e-mail: mehdi.remili@coe.int
Mrs Catherine Emezie
e-mail: catherine.emezie@coe.int