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<h3 class="home_title" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:20px;">HOW CAN OUR CITIES BE BOTH GLOBAL AND DEMOCRATIC?</span></h3> <hr style="height:1px;" /> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:16px;">Dear Direct Democrats around the world,</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:16px;">There is a new leader on the direct democracy horizon: Taiwan.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:16px;">As democracy stagnates in many countries, and direct democracy suffers from lack of support, the island nation in East Asia has taken historic steps to move forward. Taiwan’s new Referendum law, less than two years old, is considered a global model for initiative and referendum. Already by the end of this year a first series of citizen´s initiatives and popular referendums will be at the ballot boxes across the island.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:16px;">But how is it working in practice? What are the lessons of the first years of modern direct democracy in the new powerhouse of citizens participation? What is happening across East and South Asia and the West Pacific? The Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy is heading to the ´beautiful island´- or ´Formosa´ as called by the Portuguese - to find out. You are invite</span><a href="http://2019globalforum.com/page_parts/edit_sub_part?page_id=5b9ef8311d41c8c457000019&part_id=5ba33bf21d41c82a36000060&sub_part_id=5ba33bf21d41c82a3600005f"> </a><span style="font-size:16px;">d to Taichung, Taiwan’s second most populous city, for the 2019 Global Forum, October 2-5, 2019.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:16px;">Taichung, on the island’s western coast, is an exceptionally warm place. Its weather is considered Taiwan’s best. Its civic and night life draw you in. And the city of Taichung has been a leader in Taiwan’s democratization, pushing for devolving power from the national government to local citizens.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:16px;">Taichung also has been a leader in international cooperation, and the welcoming of NGOs and people interested in making the world a better place. The city is transforming an old industrial district—once used to make sake—into a center for international NGOs.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:16px;">Taichung and Taiwan thus offer a fascinating context for what promises to be a history-making forum. Please make your plans for the eighthedition of the leading world conference on direct and participatory democracy, October 2-5, 2019. As at previous Global Forums, we expect there will be briefing tour in the days before the main event begins.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:16px;">At this stage your are most welcome to pre-register for the 2019 Global Forum and learn more details, by going to 2019globalforum.com</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:16px;">Democratically yours,</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:16px;">Bruno Kaufmann and Joe Mathews, co-president,s Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy</span></p>
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<h3 class="home_title"><span style="font-size:26px;"><span style="font-family:微軟正黑體;">如何讓我們的城市同時發展民主又能銜接國際？</span></span></h3> <hr style="height:1px;" /> <p><span style="font-size:20px;"><span style="font-family:微軟正黑體;">致全球推廣直接民主的民權先驅們：<br /> <br /> 臺灣－直接民主發展的領袖新星，正冉冉升起。<br /> <br /> 當代社會的民主發展已陷入泥淖，想進一步推行直接民主往往因缺乏支持而難以為繼。然而東亞諸國仍不遺餘力的散播民主種子，在過程中寫下動人的歷史新篇章。如臺灣甫通過的新公民投票法，短短兩年間已被認證為公民複決與公民創制的全球典範。2018年底，臺灣公民將首次在這場創新的民主公投中投下他們神聖的一票。<br /> <br /> 然而直接民主究竟要如何付諸實踐？新興國家在引領公民參與的過程中，能否從現代直接民主發展過程中得到借鏡？在瞬息萬變的時代，東亞、南亞與西太平洋的局勢為何？2019年現代直接民主論壇將來到美麗之島「福爾摩沙」，誠摯地邀請您於2019年10月2日至5日，共同蒞臨臺灣第二大城市－臺中市，一同追尋上述問題的解答。<br /> <br /> 坐落於島嶼西岸的臺中市，終年氣候溫暖和煦，不但人情味十足，璀璨的夜生活更是引人入勝。臺中市一直都是臺灣民主化的領航者，始終不遺餘力的拓展民權。<br /> <br /> 臺中市也領導了許多國際合作，對非政府組織與那些致力改善世界的有志之士敞開歡迎大門。這座城市正煥然一新的轉型，他們正將曾用來產製清酒的舊工業區轉換成國際非政府組織中心。<br /> <br /> 有鑑於此，臺灣與臺中共同為這場世紀盛會提供絕佳的舞台，希望您即刻開始計畫參與這場國際民主論壇。一如過往慣例，在2019年10月2日至5日論壇開始前，我們將舉辦行前說明會，為了掌握更多資訊，歡迎您至官方網站2019globalforum.com註冊為會員，藉以掌握第一手相關資訊。</span></span></p>
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