Democracy is the political model of reference in the world, the result of several political and social achievements of people. It’s a system established only in a few countries, while most nations are struggling to overcome many difficulties that prevent them from implementing democracies with all guarantees. In this context, is it possible to deepen democratic participation? Is it possible to move the world by grating more power to people?
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La democràcia és el model polític de referència al món, fruit de les conquestes polítiques i socials de les persones. És un sistema consolidat en pocs països del món, mentre la majoria de nacions malden per superar moltes dificultats per implantar-se amb totes les garanties. En aquest context és possible un aprofundiment de la participació democràtica? És possible moure el món traslladant més poder de decisió al poble?

Bruno Kaufmann va was born in Switzerland in 1965. He studied Political Science, Eastern Europe History and Nordic Languages. Kaufmann has also a post graduate degree on Conflict Development from the University of Göteborg and a PhD on Transnational and Global Democracy from the Universities of Cambdrige and Hawaii. After some time working with the NGO "Berne Declaration", he became the coordinator of a network of European citizens preparing a "transnational constitution on democratic rights". Ten years later he was appointed the first director of the "Initiative & Referendum Institute Europe." Kaufmann is very active internationally, holding the positions of co-founder and co-chairman of the "Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy." He is also the editor in chief of the initiative “people2power.info”

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