WPE 2008
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From wiki-site.com Invitation We would like to invite you to the World Parliament
Experiment which is going to take place during the week of February
23rd - March 2nd 2008 in the city of Bonn, Germany. Unique about
this event is that it has the ambition of being the first of its
kind focusing exclusively on the World Parliament Experiment with
its own structure and organization. Our aim is together with you
to make this live World Parliament Experiment event as international
and democratic as possible. What is the World Parliament Experiment (WPE)?
The participants in the event will be given the
chance to:
The simulated World Parliament will be based
on the principle "one person - one-vote", thus leaving
it up to you what decisions will be taken as a result. The experiment will draw upon the experience made
during the ISFiT 2007 (International Student Festival in Trondheim,
see: http://www.isfit.org/wpe
and http://www.tgde.org/isfit),
where it was successfully conducted with more than 400 participants
from more than 100 countries. Therefore our invitation addresses
those who already took part in the ISFiT WPE as well as all other
applicants who wish to be part of this extraordinary event. To encourage
as much as possible the democratic spirit of the simulation a simultaneous
online participation (discussions and voting) at http://www.world-parliament.org
will be enabled for those who will not be able to attend the live
event but still wish to make their voices heard. The working language will be English.
The WPE will create awareness of issues concerning not only our global, but also local communities. It will contribute to the understanding between people by bringing students from many cultures together who in the course of a week will have to work together, discuss and take joint decisions. We expect that live events on the World Parliament Project will bring about a wider discussion on concerns about global democratic world order among people and on the international political stage. Our hopes are that as time progresses such an institution will gain popularity which will consequently bring along legitimacy and formal competencies of its decisions. Mission and Goals The organizing group aims by using the lessons learned at ISFIT and the intellectual skills and point of view of each one of the organizers to create such a simulation of a World Parliament which to be based on democratic principles and approachable for people from as many nationalities as possible and give them the opportunity to express their opinion on the issues discussed. In doing this the organizers will at all stages endeavour to uphold the principle that anyone should be able to influence any aspects of the project, if there is enough support. Do you want to participate? This is the place to sign-up: http://www.tgde.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1096 Fees Do you want to join the organizing team? Do you want to participate in the discussion about
the event? Contact: Links: History: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |