| Freedom(less) Island (Interview with Erich de la Fuente) |
| Viktors Makarovs |
| What the Cuban government is worried about is human rights activists who might grab their mass appeal. But in the end of the day, the civil society has been growing in Cuba, first of all, due to the courage, and second, thanks to the support it has been receiving. |
| Published on: 26.11.2008 |
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| The School: A Perfect Place for Brainwashing? |
| Marija Golubeva |
| If our schools functioned as little democracies empowering the individuals who study there and giving them a sense of equality and security there would be no need for spoon-feeding students with dogma. |
| Published on: 04.03.2008 |
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| Futureproofing Europe |
| Rita Ruduša |
| Today, many people use money they do not have to buy things they do not need to impress people they do not like. That, in brief, is the current consumption pattern. |
| Published on: 26.02.2008 |
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| Taking Workplace Democracy Seriously |
| Axel Gosseries |
| It is now time to consider seriously the extension of democracy beyond state institutions. And this implies at the very least a careful examination of whether disenfranchised groups in firms, churches or political parties have not been excluded for reasons that are totally inconclusive. |
| Published on: 14.01.2008 |
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| Why Ethics Matters |
| Ksavjē Lands |
| History has constantly taught us that deceiving people about democracy is perhaps one of the most harmful political calculi ever made. |
| Published on: 02.01.2008 |
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| The role of an „e“ in advancing democracy |
| Krista Baumane |
The "e" can make the government better by bringing in the greatest resource the government has, and that is the public. |
| Published on: 20.11.2007 |
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| Quo Vadis, Jaunais Laiks? |
| Daunis Auers |
| To avoid an ignominious end, Jaunais Laiks must tackle two major challenges. First, to manage its leadership transition while building party unity. Second, to move beyond the populist anti-elite and anti-corruption rhetoric. |
| Published on: 10.04.2007 |
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| Key word: cooperation (Interview with Trinet Blomhert-Scheltinga Koopman) |
| The goal is always to be kept in mind: instead of competing for the title of being the best, NGOs are founded to protect the rights of, for example, the disabled people. The public and local government institutions are to be aware that instead of supporting the best organization, they should support a possibly greater number of them. |
| Published on: 14.12.2005 |
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| Nothing About Us Without Us (Interview with Howard Williamson) |
| Actually, it is very easy to write a policy document about almost anything. The hardest political challenge for any country is to put the structures in place to make this policy work. Youth policy must be a framework that combines everything about the development of initiatives for young people. |
| Published on: 17.12.2003 |
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| Demonstrating the Voluntary Sector’s Impact in the UK |
| Unlike the private and public sectors, the voluntary sector lacks any other means of measuring its performance, like share prices, profits and election results, hence the need for some kind of performance measurement system tailored to the sector. |
| Published on: 10.06.2003 |
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| The first community foundation in Latvia |
| In its first decade of operation, the Talsi Regional Foundation will have to reconcile two different factors – the public’s desire to see quick results and the slow process of accumulating resources, which will occur gradually over the years. |
| Published on: 19.03.2003 |
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| Interview with Paul Greening |
| There are different ways to hold meetings and debates directly with the NGOs and the public. You can develop national ministerial road-shows going out to regions so that policy isn’t always perceived as being concentrated in Riga. |
| Published on: 04.03.2003 |
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| Change of mindset underway as Estonian parliament adopts agreement on civil society |
| The Estonian Civil Society Development Concept became an international success story. Once a participant at an NGO and public officials meeting in Canada slapped his fist on the table and told Canadian officials: "If you can't do it like Estonians, don't do it at all!" |
| Published on: 04.02.2003 |
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| Interview with George Soros |
| There are many businessmen who pretend to be philanthropic but are really furthering their own interests. So I am suspicious of them and journalists are right to be suspicious of me. |
| Published on: 22.10.2002 |
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| Interview with Norbert Reich |
| Society shouldn’t wait for politicians, not because they are bad people, but because they have their own priorities. And if you don’t get into their priorities, they won’t do very much for you. |
| Published on: 22.07.2002 |
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