Recovering the Promise of 1989
Thirty years ago, the world was full of hope that, finally, democracy, freedom, and a global order based on peace and responsibility would prevail. In the tumultuous year 1989, people rallied against…
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Current Projects
Forum 2000 Conferences
The idea for the Forum 2000 Conference originated in 1997, when former Czech President Václav Havel, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Elie Wiesel, and philanthropist Yohei Sasakawa invited world leaders to…
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Festival of Democracy
The Festival of Democracy is the associated program of the Forum 2000 Conference. It will include lectures, discussions, exhibitions and other activities connected to the conference itself. The Festiv…
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International Coalition for Democratic Renewal
The International Coalition for Democratic Renewal (ICDR) is a project coming from a shared concern of intellectuals and public personalities worldwide. This concern is based on acknowledgement of the…
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Democratic Solidarity
The Democratic Solidarity project seeks to initiate effective international solidarity in the Latin American region in order to promote democracy and its values. The initiative was founded in Septemb…
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NGO Market
Market of non-governmental organizations is a unique one-day event, which has been growing in size and scope since its inception in 2000. NGOs active in education, volunteering, human rights, environm…
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Information Centre for Democracy and Human Rights in China
China is an important economic partner of the Czech Republic and the bilateral political and diplomatic relations are being increasingly strengthened. Over the past months several important investment…
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Shared Concern Initiative
Launched in April 2005, the Shared Concern Initiative (SCI) idea was conceived, in the context of the Forum 2000 Conference in Prague, by H.H. the Dalai Lama in cooperation with the late President Vác…
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Interfaith Dialogue
Interfaith dialogue and multi-religious assemblies have been an integral and permanent part of the Forum 2000 project and culminate every year in the framewo…
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Conferences and Roundtables
The conferences and roundtables of the Forum 2000 Foundation concern themselves with a wide array of topics on both a global and local scale and provide an essential platform for open dialogue.
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Other Activities
All activities of the Forum 2000 Foundation strive to promote democracy, human rights, freedom of speech and expression, interreligious dialogue and open dialogue between the state and civil society.
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Educational Activities
The goal of the Forum 2000 Foundation educational activities is to strengthen democracy, develop a civil society and promote active citizenship in general. Educational activities foster the exchange o…
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Water in the Middle East
The Exploring Water Patterns in the Middle East project addresses a problem that is particularly severe in the Middle Eastern region and has been key to its development, namely water resources. Moreov…
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Visegrad Platform for Dialogue on Democracy, Human Rights and Civil Society
This project is led by four organizations from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia and aims to create a long-term Visegrad discussion platform within the annual Forum 2000 conferences ba…
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Visegrad Civil Society Organizations’ Platform
The platform uses synergy of cooperation to reinforce excellence and sustainability of civil society organizations (CSOs) in order to support civil society in Visegrad countries. Main Goals…
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