Democracy’s Clear and Present Danger: How Do We Respond?
The 26th annual Forum 2000 Conference, titled “Democracy’s Clear and Present Danger: How Do We Respond?”, was held in Prague on August 31- September 2, 2022.
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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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#Forum2000online Chat
Where is democracy heading? Is our freedom in danger? Inspired by the global COVID-19 lockdown, the #Forum2000online Chats offer interviews with politicians, experts, human rights defenders, journalis…
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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 mission of the Democratic Solidarity project is to defend and strengthen democracy and promote good governance in Latin America. Based on the Prague Declaration, the initiative was founded in Sept…
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Safeguarding Democracy vis-a-vis the Challenge from China
The Chinese communist regime represents a global concern. Combining the concentration of political and economic power as well as taking advantage of its technological lead, China is creating geopoliti…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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