Nothing about us without us

Putting it into practice

Getting involved in the Democracy and Sustainability Platform isn’t just about signing up.

All members of the Platform agree to take at least one step each year to implement the Commitments in the Manifesto for Democracy and Sustainability, and to share what they’ve done via the Platform.

You can call it spreading ripples, or creating a cascade of action to show that democracy and sustainability are inseparable, that people care, and that together we’re building practical action to create the changes that are needed.

Through video clips, stories and pictures collected from members once a year, the Platform will provide a forum to show what’s happening around the world.

Watch this space for the first round of examples of what members have been doing to get democracy to work for sustainability. And if you’re a member, start thinking about what you’d like to share when the request goes out, in early 2014!

Of course we’d love to hear from you before then too. Feel free to drop the coordinators of the Platform a line at manifesto at fdsd dot org.

Democratising Agricultural research

Contributed by: Suggested by Tom Wakeford, Worldwide

The Democratising Food and Agricultural Research initiative seeks to contribute to the following outcomes: Development and implementation of new models of citizen involvement and gender justice in decisions on food and agricultural research, as well as risk assessments. Complement the activities recommended by the International Assessment of Agriculture Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD), –… Read more »

The Access Initiative – International and local level work on procedural rights

Contributed by: The Access Initiative, Worldwide

International and local level work on procedural rights – access to information, public participation and access to justice – is being spearheaded by two recently-merged teams within World Resource Institute’s (WRI)  Governance Center. The Access Initiative (TAI) and the Governance of Forests Initiative (GFI) have come together to deepen and expand their work, which focuses… Read more »

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Fomento del Desarrollo Sostenible mediante empresas de Economía Social

Contributed by: Miguel Angel Reina López, España

FEANSAL es la organización empresarial que desde 1989 defiende y representa a las sociedades laborales andaluzas. La Federación andaluza aúna y representa a estas sociedades, defendiendo sus derechos y poniendo a su disposición un equipo de profesionales para la mejora de su competitividad y la creación de empleo estable y de calidad. Desde sus distintas… Read more »

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Energy-saving – it’s a social thing

Contributed by: Andrew Dobson, UK

Reducing energy consumption is one of the biggest challenges we face in the UK today. In order to tackle CO2 emissions and ensure both the security and affordability of supply, the Government has made energy demand reduction a policy priority. For consumers, rising energy prices and accessing affordable energy are growing concerns. Although energy consumption… Read more »

Meeting on a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly

International Meeting on a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly

Contributed by: Andreas Bummel, Germany

In October 2013, the fifth international conference on a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly was held in the European Parliament in Brussels. In a final declaration, the participants from around thirty countries called on the United Nations and the international community to make democratic participation a key element of the Post-2015 Development Agenda. The declaration expressed… Read more »