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Swiss Democracy Foundation @chdemstiftung.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Happy 60th Birthday, Botswana! 🇧🇼 Next week the 13th Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy begins in the longest continuous democracy in Africa! 👉 Find the Gaborone conference program on our website. @democracyintl.bsky.social #botswana #directdemocracy #democracy #participation #gaborone2026

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Swiss Democracy Foundation @chdemstiftung.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

🌍 "The Global State of Direct Democracy Report 2026" sets the baseline for our conversation in Geneva. Event registration 👉 infomaniak.events/fr-ch/shop/maison… #directdemocracy #democracy #InternationalDayOfDemocracy #Geneva

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Swiss Democracy Foundation @chdemstiftung.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Democracy needs dialogue and partners. On 15 September, we’re bringing both together in Geneva. 🇨🇭 @MRL_Geneve , @GVAGrad_AHDC , @GVAGrad . @ClubDiploGE 🔗 Register via the QR code. #InternationalDayOfDemocracy #DirectDemocracy #Geneva

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Swiss Democracy Foundation @chdemstiftung.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

🌍 The international conversation on direct democracy continues in Geneva. Building on the Global Forum for Direct Democracy network, on 15 September we discuss democratic challenges around the world. 📍 Maison Rousseau et Littérature 🕛 12:15–13:45 | FR/EN ➡️ Swipe for speakers & registration.

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Swiss Democracy Foundation @chdemstiftung.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The road to Gaborone has already started. 🇧🇼 On 26 August, voices from across Southern Africa came together to explore four questions about our democratic future. Now we’re opening those questions to you. ➡️ Use the QR codes to add your perspective #GlobalForum #Gaborone2026

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Swiss Democracy Foundation @chdemstiftung.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

13 editions. 5 continents. One ongoing conversation. 🌍 Since 2008, the Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy has brought people together to exchange experiences and ideas about democracy and participation. Next stop: Gaborone, Botswana — 7–10 October. #DirectDemocracy #Gaborone2026

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Swiss Democracy Foundation @chdemstiftung.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

The Democracy World Cup final: Spain v Switzerland. Spain brings democratic participation at digital scale. Switzerland brings binding citizen authority. The difference is consequence. The lens points to Switzerland — but democracy needs both access and power. How should people get the final word?

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Swiss Democracy Foundation @chdemstiftung.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

The Democracy World Cup final: we’ll publish the result. But publishing a result isn’t crowning a champion. Every ranking also raises other questions: Who chose the criteria? Whose experiences count? Who gets to define democratic excellence? Those questions must be part of the project.

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Swiss Democracy Foundation @chdemstiftung.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Spain is in both finals. ⚽ Spain v Argentina in the FIFA World Cup final. 🌍 Spain v Switzerland in the Democracy World Cup final. One route was built on football. The other on civic technology, participation and democratic scale. Two finals. Two scoreboards. What a run.

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Swiss Democracy Foundation @chdemstiftung.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

The Democracy World Cup semi-finals are here. Spain v Portugal: can participation scale without losing touch? Switzerland v Sweden: what makes local power hard to ignore? The lens points to Spain and Switzerland. Final: digital scale v binding sovereignty.

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Swiss Democracy Foundation @chdemstiftung.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Semi-finals. We use fixtures for sensing: Where does voice become signal? Where does signal become decision? Where does decision come back with an answer? The lens points to Spain and Argentina. Football follows the score. Democracy follows the signal. Which signal would you read differently?

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Swiss Democracy Foundation @chdemstiftung.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Tonight, two games. On the pitch: Argentina v Switzerland. Through the democracy lens, Switzerland moves forward. In the Democracy World Cup: Germany v Sweden. The lens points to Sweden. Football asks who scores. Democracy asks who shares power.

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Swiss Democracy Foundation @chdemstiftung.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Tonight, two games. On the pitch: Norway v England. Through the democracy lens, Norway moves forward. In the Democracy World Cup: Switzerland v Australia. The lens points to Switzerland. Same night. Different question. Football asks: who scores? Democracy asks: who shares power?

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Swiss Democracy Foundation @chdemstiftung.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Tonight, two games. On the pitch: Spain v Belgium. Through the democracy lens, Belgium moves forward. In the Democracy World Cup: Portugal v South Africa. The lens points to Portugal. Same night. Different question. Football asks: who scores? Democracy asks: who shares power?

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Swiss Democracy Foundation @chdemstiftung.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

A red card. A presidential call. A test of independence. The bigger question is not only about football: What protects decisions when powerful people want different outcomes? The Democracy World Cup is not decided by access. It is decided by public criteria.

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Swiss Democracy Foundation @chdemstiftung.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Tonight, two games. On the pitch: France v Morocco. Through the democracy lens, France moves forward. In the Democracy World Cup: Canada v Spain. The lens points to Spain. Same night. Different question. Football asks: who scores? Democracy asks: who shares power?

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Swiss Democracy Foundation @chdemstiftung.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

The quarterfinals split. Football moves one way. The Democracy World Cup asks another question: What does democracy reward? Round of 8: Canada v Spain Portugal v South Africa Switzerland v Australia Germany v Sweden Follow the democracy lens.

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Swiss Democracy Foundation @chdemstiftung.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Switzerland v Colombia. Through the Democracy World Cup lens, Switzerland moves forward. Colombia brings constitutional participation tools. Switzerland brings binding initiatives and power dispersed across cantons and communes. Democracy is stronger when power cannot sit in one place.

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Swiss Democracy Foundation @chdemstiftung.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Argentina v Egypt. Through the Democracy World Cup lens, Argentina moves forward. Argentina brings provincial autonomy, participatory budgeting and Buenos Aires gains. Egypt shows what happens when genuine participation has few avenues. Democracy needs energy — and real paths.

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Swiss Democracy Foundation @chdemstiftung.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Portugal v Spain. Through the Democracy World Cup lens, Portugal moves forward. Spain brings world-leading civic tech. Portugal brings participatory budgeting depth and cities with more freedom to act. Democracy needs tools — and local power behind them.

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Swiss Democracy Foundation @chdemstiftung.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

USA v Belgium. Through the Democracy World Cup lens, Belgium moves forward. The USA brings ballot initiatives, local participatory budgeting and citizens' assemblies. Belgium brings the Ostbelgien model — a permanent, legally recognized citizen council. What matters is democratic resilience.

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Swiss Democracy Foundation @chdemstiftung.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Mexico v England. Through the Democracy World Cup lens, Mexico moves forward. England brings citizen assemblies and a petition platform. Mexico brings capital-city participatory budgeting and national recall mechanisms. Which democratic tool would people actually use in your community?

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Swiss Democracy Foundation @chdemstiftung.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Brazil v Norway. Through the Democracy World Cup lens, Norway moves forward. Brazil brings participatory budgeting. Norway shows what happens when local government has everyday power. One invented a democratic tool. The other makes local agency a daily operating system.

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Swiss Democracy Foundation @chdemstiftung.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Paraguay v France. Through the Democracy World Cup lens, France moves forward. Paraguay brings long-term party dominance and corruption concerns. In France citizens' conventions and municipal participatory budgeting create democratic openings. Where should citizens be closer to decision-making?

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Swiss Democracy Foundation @chdemstiftung.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Canada v Morocco. Through the Democracy World Cup lens, Canada moves forward. Morocco brings recent openings for local governance and participatory petitions. Canada brings deeper federal devolution and a long record of citizens' assemblies. What makes consultation become power?

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Swiss Democracy Foundation @chdemstiftung.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Same tournament energy. Different question. Football follows goals and final whistles. The Democracy World Cup asks: Can people speak up without fear? Can they organize? Can they question power? Can they shape decisions close to home? #DemocracyWorldCup #Democracy

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Swiss Democracy Foundation @chdemstiftung.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Colombia v Ghana. Through the Democracy World Cup lens, Colombia moves forward. Ghana brings local governance promise. Colombia brings a constitutional toolkit for participation, open meetings and participatory budgeting. Local democracy needs tools people can actually pick up.

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Swiss Democracy Foundation @chdemstiftung.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Argentina v Cabo Verde. Through the Democracy World Cup lens, Cabo Verde moves forward. Argentina brings participatory energy and provincial autonomy. Cabo Verde brings stable governance and municipal decentralisation. Small can be strong when democracy stays close.

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Swiss Democracy Foundation @chdemstiftung.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Australia v Egypt. Through the Democracy World Cup lens, Australia moves forward. Australia brings citizens’ juries and deliberative practice. Egypt reminds us how quickly democratic openings can close. Democracy needs room to think together.

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Swiss Democracy Foundation @chdemstiftung.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Switzerland v Algeria. Through the Democracy World Cup lens, Switzerland moves forward. This match asks: can people not only speak, but actually trigger a decision? Citizen power needs open space — and real handles.

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Swiss Democracy Foundation @chdemstiftung.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Portugal v Croatia. Through the Democracy World Cup lens, Portugal moves forward. Portugal brings participatory budgeting and municipal innovation. Croatia brings stable representation, but fewer scaled participation tools. The question: where do people shape local priorities?

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Swiss Democracy Foundation @chdemstiftung.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Spain v Austria. Through the Democracy World Cup lens, Spain moves forward — narrowly. Spain brings open-source civic tech and city-scale innovation. Austria brings federal architecture, social partnership and climate assemblies. What matters more: digital access or deliberation in the room?

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Swiss Democracy Foundation @chdemstiftung.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

United States v Bosnia & Herzegovina A difficult call through the Democracy World Cup lens. The U.S. moves forward on local democracy, state-level initiatives and civic tools close to people. But both cases reveal pressure points in federal democracy. What makes federalism feel democratic?

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Swiss Democracy Foundation @chdemstiftung.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Belgium v Senegal. Through the Democracy World Cup lens, Belgium moves forward. Senegal brings democratic resilience. Belgium brings decentralisation and the Ostbelgien citizen council — participation built into the architecture. What if citizens had a permanent seat in democracy?

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Swiss Democracy Foundation @chdemstiftung.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

England v DR Congo. Through the Democracy World Cup lens, England moves forward. England brings citizens’ assemblies and petition routes into Parliament. DR Congo reminds us that democratic promise needs stability to take root. What makes participation feel real?

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Swiss Democracy Foundation @chdemstiftung.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Democracy is not about selling one model to the world. It is about sharing building blocks. Swiss democracy is one of them — not the answer, but a contribution. What building blocks does democracy need where you live? #DemocracyWorldCup #Democracy #Participation

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Swiss Democracy Foundation @chdemstiftung.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Mexico v Ecuador. Through the Democracy World Cup lens, Mexico moves forward — narrowly. Mexico brings city-level participation and constitutional promise. Ecuador brings citizen participation as a constitutional “Fifth Power.” The question: what makes citizen power last?

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Swiss Democracy Foundation @chdemstiftung.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

France v Sweden. Through the Democracy World Cup lens, Sweden advances. France brings Citizens’ Conventions and participatory budgeting. Sweden brings strong municipalities, local autonomy and fiscal power. The question: where does democracy actually live?

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Swiss Democracy Foundation @chdemstiftung.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Côte d’Ivoire v Norway. Through the Democracy World Cup lens, Norway moves forward. Not as a score against Côte d’Ivoire — but as a question about democratic conditions: Can people see power, reach power and shape what power does? #DemocracyWorldCup

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Swiss Democracy Foundation @chdemstiftung.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Germany v Paraguay. Who advances if democracy decides? Our lens: Germany advances. Why? Federalism, Länder autonomy, direct democracy tools and growing deliberative participation. What would you weigh most?

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Swiss Democracy Foundation @chdemstiftung.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Brazil v Japan. Who advances if democracy decides? Our lens: Brazil advances. Why? Participatory budgeting, local democratic innovation and civic agency from the neighborhood level up. Would you weight the criteria differently?

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Swiss Democracy Foundation @chdemstiftung.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

The Democracy World Cup enters the next round. We are following the football fixtures with a second question: If countries advanced by participation, rights, accountability, local democracy and civic agency — who would move forward? Not against football. Through football.

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Swiss Democracy Foundation @chdemstiftung.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

We're already watching countries meet on the football pitch. ⚽🌍 We’re asking a different question: what it feels like to live in yours. The World Cup is the doorway. Let’s talk democracy. #DemocracyWorldCup #MakeDemocracyVisible #EveryVoiceCounts

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Swiss Democracy Foundation @chdemstiftung.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

In the Democracy World Cup, everybody is a player. No observers. No sidelines. How is democracy working where you live? #DemocracyWorldCup #Democracy #Participation

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Swiss Democracy Foundation @chdemstiftung.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Results for Group L: the Midfielder Group 🥇 England takes first place. 🥈 Croatia comes in second. 🥉 Ghana secures third. And Panama finishes a closely contested fourth. Which democratic strength do you value most? #DemocracyWorldCup #Democracy #CitizenParticipation

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Swiss Democracy Foundation @chdemstiftung.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Group K: the Beginners Group Portugal is first due to commitment to participatory budgeting, followed by Colombia in second place. Uzbekistan comes in third and DR Congo finishes fourth. Do you see democracy as a destination or a continuous process? #DemocracyWorldCup #Democracy #Participation

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Swiss Democracy Foundation @chdemstiftung.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Behind the Democracy World Cup: meet Bruno Kaufmann from Arboga, Sweden. A different game. A shared question.

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Swiss Democracy Foundation @chdemstiftung.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Reveal of Group J: the Roller-Coaster Group Austria takes first place thanks to its strong federal system. Argentina follows with suit. Jordan with its centralized system finishes third, while militarily dominated Algeria takes fourth. #DemocracyWorldCup #Democracy #CitizenParticipation

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Swiss Democracy Foundation @chdemstiftung.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Ranking for Group I: the Group of Progress 🥇 Norway takes first place, 🥈 France claims second, 🥉 Senegal secures third, and Iraq finishes fourth. What drives democratic innovation? #DemocracyWorldCup #Democracy #Progress #CitizenParticipation #Norway #France #Senegal #Iraq #FutureOfDemocracy

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