European Public Sphere Blog

Europe | The fifth stop of the Ukrainian Vibes - European Public Sphere tour took once again place under the digital dome. The topic “Inclusiveness of Democracy & Participatory Innovations” was discussed with participants from all over Europe. Together, European...

Warsaw | Warsaw’s Royal Gardens - Łazienki Królewskie - have once again become the place of the deliberation as the fifth stop of the Remember Tour took place there. Thanks to some participants from non-EU countries, we’ve had the unique chance to take a look at...

Burgas |The Expo Centre Flora in Burgas with its modern and green architecture was our exciting location for the third stop of this year's Remember Tour! Situated right in the middle of the city's impressing Seaside Park which is stretching across most of the coast...

The second stop of the Remember Tour was Bucharest, a city with a lot of history, with new opportunities and challenges for its citizens. The event took place right at Bucharest's historical Kilometre 0 of Democracy in University Square. What other place is more...

  Border Museum Schifflersgrund | Driving up a long and windy road through the beautiful scenery near the exact geographical middle of Germany, we arrived with our dome at the border museum Schifflersgrund. It is called the border museum because it lies at the exact...

Ukrainian Vibes - Stop 1: Democracy  Europe | 30.06.2021| The Ukrainian Vibes - European Public Sphere project in phase 1 offers a virtual stage to young people and their visions for the future of Europe and encourages them to become a more active part of society. In...

Ukrainian Vibes - Stop 2: Sustainability and Environmental ConsciousnessThe Ukrainian Vibes - European Public Sphere project in phase 1 offered a virtual stage to young people and their visions for the future of Europe and encourages them to become a more active part...

Ukrainian Vibes - Stop 3: European IntegrationThe Ukrainian Vibes - European Public Sphere project in phase 1 offers a virtual stage to young people and their visions for the future of Europe and encourages them to become a more active part of society. In the four...

Ukrainian Vibes - Stop 4: Our Europe - Create Your FutureEurope | 30.06.2021 | The Ukrainian Vibes - European Public Sphere project in phase 1 offered a virtual stage to young people and their visions for the future of Europe and encouraged them to become a more...

Europe 2.0 - Our Online-ExhibitionFrom September to February, Europe 2.0 was our open laboratory for Europe's future issues. In 10 online conversations - our Europe Jams - we discussed topics such as climate issues, social justice, migration and minority issues,...

Europe| True to our motto  Your future - Your turn to design it!  , we hosted our Europe Jam on the Conference on the Future of Europe on 26 January  - and it was our last one, rounding up the project Europe 2.0 that we had been working on since September 2020. Not...

Europe | When asked by one of our participants after the Europe Jam on Gender whether we would be interested in organising a Jam on the EU and the Western Balkans exploring especially the role of youth in the integration process, we of course said yes and made this...

Europe | In the last Europe Jam of 2020, we welcomed guests who work in and beyond the EU on the topic of gender equality. We started together into the round of introductions, where the following questions were answered: What are the biggest problems in the field of...

Europe | On 08 December, we met - how fitting - in a Europe-wide round for the Europe Jam on European Integration. Our intern Anna-Lea Reinhart put together some of the building blocks.In our Europe Jam on European Integration we welcomed our guests: Dr. Robert Stüwe...

Europe | On 17 November our Europe Jam on the topic of digital Europe took place. Our intern Anna-Lea Reinhart shares her impressions. They sit in front of screens,big and small,day in and day out,from morning till night.They like, tweet, share, subscribe.They work -...

Europe | On 10 November, we jammed on the topic of Social Justice. Our intern Josephine Schnee reports back from the conversation.Many thanks to the Alfred Toepfer Stiftung F.V.S. for supporting this project. Share this post: 0 Shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Our Jam...

Our third edition of the Europe Jams linked two major themes with several overlaps: Minority and Migration Experiences. In this session, we wanted to focus on the experiences of the participants to make room for different perspectives. Our intern Max Tjong-Ayong...

After the first event of the Europe Jams during the Online Forum on Modern Direct Democracy was initially planned as a free discussion platform, we decided, based on the feedback from the participants, to hold upcoming Jams on specific topics. Our following Europe Jam...

Cologne | As part of the European public sphere project TREAT YOURSELF TO DEMOCRACY we visited the Don-Bosco club in the culturally diverse district of Müllheim, Cologne on 10 September. The idea behind the project is to motivate first-time voters to participate in...

The ongoing Covid 19 pandemic affects us all – that also includes our traveling discussion dome. For this reason, the European Public Sphere team has decided to organise weekly online discussion rounds on various topics, targeted at young Europeans. The so-called...

Cologne | Students from Cologne-Mülheim have very concrete ideas about what they would like to change at their school, in their district and in the country. As part of the TREAT YOURSELF TO DEMOCRACY project, representatives of Mehr Demokratie NRW, the Verband...

Europe | On Monday the 11th of May, in honor of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights turning 20 years old, we held our first online Public Sphere event discussing the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. As part of the Connect Europe project with 7 civil society...

Hildesheim | The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress. – Joseph Joubert (1754 - 1824), French moralist.  Our intern Katharina Brauckmann shares her thoughts on 2019's last Dome Event!   The aim of a discussion should not be...

Dortmund | Every two years Church Day puts the city under its spell. More than 100,000 people of all ages, religions and backgrounds come together to reflect and discuss on the issues of our time. Of course, the European Public Sphere was also involved! A report by...

Berlin | We could of course not let the long way back from Poland go uneventlessly. And so it came that we included another stop in Berlin. This was made possible by the cooperation with Tempelhofer Feld Vision (THF Vision). In line with the activities of the...

Krakow | Krakow, June 12th, was the last stop of our Poland Tour. The day before we made our way back south from the far north near Gdansk. Again and again we had picked up one thing in passing by: It was to be the hottest day in Gdansk ever measured that early in a...

  Sobieszewo (Gdánsk) | Our second stop of our Poland Tour was at Hotel Orle on Sobieszewo island just outside of Gdańsk. Supported by GLS Treuhand e.V., we joined the first Baltic Sea Youth Camp, a festival to increase youth participation in the Baltic Sea Region....

Krzyżowa | Our stop in Krzyżowa was a very special one to me. 3 years ago still as a student, I had taken part in a workshop to create a multi-media guide for the outdoor exhibition "Mut und Versöhnung" (courage and reconciliation) with 5 other Polish and German...

Luxembourg|Our second stop in Luxembourg, and also the final stop of the BeNeLux-Tour, took place in Luxembourg City. There, we built our dome on the Place de Clairefontaine, in close walking distance from many of the city’s sights, like the Palace, the Parliament...

Schengen| With the two stops in Luxembourg, the BeNeLux-Tour of the European Public Sphere was slowly coming to an end. But it was not over yet. Both Schengen and Luxembourg City were vital stops for our Dome Talks and delivered with vibrant discussions. Our intern...

Zandvoort| The last stop of the Europe Dome in the Netherlands was on the beach! The small town of Zandvoort is located right at the sea and is home to several beautiful and “gezellige” beach tents. One of them, Paviljoen Jeroen, hosted our European Public Sphere...

Den Haag| On 13 April 2019 we held our talks at our second-to last stop in the Netherlands, at the Leyweg shopping centre in The Hague. Not only was the weather exciting, also our Dome Talks came in a slightly different form. In The Hague, the European Public Sphere...

Amsterdam| On the 12th of April, the Europe Dome visited the multicultural city of Amsterdam. Right in the middle of the Passage in De Hallen, a bustling centre for culture and craftsmanship, the Europe Dome invited everyone to join in discussions on citizen...

Den Burg, Texel| My name is David Reich. As an intern, I joined the BeNeLux Tour in Belgium and the Netherlands in April this year. The first destination in the Netherlands for me personally (the others already had a stop before in Maastricht) was in beautiful Texel,...

Maastricht |Have you ever felt like being in a beautiful safe space? A little part of the world where you can come and just talk with people without being judged or corrected. Where you look around and see, just outside your cocoon, a wonderful surrounding. And you...

Gent| Dome events are fun. But to make them fun, a lot of tasks need to be taken care of before, during and after the talks. Follow the organisers through their daily (non-)routine during the BeNeLux Tour and get to know another side of beautiful Gent.The dome day...

Antwerp| The next stop marked on our Benelux map was Antwerp - a beautiful port city located in the Flemish region. At Groenplaats, in the heart of the city, we had two talks on Citizen Participation and Climate Change. Here, David Reich describes his experiences in...

Brussels| In the capital of Europe we held our second dome talk in Belgium. In the light of the upcoming European elections we visited the future academics of Europe - the students of the University of Brussels. Brussels is the city of diversity with 3 languages...

Liège| The first stop of the BeNeLux Tour of the European Public Sphere project was the 30th of March in Liège. We erected the Europe Dome in shopping centre Mediacité and held three talks on digital democracy, integration and the new European Parliament! Enjoy a...