Confronting the Challenges to Democracy in the 21st Century

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Democracy Education in Challenging Political and Cultural Environments

• Establish a special fund to support civic education initiatives and projects.
• Develop and share information on funding sources for democracy education.
• Create an international forum for civic educators to share strategies, teaching methods, materials and information.
• Collect and share information on unique and creative approaches to democracy education, including the use of music, theater, and art as media for teaching democracy.
• Establish an international school and regional centers for democracy training using trainers drawn from World Movement participants as faculty.
• Work with national and international media and broadcasting networks to provide education about democracy.
• Support the development of formal civic education curricula for schools.
• Provide conferences and seminars for training young democrats.
• Develop a clearinghouse on democracy education "case studies" for World Movement participants.
• Organize regional meetings of civic education institutions for exchanging experiences and information.
• Create a group of democracy education experts that can be drawn on as consultants.
• Protect, defend, and support democracy educators facing persecution and other dangers.