Saturday 26th November 2011

Experiencing democracy





8h00 Welcome



9h00 Review of Friday's sessions



by Bernard Lecomte, journalist and writer






9h15 The metamorphosis of democracy: moving towards real democracy

New forms of democracy are emerging, including neighbourhood committees, corporate social responsibility initiatives, and social solidarity economies. How can they create new forms of democratic dialogue? How do they interact with the institutions of formal democracy?


by Loïc Blondiaux, lecturer in political science at the Sorbonne university, researcher in sociology and political science


10h00 Debate



10h30 Break



11h00 Democracy elsewhere


Global governance must be broken down into different levels: global, regional and national. What role can States play in this context?

by Pascal Lamy, WTO Director General



Conference postponed to 16.30 pm


11h40 Debate



12h15 Lunch



14h00 Role-playing experience of democratic processes

Event attendees will now take to the stage, working together in groups of between 10 and 12 persons to address a topic selected from a dozen possibilities. The aim is to show whether an active consideration for eachother's opinion results in unsuspected political fertility and to identify new tools that may be created by pooling ideas and perceptions.


16h00 Break



16h30 Is there room for disinterested solidarity in democracy?


In a world dominated by materialism, what does Christianity teach us? Is there room for disinterested solidarity  in democracy?


by Jean-Luc Marion, philosopher, member of the Académie Française

Conference advanced to 11.00 am


17h00 Debate



17h30 Democracy and the Church

Democracy has taken root among Christianity. Should the Church also be governed democratically?

by Christine Pedotti, writer and founder of the Comité de la Jupe, and Laurent Villemin, priest and lecturer in ecclesiology at the Catholic Institute of Paris









    Christine        Laurent Villemin
      Pedotti


18h00 Debate



18h30 End of the day





 
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