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Please see below FYI.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" id="divRplyFwdMsg"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>From:</b> CDMSI <CDMSI@coe.int><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 28, 2025 8:42 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> CDMSI <CDMSI@coe.int><br>
<b>Cc:</b> CHISCA Artemiza-Tatiana <Artemiza-Tatiana.CHISCA@coe.int>; LUCCHESE Giulia <Giulia.LUCCHESE@coe.int>; PITEA Cesare <Cesare.PITEA@coe.int><br>
<b>Subject:</b> World Forum for Democracy: Call for Initiatives</span>
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<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: "Aptos", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Dear Members of the CDMSI,</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: "Aptos", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">For your information and with a kind invitation to share it with your networks, please find below a call for innovative initiatives for reviving democracies
to be selected for presentation at the 13 World Forum for Democracy “<b>Democracy at risk : how can we revive it?</b>” (Strasbourg, 5-7 November 2025).</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: "Aptos", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black; background-color: white;">Best regards,</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black; background-color: white;">🌍</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black; background-color: white;"> Call for Innovative Initiatives
–</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span>
<span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><b><u><a href="https://www.coe.int/en/web/world-forum-democracy/-/world-forum-for-democracy-2025-call-for-initiatives" id="OWAaeb718d3-6ced-5812-3166-d3f77b5dfe94" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" data-auth="NotApplicable">World
Forum for Democracy</a></u></b><u><a href="https://www.coe.int/en/web/world-forum-democracy/-/world-forum-for-democracy-2025-call-for-initiatives" id="OWA1513da1b-bb0e-8121-0e21-5468c5fcfdc2" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" data-auth="NotApplicable">
</a></u></span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(70, 120, 134); background-color: white;"><u><a href="https://www.coe.int/en/web/world-forum-democracy/-/world-forum-for-democracy-2025-call-for-initiatives" id="OWA45e4c8ba-e042-2e71-19b7-3b82895e7161" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" data-auth="NotApplicable">2025</a></u></span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black; background-color: white;">Are you working on a groundbreaking initiative that strengthens democracy and promotes sustainable peace? The World Forum for Democracy is looking
for innovative projects from around the world that are making a difference!</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black; background-color: white;">🏛</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black; background-color: white;">️ Who can apply?</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black; background-color: white;">Any public or private organisation with a forward-thinking initiative in these areas.</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black; background-color: white;">✈</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black; background-color: white;">️ Why apply?</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black; background-color: white;">Selected initiatives will have the opportunity to be presented at the World Forum for Democracy in Strasbourg. The</span><span style="color: black; background-color: white;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black; background-color: white;">Council of Europe will cover travel and accommodation expenses if needed.</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black; background-color: white;">📅</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black; background-color: white;"> Deadline: 17 May
2025</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black; background-color: white;">To apply, complete the questionnaire and submit it before the deadline.</span></p>
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