This week global three thousand focuses on democracy. Democracy it seems is on the decline and just last year sixty seven countries saw setbacks to their citizens Civil Liberties and political rights. The biggest threats to a democratic system are autocrats and populists. Populists insist they speak for the people. Only they say no what is truly right and wrong. They meet tricky questions with simple answers. When democracy is under threat citizens take to the streets Civil Society becomes active using preferably nonviolence as a form of resistance and that requires clear messages and strong symbols. In serbia we need professionals in the field who say their most important weapon is human. Money with you and them only with you. But. In protest in life its all the same the person you want to be around is a person can make a law and in our experience the government just didnt know what to do with being mocked because these people in power they just think too highly and to seriously i was along themselves so if youre logged in they do something stupid. These two men are in a way professional revolutionaries they come from belgrade thats where their careers began. It was the mid nine hundred ninety s. Together with other students in the group or they had a goal to topple then president still but on milosevic and set the stage for free elections their tactic nonviolent resistance much of it based on humor in action. People need to have something to the need to belong to something so creating that impression using humor making you fix things. And then people know actually who you are as well when you are doing something on the streets so it is important to have symbol and to create the brand because then its real life. Who are symbol was a fist today its been adopted as a logo by their new organization canvas canvas trains and advises activists all over the world and offer seminars on mine. Probably worked with people from i dont know forty fifty Different Countries i lost count completely and this ranges from small student groups fighting for more justice or less rape in their campus to the Large Organizations that are shaking out across the governments across the world our idea is that the skills you bring in a conflict are more important than the conditions so you can have the worst conditions in the world but you have a Skilled Movement then you can get the success to increase the movements chance of success canvas provides protesters with books training materials and background videos human rights education general welfare corruption versus transparency rule of law who do you think is very important but its not only that its also you people think. Why because your vision should never be only ules it needs to be a shared vision dont forget that you need people to join you movement and change the society the more people share your vision the move full scale it becomes ok we had the Youth Movement graffiti were the great solution and rock concerts because obviously this is the this is that how you see protest when you are in your teens but then we get a lot of retired people so of course they couldnt march with us in the harsh winter we couldnt invite them to the places where there will be care gas used. But they have a lot of time on their hands so when some of our guys was arrested you get a list of the people who are available that day and then immediately fifty to seventy retired people are calling the Police Station and asking questions and putting pressure so you see you find the place for them in the movement and they are doing something and feel like they are really helping the movement in fact theyre helping the movement they are helping the arrested person. Popovich is team is a small one and the canvas offices are hidden away in a residential area there are less. And trainers and all and theyre often on the move heading wherever their skills are needed because the job can be a dangerous one they dont want to be filmed so hope of that provides the organizations public face. These. Days hes also taught nonviolent resistance at american universities for over a decade. Just very very dangerous thing that they see with the new media is a phenomenon we call click to this so how many polar bears you have saved on facebook this morning by clicking like on a page if you will be turning your computer off in fact you would be helping people advance more bells are won and lost in the real world. Interestingly Climate Change is a topic that doesnt mobilize the masses apparently the more global a problem the less likely people or to feel personally threatened. Its time for activists its time for helping activists across the world its time for international fully devoted to the people who define the local scene but its also a time for people in the west to wake up from their a comfortable dream that democracy is something that is programmed for them there is no way we democratize society that is alive and kicking. Chinese ians proved themselves similarly defiant in late two thousand and ten when they ousted their dictator ben ali. The event sparks the socalled arab spring a series of protests and uprisings against regions political systems which spread throughout the arab world most were brutally crushed or ended in civil war. Inchy musea it was mainly young people who demonstrated against the countrys social inequality and corruption the first free elections took place in october two thousand and eleven and the less the fledgling democracy is still finding its feet. Twenty eight year old see ads arrive from china this is a child of the revolution. I was there for the protests in two thousand and nine when ben ali was still dictator. A lot of young people students in particular were detained at the university and thrown in prison. Thats why i chose to campaign for my people. I decided to fight for a different tune easier with democratic values. In the wake of the arab spring see ads or i and his fellow campaigners founded what they called the alternative Youth Network known by its french acronym r. A j. They campaign for Environmental Protection jobs and political change there are big problems in the Country Economic growth is slow and terrorism is still attracting too many young people youth unemployment stands at more than thirty percent in tunisia and the political situation remains unstable. Convinced that n. G. O. S can bring about as much change as a political party. Politics get tied up in the election process. Takes so much effort. Into new zealands have just had enough of politicians. Especially after the revolution when we had more than one hundred and twenty parties. Today the activists and other n. G. O. S are meeting with the minister of the environment. That discussing preparations for the un Climate Change conference in november embalm germany. Ziad says this never happened under the dictator politicians are actually discussing things with young people. Dont they have only at home grown to play and galvanizing other people said they finally take notice of Climate Change. It has to become part of Public Discourse and every single citizen needs to be aware of what. Do you do sequoia give us on our. Ziad says peoples relationship with politics is still far from what he thinks it should be. The country is still in transition. Because. At least we can discuss things directly with ministers these days and that is definitely a start so it can. See the job. Nonetheless theres a feeling of disillusion among these Young Democrats because power stays in the same hands. We still have to endure a class of our politicians who are clinging to power. Yeah you guys wont hand over to the younger generation. They do believe politicians that young just want to leave the country or still it school or university and arent capable of governing or making decisions. Over the last the young who have brought about change here you see miley equalisation is you know the less fortunate. The etc i ses in the future as well little will change and change unless the young people remain engaged and committed. Womens involvement is key to change to and that all starts with their representation in parliament Northern European countries have the greatest percentage of women in politics in the rest of the world the figures are increasing only slowly in Subsaharan Africa its around twenty three point six percent and thats partly down to quotas that figure is also roughly the global average. We head to senegal to meet women who have to fight hard for their right to make a change. Is the organizer of this project planting a special kind of grass and eucalyptus saplings which help desalinate the soil she also brought together the women who are implementing the project and got the local foresters involved its not been possible to grow crops here for two decades the soil is just too salty what they all can do when they got one but when i was a child we grew our own rice here in jo for you and never had to buy any. The same with peanuts and millet. The problem is the rising sea level salt water is invading and destroying more and more fertile land this dike was built five years ago and provide some relief money works for an environmental n. G. O. S he advises the women and help them get funds from the un backed Green Climate fund he also helps farmers here. The Vegetable Growers also want to benefit from the father what can you do for them they need to acquire new skills youve helped us so far but you must leave us alone now there is more to do the money for this project did not come from senegal but from an international fund. You know. The soil the women a working on is still salty but they want to find out whether they can already resume farming here. Theyve planted a small patch of rice as an experiment. Theyll know in about two months if the soil is recovering and will yield a crop. A tanker truck suddenly appears the driver has evidently just dumped a load of human waste yaman guy is really angry. So its destructive it disrupts the ecological balance its toxic. To. The truck doesnt have a number plate and the driver wants to hide his face in the forest a mama to sign a is also a lieutenant in the army he takes the drivers idea drivers license and escorts the truck to the Police Station. Young man goes to see the mayor. Here man well not here but here are some of your. Mama do son youre also shows up. Then young pitches her ideas is the good news that we were able to build the dike with money from the fund now we want local authorities to help us make use of the dike now its that. You get young people involved that i would let many youngsters have already helped women plant trees. I applied to have water pipes laid to the plots of the young vegetable farmers. And as far as the dice so that we could have enough water there. That would help the sale and use the soil even more but they rejected my application it was. So ya monday i a wont get any more help here. In fact the mayor says he has no more money to spend and asks mining how he might get some from the Green Climate fund. Despite all the difficulties the women have already achieved a lot a year ago the local authority gave ya mind years womens cooperative the land theyve been working on it had been waste ground the forty women share the four hector plot. I believe in magic and want good as after the rainy season the donors are going to drill a well and teach the women how to grow vegetables. Then theyll really get to work. That. Women in senegal are at a great disadvantage because only men inherit land its an exceptional opportunity for this womens collective to earn their own money here. In the evening they ride to the coast where they planted mangroves two years ago this too is a project for which he got support from the climate fund. The women cotton plant shoots from their burgeoning mangroves. Its hard work but this reforestation project is bearing fruit. Migratory birds stop by again and shellfish have come back. Young man d. I. s thinking about farming oysters among the mangroves. That would combine Environmental Protection with female empowerment and what could prove to be a profitable business. Hunting the patient and voting are key characteristics of a modern democracy democracy gives people a voice including minorities it involves political opposition freedom of opinion and the press all citizens a bound by a constitution which protects basic rights as a division of powers and everyone is equal before the law in sweden its precisely this democracy which is celebrated for a week every year. It isnt easy to find somewhere to stay during on that island week the lucky ones find a spot in a classroom its a bit like a Music Festival but this is a political event this classroom is being shared by the green party and the liberals. Twenty three year old law student oscar mark is a member of the youth wing of the center right liberal party. We want to. Stir there are. More we are. Center party in the side the event takes place about one hundred kilometers off the east coast of sweden on the island of gotland in the medieval harbor city of his b. Its like a Company Team Building exercise where you go on a retreat to bond with your colleagues. The change of pace and scenery fosters a feeling of common purpose. Seminars and discussions start early in the morning and continue all day. Yes we get this closeness between each other its very easy to reach me here is a politician as many of them its very easy to to reach every other forty years so its a very good way actually get to politicians near the people because i think that is what democracy and so weve done it. Grows from. It all started in one thousand nine hundred sixty eight when future Prime Minister old off palma got up on the back of a jeep and spoke to a couple of hundred people in on the dollar and park when his social democrats started organizing political seminars here in the one nine hundred eighty s. Other parties followed organizing events here as well and the diamond week started growing into the phenomenon it is today the men who are here to ask you because if you think. About forty thousand people are here to talk about political issues socialize and share ideas even the rain hasnt dampened the mood. Today the social democrats are presenting their Draft Program in the park all eight of the parties represented in parliament to get their turn. Before the next round of discussion about the Global Climate catastrophe osca takes a quick break he says one goal of on the government is to change our understanding of political debate going to do a metaphor on debating. Metaphor its more like your words are ammunition never when you have a looser and i think thats in something we uncomfy for a political debate or any of this question because we need anything not a person then having a discussion you have one of her two need to walk away from that learn to having learned something that. You didnt know before the city political scientist steep gun loon grin agrees that this is the on the dalin way this is a part of the swedish model we were confident that hasnt had a proper rhythm and since seven things out for yourself. You know if theres a conflict we are ought to discuss it over a cup of coffee or if they need it i think thats the scots that later on that site a couple. Said so if its if its just moment its more of that directive you know try to find solutions pragmatic. But there are some who criticize on the down and some complain that its become a leader in much too commercial they say its now the Media Outlets that dictate the agenda not the politicians. But International Interest in this swedish invention is on the rise. And democracy is the big. Everyone says this will be easy but it is more like this is more a way youll flipping. We dont need to talk much we need to practice democracy in realize. Its the end of a second on the dollar an experience. This is a cons. People could try and coming together from different parts of Government Society and business and thats something that is worth spreading across the globe. Festivals modeled on the dollar never already started in norway a stone and denmark. This is they dont just museum in munich germanys museum devoted to masterpieces of science and technology we are here to meet somebody ms written about the dangers posed by ai and big data yvonne host data is a lawyer and c. E. O. Of an i. T. Company she says new technologies and social media are a threat to democracy. And the im feeling a small smartphones were introduced just ten years ago five steve jobs presented apples first i phone in two thousand and seven since then society has changed radically and its not just changed in a way that we decided on in a democratic fashion visor your t. V. A demo card to show up just in tech. Frenzy emails first sentence when youre sending emails on your smartphone data are being counted on who you talk to who your contacts are the state of your finances us alice all the data are just gathered and stored somewhere the information is integrated to create a profile of. Amount of profile is sold and traded on this is proof you dont make money out of you one hundred mit you have to go for it and hes a sporty thats big name us kind of profile doesnt come to your entire life that i was a person. So what does it do is the profile is rather like forensic filings in the search for a perpetrator list expenses and im going to profile is generated by ted up. In all the things you click on your likes you even if you dont actually post or write anything yourself on the internet youll still be profiled on for example a facebook or twitter. Profile in facebook you know off twitter. What are you going to inferences are made about whether youre a good citizen or about run by a good taxpayer credit worthy or not and so on and so forth. And if the information ends up in the hands of your employer or Health Insurer or the state it could mean massive problems for you down the road until massive knock to ten dense gates on the transistor boards noncoopera