The start of a cross-national youth dialogue
About Forum on European Culture
Youngsters from all over the world are raising their voices. They hit the streets and speak up on social media, making themselves more and more political actors that cannot be ignored. At the same time they do not always feel heard and taken seriously.
Forum on European Culture is the biennial festival for arts and culture in Europe and was organized for the third time from 17 to 20 September 2020, when Dilara presented her open letter to her fellow Europeans during the programme ‘In Search of Democracy’ on a high school in Amsterdam.
Therefore, as part of Forum on European Culture, Dilara Bilgiç (18) initiated a cross country youth dialogue. Dilara wrote an open letter and started a search within the European ‘Generation Z’ around the question: In what kind of democracy do we want to live? And what can we do to get there?
During this four-day festival full of art, culture and conversation, international artists, thinkers and audiences come together to envision Europe’s future.
This resulted in a series of letters from all over Europe – from Latvia to Spain, and from Hungary to the Netherlands. The letters are gathered in this booklet, together they create The Gen Z Manifesto: In Search of New European Democracy.
Forum on European Culture is an initiative by DutchCulture and De Balie. Want to get in touch about the Forum? Mail to: info@cultureforum.eu More info: cultureforum.eu
“The Gen Z Manifesto is part of a collaboration between Forum on European Culture, Dilara Bilgiç and Jasper van den Berg from Company New Heroes and as a part of In Search of Democracy 3.0”
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