IDEA ON THE WEB: Democracy Forum 2001

International IDEA Launches Democracy Forum 2001 Website Middle of December

What are the implications of the IT revolution for democracy and its core values? Will it, as some fear, heighten existing divisions of power and access within and between countries, or, as others predict, serve as a powerful tool for reducing those inequalities? And what are the opportunities - and threats - of rapid information flow and access for democratic governance? These and other key political, social and economic issues raised by the IT revolution will be examined in detail at the International IDEA Democracy Forum 2001 - Democracy and the Information Revolution: Values, Opportunities and Threats to be held in Stockholm 27-29 June 2001. Thus, the process through which the information is shared is one of underlying issues - the method is the message. Keeping this in mind, the Democracy Forum 2001 website will not only be informative, but also demonstrative. In this manner, interested parties may experience the issues through a wide variety of new media tools. The website will function as the communicative junction between all individuals, organizations, and member-states participating in the Democracy Forum 2001. The official launch will occur in the middle of December.