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Fourteenth edition, titled 'Rupture or renewal? Democratic security for our future', within the Council of Europe's New Democratic Pact for Europe.
Sixth edition, 4 to 6 November 2026 at the Berlaymont, the Commission's headquarters, with the European Democracy Shield as reference.
Sixteenth edition, in a Montparnasse congress hotel, with space tours on 3 and 4 November.
First part of the first international permaculture convergence in Thailand: a welcome evening on 6 November 2026 and a conference on 7 and 8 November at the Golden Jubilee Museum of Agriculture in Pathum Thani, on the e…
Edition on Saturday 7 November 2026 in the province of Utrecht, exact venue to be announced, under the motto "villages do it".
Eighth edition, on 9 and 10 November 2026 in Santiago de Compostela, with youth as its thread: an opening and training afternoon at the Almáciga youth centre and a day of panels and workshops at the Palacio de Congresos…
Twenty-third edition at the Innovation Center of Fondazione CR Firenze, with conference tracks on cities, social housing, green and digital, the Urbanistica prize and the Città accessibili a tuttə 2026 award.
Second part of the first international permaculture convergence in Thailand: five days, 11 to 15 November 2026, at a bamboo school in Wang Nam Khiao (Nakhon Ratchasima), with workshops run by the participants themselves.
Coimbra stage, from 12 to 14 November 2026, back at the Convento São Francisco, where it was also held in 2025.
Twelfth edition, on Friday 13 November 2026 from 9.00 to 17.30 at Theater Zuidplein, in the south of Rotterdam.
Two days at the Brotfabrik in Vienna (with pre and post programme days on 17 and 20 November) under the motto 'from novel to normal: deliberation as democratic infrastructure'.
Tenth edition and twenty years of Décider ensemble, on the theme 'Décider ensemble, une promesse tenable ?'.
Edition under the motto 'L'audace est locale', the first after the 2026 municipal elections, with nearly half of the mayors newly elected.
First stage of the festival in Torres Vedras, on 28 and 29 November 2026, with workshops open for registration, a performance created for the occasion and the rest of the programme still to be announced.
Winter meeting of the Occitanie network, on 1 December 2026 at Les Imaginations Fertiles in Toulouse.
Edition from 4 to 8 December 2026 in Luang Prabang, with all screenings free and open to the public, from ten in the morning to ten at night, and special screenings followed by conversations with local communities.
49th edition of the annual gathering, from 12 to 14 December 2026 in Matsusaka (Mie Prefecture), a castle town with merchant and samurai residential quarters.
From 16 January to 21 February 2027 (37 days), themed 'PLANET SNOW, upas mintar / upas nociw' in the Ainu language.
First edition under the Boso Triennale name, from 6 March to 30 May 2027 across Ichihara, Kisarazu and Otaki, with pre-events in March 2026.
Conference produced by mySociety's TICTeC team with the Scottish Government, the Edinburgh Futures Institute (University of Edinburgh) and the AI4CI Hub, presented as the follow-up to Digital Democracy The Hague 2025.
2027 edition, from 5 to 11 April, with over 120 events planned across venues in Belfast, free or pay what you can.
First edition co-hosted with two non-municipal bodies (Humane Urbanism and Türkiye Design Council), with the conference on 7 and 8 April at the InterContinental hotel in Istanbul and field trips on 6 and 9 April.
Tenth edition of the project launched in 2009.
2027 edition of the national gathering of the Finnish village movement, from 8 to 10 April in Sodankylä, Lapland.
Next edition, announced from 6 to 17 May 2027, from Ascension Day to Whit Monday, in the villages of the Wendland.
First conference of the new biennial rhythm, Friday 28 and Saturday 29 May 2027 at the University of Stirling.
Next central gathering, 2 to 5 June 2027 in Katowice, co-organised with Poland's National Centre for Culture.
2027 edition at La Nuvola, already dated by FPA after closing the 2026 edition (168 partners, 1,350 speakers and around 13,700 participations across 350 sessions).
Next edition, from 11 to 20 June 2027 along the Danube, from Linz upstream to Passau, with the festival centre in Aschach an der Donau.
Next edition, announced for Saturday 12 June 2027 in municipalities across Germany.
2027 edition, on 16 June at Boxpark Wembley (London), from 8.30 am to 7.30 pm.
2027 edition of the Bornholm people's meeting, from Thursday 17 to Saturday 19 June (week 24) in Allinge.
Theme: 'Centering the Commons: Resilience, Resistance, and Collective Action'.
2027 edition of the Visby political week, from 28 June to 2 July.
2027 edition, from 29 June to 2 July in Pori, with courage ("rohkeus") as the theme of the year.
Eighth edition, announced by the movement at Université Paul-Valéry in Montpellier from 1 to 4 July 2027.
Thirteenth edition of the Latvian conversation festival, on 2 and 3 July 2027 in the castle park, Maija park and castle square of Cēsis.
Tenth edition, 85 days from 17 July to 7 November 2027, closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays except 10 and 11 August and 3 November.
Fifteenth edition of the Estonian opinion festival, on 6 and 7 August 2027 in Paide.
2027 edition of the Norwegian political week, from 16 to 20 August (week 33) in the centre of Arendal.
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