{"id":50441,"date":"2026-05-22T17:24:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T15:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thh-friedensau.de\/?p=50441"},"modified":"2026-05-26T07:17:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T05:17:25","slug":"fife-takes-part-in-the-2026-democracy-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thh-friedensau.de\/en\/fife-takes-part-in-the-2026-democracy-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFE team attended the 2026 Democracy Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text]On 12 May 2026, members of the FIFE team attended the 2026 Democracy Conference on \u201cDemocracy in Jerichower Land: Have your say, get involved, help shape the future\u201d at the Evangelisches Gemeindehaus in Burg. FIFE was represented by Dr Kwaku Arhin-Sam, Prof Dr Ulrike Schultz, Dr Jill Blau, and Thandi Klingbeil. Dr Arhin-Sam and Prof Dr Schultz were also invited to contribute to the panel discussion, \u201cOur Jerichower Land \u2013 Our Democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other panel participants included Steffi Sch\u00fcnemann, Board Member of AWO Landesverband Sachsen-Anhalt e.V.; Alina Eva Nicklas, Educational Director of Landesjugendwerk der AWO; Karina Kleve, Equal Opportunities and Disability Officer for the Jerichower Land district; and Sebastian Kroll, a social studies teacher at a school in Tangerm\u00fcnde.<\/p>\n<p>For FIFE, the event provided an important opportunity to validate and present key findings from the situation and resource analysis of Jerichower Land. The analysis was conducted on behalf of AWO as part of the federal programme \u201cLive Democracy!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The discussion highlighted that democracy at local level depends on trust, meaningful opportunities for participation, and reliable structures. Particular emphasis was placed on youth participation, accessible points of contact, democratic education in schools, and the strengthening of existing networks. At the same time, participants underlined that civic engagement requires clear framework conditions and visible support.<\/p>\n<p>The conference demonstrated the importance of exchange between public administration, education, youth and social work, and research in order to further strengthen democratic participation in Jerichower Land.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\"1\/3\"][vc_customSingleimage ct_image=\"50436\"]FIFE attended the 2026 Democracy Conference<br \/>\nPhoto: Friedensau Adventist University[\/vc_customSingleimage][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=\"1\/3\"][vc_customSingleimage ct_image=\"50438\"]Panel Duscussion<br \/>\nPhoto: Friedensau Adventist University[\/vc_customSingleimage][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\"1\/3\"][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\"1\/3\"][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]On 12 May 2026, members of the FIFE team attended the 2026 Democracy Conference on \u201cDemocracy in Jerichower Land: Have your say, get involved, help shape the future\u201d at the Evangelisches Gemeindehaus in Burg. FIFE was represented by Dr Kwaku Arhin-Sam, Prof Dr Ulrike Schultz, Dr Jill Blau, and Thandi Klingbeil. Dr Arhin-Sam and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":50436,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[167,3],"tags":[],"coauthors":[20],"class_list":["post-50441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sozialwesen-en","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thh-friedensau.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thh-friedensau.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thh-friedensau.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thh-friedensau.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thh-friedensau.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50441"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thh-friedensau.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50446,"href":"https:\/\/www.thh-friedensau.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50441\/revisions\/50446"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thh-friedensau.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thh-friedensau.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thh-friedensau.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thh-friedensau.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50441"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thh-friedensau.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=50441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}