SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, December 7. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Ministry of the Presidency, Public Administrations, Justice and Security of the Government of the Canary Islands, in collaboration with the Social Innovation Laboratory of the University of La Laguna (LabINS ULL), will hold a conference on participation and governance next Wednesday, December 13 .
The objective of this meeting is to provide a space for reflection and dialogue to understand and enhance the mechanisms of citizen participation and the decision-making processes and development of new democratic capacities in a world in constant transformation.
The day will be held in the assembly hall of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Communication, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., and can be followed in person or via streaming, once registered at labins@fg.ull.es .
For the general director of Transparency and Citizen Participation, Carmen Delia Alberto, “we find ourselves in times of uncertainty and we need to analyze essential issues from a critical perspective.”
In this sense, Alberto thanked the involvement of LabINS ULL, which offers a space for experimentation and applied research and contributes its experience in social innovation to work together to build a more just and egalitarian diverse society.
This conference opens dialogue between experts, technical staff, university students and social agents and the third sector to analyze the main challenges that participatory democracy currently faces, such as inequality, polarization, misinformation, the ecological crisis and the health emergency. .
After the inauguration, Juan Antonio Rodríguez Hernández, professor at the University of La Laguna, will offer a brief introduction that will contextualize the chosen topic and show the relevance and interest of the day.
Next, there will be the inaugural presentation ‘Democratic governance and the future of citizen participation’ by Héctor Pose Porto, professor at the University of A Coruña and doctor in Psychopedagogy. Next, a round table will be held in which the challenges for a new participatory governance model in the Canary Islands will be addressed.
In this space, moderated by Elisa Pérez Rosales, researcher at the host laboratory and professor at the University of La Laguna, Belén Gil Lluesma, special administration technician of the Administrative Service of Social Action, Inclusion, Volunteering and Citizen Participation; José Manuel Díaz González, professor at the University of La Laguna; Mikel Albandoz González, social educator and university expert in Governance and Citizen Participation and director of Social Programs at Mojo de Caña and, finally, Arminda Álamo Bolaños, professor at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
