This is the second of a three-episode series featuring LEGITIMULT, its findings and tools for addressing and solving future crises.
Drawing from the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic the LEGITIMULT (Legitimate Crisis Governance in Multilevel Systems) project aims to identify a model of political legitimate crisis governance that takes into account the interplay between international, national, regional and local governments and institutions.
Its guiding research question “Which conditions contribute to democratically legitimate crisis governance?” will allow governments and policy makers to better face the crises of the future. The aim is not only to have effective responses, but that these measures respect and guarantee basic human rights and freedoms.
LEGITIMULT is funded through Horizon Europe and the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI).
Guests:
- Ida Karkiainen, Member of the Swedish Parliament, Chair of the Committee on the Constitution
- Dr Andreas Kiefer, former Secretary General of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe (2010-2022)
Co-hosted by:
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Gentiana Gola, Adviser for Europe at the Democracy Assessment team, International IDEA
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Dr Marcus Guderjan, Researcher at the Otto-Suhr-Institute of Political Science, Freie Universität Berlin.
Background Reading:
Respecting democracy, rule of law and human rights in the framework of the COVID-19 sanitary crisis - A toolkit for member states (Council of Europe, 2020)
The post-COVID city - the impacts of the pandemic on socio-political and democratic processes in Europe's cities and towns (Council of Europe, 2021)
Role of regions in ensuring a citizen-centered response to Covid-19 and post-crisis recovery (Council of Europe, 2021)
Ensuring respect of the European Charter of Local Self-Government in major crisis situations (Council of Europe, 2021)
Local and regional elections in major crisis situations (Council of Europe, 2020)
