EUDO Platform
In addition to the four Observatories, which constitute the backbone of EUDO, the EUDO platform has three further components. Most of these are still being set-up and will become operational in 2009.
The four EUDO Observatories
Four EUDO Observatories| form the backbone of EUDO and constitute the main organizing principle of its activities. They are responsible for data and documentation gathering and are directed by EUI internal professors in conjunction with external EUDO experts. Each Observatory coordinates specific research projects, led by leading scholars and is financed externally.
The EUDO Dissemenition Conference
The Dissemination Conference will take place on a yearly basis in order to disseminate research results and policy expertise in the field of EU democracy. It will bring together representatives of each of the EUDO Observatories as well as other experts, policy-makers, civil-society representatives and media exponents.
The EUDO Webforum
The EUDO Web-forum will constitute the major communication platform of EUDO in its interaction with the wider community. It will adopt a 'proactive' approach to the dissemination of findings with the intention of stimulating interdisciplinary dialogue while reaching out to policy-makers and politicians, as well as to civil-society organizations. The web-forum will host debates among internal and external EUDO experts on selected, EU democracy-relevant topics. Experts will moderate any feedback from societal stakeholders.
The EUDO Training Platform
The EUDO Training platform will encompass a training component by hosting workshops, seminars and lectures by experts from academia and the policy-making community as well as by hosting summer schools. Furthermore, EUDO Training will offer junior and senior fellows the possibility of completing their training and research skills through EUDO senior fellowships and a EUDO Post-Doctoral Fellowship on Democracy funded by the Karamanlis Foundation.