Alfredo Carrasquillo

“Let us lend our eyes to our colleagues in the network, provide an outsiders perspective and turn our meetings into innovative labs”

Country: Puerto Rico

Bio: Consultant and political analyst, facilitates economic and political dialogues within organisations International Fellow Since: 1998

Areas of Interest: Higher Education; Economy; Community Dialogue

Email: alfredocarrasquillo@gmail.com

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What is he currently doing?

Consultant and political analyst, facilitation political and economic dialogues and roles in organisations.

New Questions around democracy

Democratic subjectivities. Do constitutional structures allow for democracy ?

We have a legal infrastructure for democracy but not a political structure that creates a culture for democratic practices. How can such culture be acquired?

Suggestions for the international Network and connection with the Foundation

KF should take a position that does not seek to validate what it already knows but radicalize its position as a research organization trying to find answers. Such an incredible investment to bring people together should bring added value. Lets talk about our failures, what is not working and what interventions we can introduce. Let us turn the meetings into an innovation lab and investigate why our political cultures are destroying our democracies.

We should visit each others’ country in the network to shadow what others are doing, sit and discuss with whom we are shadowing to enable them to see what they do not see.

Quotes/Insights

“Let us lend our eyes to our colleagues in the network – provide an outsiders perspective"

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