Estanislao Sarandon
- Jan 31, 2015
- 1 min read
"We need new channels for civil society to interact with politicians"
Country: Argentina
Bio: Youth advocate, focuses on environmental issues/climate change and other policy issues
Areas of Interest: Environment; Climate Change Sanitation; Water; Mining
Email: esarandon@gmail.com
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What is he currently doing?
Master Student at Georgetown University – Public Policies.
Environmental issues; policy-making.
Climate Change Advocators.
Youth Organization: Working with students and youth working at different levels.
New Questions around democracy
How/Why civil society can engage with politician?
What are the demands?
Who puts the topics in the agenda?
Suggestions for the international Network and connection with the Foundation
Have access to the list of fellows with a short profile: who is the person/how to contact them.
Start doing sessions (similar the ones we have at KF).
Quotes/Insights
It was hard for me to find someone to share my research.
Suggestion: Try to find someone (maybe at K Fro KF newtwork) that could guide your research.
“Almost 2 million people demonstrating their will to change climate policies and there hasn`t been an answers from the politicians”.
Are we missing channels for civil society to create new bullets in national and local agenda? How those channels can be built in a way that would be easier for the public to interact with politicians?
The Network Party in BA – they have developed a software that allows deliberation among the BA citizens – whenever there is a new law/policy.
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