In Iceland, the first European country to wake up to an economic crash, people became conscience they could and should intervene in society and started demanding more democratic participation.<br /><br />The payment of bank debts by citizens went to referendum. The government was required to appoint and fund a Council to draft a new constitution: it is a citizens’ group - without politicians, lawyers or university professors, they allowed the participation of all stakeholders in the procedure and succeeded on consensually approving a proposal for a new text.<br /><br />Today, in Iceland, citizens are organized in associations and have substantial proposals for a society where everyone can participate. <br /><br />Let’s meet the Icelanders that the media refuse to talk about.
