Carol Romero
Product Manager @ DECIDIM
Bio
Carolina Romero is a technologist with two decades of experience in information technology projects, specialising in digital transformation, open government, and networked interaction between administration and citizens. She began her career in the telecommunications sector and later worked as a freelance web developer and digital communication strategist. She is one of the cofounders of Decidim and is currently the product manager of the project. Romero holds a degree in Social Education from the Universitat de Barcelonal, as well as a postgraduate degree in Digital Strategic Communication from Universitat Pompeu Fabra. She has been actively involved in various professional networks, including Xarxa IP, Catalunya Dades, the Transparent Governments Network, and the Free Software Association Decidim, where she served as president between 2021 and 2023.
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Opening Session: challenges for democracy in Europe
This session will address the main advances, opportunities, setbacks and current challenges of democracy and democratic institutions in Europe, identifying the common and specific values that characterise European democracies, but also the different practices and conceptions that coexist throughout the continent. It will conclude with a joint reflection on what can be done from the different actors (institutions, activists, civil society and citizenry) and also jointly to protect and strengthen our democracies.