Thousands of years ago, the citizens of Athens used to gather in the city center in order to discuss the problems of their community, and democratically decide the best solutions for them. The citizens of Athens called themselves “Demos”, and they their gathering was called “Agora”. This decision making process represents the true essence of the Athenian democracy.
The board of Demos proudly announces to our fellow students that the time has come for us to follow the spirit of the ancient Athenians, and gather on Monday, the 25th of May from 4 till 6PM at room 1.009 in order discuss about everything that has to do with our life as MPP students of the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance.
As mentioned above, our gathering is not only going to carry the name of the ancient Athenian Agora. Quite the contrary, it is going to carry its very spirit. So, it is YOU who’s going to decide upon what is going to be discussed. Please send an email with your points to demos@maastrichtuniversity.nl with the topics you want all of us MPP students to discuss and decide upon.
Every MPP student is kindly requested to come and play an active role in the Agora. Only if this happens, our opinion as MPP students, as the Demos of the School of Governance, is going to have true value. At this point, it’s really important to mention that all decisions that will be taken on the frame of the Agora will be addressed to the other members of our School’s community (the faculty’s academic and administrative staff), as a loud and clear democratic decision of the MPP students, but will be communicated as common and anonymous.
So, let’s all gather and make Agora a reality. After all it is our school, our studies and our responsibility to decide what’s best for us, the students of the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance.
Best regards,
The Board of Demos
