{"id":1187,"date":"2016-03-21T16:18:22","date_gmt":"2016-03-21T15:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.actvism.org\/?p=1187"},"modified":"2020-11-06T17:48:59","modified_gmt":"2020-11-06T16:48:59","slug":"vouliwatch-antonis-schwarz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/politics\/vouliwatch-antonis-schwarz\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Antonis Schwarz: Co-Founder of Vouliwatch"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Antonis Schwarz<\/a> is the co-founder of Vouliwatch, a digital platform that engages Greek citizens with legislative politics and grants them with the opportunity to communicate, evaluate and hold elected representatives in the Greek and the European Parliament (MPs & MEPs) accountable. It’s primary aims are to foster democracy by making the political process transparent, engaging Greek citizens and a providing a reliable source of data to academia and the media.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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In this Interview acTVism Munich asks Antonis Schwarz a number of questions:<\/p>\n

What inspired him to start this initiative?
\nHow does Vouliwatch measure its success?
\nHow has the response been from citizens as well as Greek politicans towards this initiative?
\nHow can an individual start similar initiatives and what hurdles does one have to take into account?<\/p>\n

Find out the answers to these questions in the video below.<\/span><\/p>\n

VIDEO: Antonis Schwarz – Founder of Vouliwatch.<\/span><\/h2>\n