Young people gathered in a Copenhagen public space

Copenhagen · 2 days · April 2027

Experience democracy as it is.
Then redesign how it works.

A two-day immersive forum where 2000 young people step inside a living democracy, feel exactly where it serves people and where it breaks — then rebuild it into a Charter for Change.

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Day 1 · Act I

As It Is

The simulation. Delegates take civic roles inside a model democracy and run real decisions through today's pressures — campaigns, media, money, polarisation — until they feel exactly who gets heard and where trust breaks.

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Day 2 · Act II

How to Change It

The lab. With the diagnosis in hand, delegates redesign the rules that failed, prototype reforms and stress-test them together — turning frustration into concrete, testable proposals.

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Outcome

Charter for Change

Every forum ends with one real document: an honest diagnosis of the present plus youth-built reforms, handed to decision-makers who commit to respond.

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Not a conference.
A live democracy lab.

Trust in institutions is falling fastest among the young — and most young people experience democracy as something that happens to them. TRUST closes that gap by replacing spectatorship with experience.

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Immersive Simulation

Step into the shoes of legislators, negotiators, reporters and citizens in a high-stakes scenario designed to test your convictions, not just your opinions.

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Cross-Ideological Dialogue

Engage deeply with peers who hold very different views. The forum's only ideology is plurality — there is no pre-written "right answer".

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Systemic Redesign

Move beyond critiquing the system. Actively prototype and draft new mechanisms for participation, accountability and trust.

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Global Network

Join a diverse cohort of emerging leaders from across Europe and beyond, forging relationships that support lifelong civic action.

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Actionable Outcomes

Contribute directly to the Charter for Change — a tangible manifesto advocated for with real decision-makers after the forum.

Roles for everyone

Immersion shouldn't mean only the loudest are heard. Whether you thrive in the spotlight or prefer shaping strategy behind the scenes, there is a meaningful civic role for you.

Public Power

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Party Leaders Command the floor, rally your faction, and deliver the arguments that sway the assembly.
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Media Correspondents Control the narrative. Interview delegates, break news of crises, and shape public perception of the proceedings.

Quiet Power

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Policy Drafters The architects of legislation. Craft the details of bills and amendments that decide the simulation's outcome.
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Whips & Negotiators Operate in the corridors. Build coalitions, secure votes, and broker compromises between opposing factions.

Copenhagen becomes the venue

Copenhagen offers a unique backdrop of functional democracy and sustainable urban design. Between the two acts, the forum spills into the city — and the city itself becomes a second classroom for how policy shapes lived environments.

Serious work, light footing: a harbour bath and sauna, a city bike ride, an evening concert, a street-food market and morning energisers turn 2000 strangers into one cohort.

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Global voices.
Youth-led work.

From politics and sport to music and art — the calibre of voices we bring to delegates.

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Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

Mette Frederiksen

Prime Minister of Denmark

Christian Eriksen

Danish international footballer

MØ

Danish singer-songwriter

Olafur Eliasson

Danish-Icelandic artist

Who is TRUST for?

We are gathering 2000 young people, aged 18–30, from diverse backgrounds across Europe and beyond. You don't need a background in politics — just a commitment to shaping a better future.

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