The agoras - the vital centers of the Ancient Greek city-states, with their outdoor markets and convention halls - were the hubs of the exchange of ideas and the birthplace of democracy. The Institute for 21st Century Agoras practices dialogue in a new paradigm. Co-laboratories are an adaptation of the Interactive Management (IM) system, which has been employed over the last 20 years in hundreds of successful applications around the world (see map) for projects ranging from FDA drug approval policy and WHO global partnerships to corporate and philanthropic endeavors.

The Institute for 21st Century Agoras is now making IM available to community and non-profit organizations. We believe that these co-laboratories are the timely adaptation of democracy that is demanded by the conflicts, complexity, and speed of our globalizing system.

A proposal [hyperlink] for Constructing Agoras of the Global Village can be found on this website.