The Public Participation & Deliberative Democracy Festival is an annual event that coalesces diverse parties working on, citizen engagement and deliberative democracy in Europe (and beyond). These include representatives from EU Member States, EU institutions, civil society, academia, as well as youth and the arts. The program features a variety of events including open discussions, interactive sessions, an exhibition of citizen engagement projects and artwork. The festival is also the principal networking event for the Community of Practice of the Competence Centre on Participatory and Deliberative Democracy.

This year, the festival will take place in Brussels and will focus on citizen engagement in environmental issues

More information to come.