Mainstreaming Participation: How to Turn One-Off Innovations into Systemic Change
Join the final event in our learning webinar series, as we explore innovations in mainstreaming participation.
In recent decades, governments and civil society organizations have experimented with a variety of innovative new democratic practices aimed at increasing people’s voice in decision-making, such as participatory budgeting, citizens’ assemblies, and participatory policy-making. However, practitioners report many challenges to turn these pilot programs into sustained or mainstreamed governance practices
In response, we see a growing global movement towards mainstreaming participatory and deliberative practices. In other words, embedding high-quality practices that increase participation and deliberation more widely and transition innovations to common best practices. There are now dozens of examples in government from Brazil, Kenya, countries in Western Europe, the Philippines, and more.
At our learning webinar, we will explore:
How can government reformers turn democratic innovations into long-term structural changes?
How are civil society organizations working with governments to mainstream participation and what are the innovative strategies employed?
How are international organizations playing a part in supporting mainstreaming? We will showcase the Open Government Challenge on public participation, the soon-to-launched Mainstreaming Participation Accelerator, and more.
How can foundations and funders prioritize allocating resources and funds to programs with the highest potential for impact?
Date: July 2
Time: 10–11:30 AM ET / 4–5:30 PM ET
Languages: English with interpretation into Spanish, Portuguese, and French
Flow: 1 hour of panel discussion, followed by 30 minutes of optional breakout rooms with speakers
Meet the speakers
Join a discussion with an expert panel including:
Amanda Luz, Learning Programs Manager, People Powered, Brazil
Carla de Paiva Bezerra, General Secretariat, the Presidency of the Republic of Brazil, Brazil
Karmen Vilms, Product Owner (Co-creation workspace for law-making) at the Ministry of Justice of Estonia
Larisa Panait, Advisor, Secretariat-General of the Government, Romania
Rachel Mims, Program Director, Citizen Participation & Inclusion, the National Democratic Institute (NDI), the United States
Tim Hughes, Lead, Democracy and Participation, the Open Government Partnership (OGP), the United Kingdom
Valentina Zendejas, Country Director for Mexico, the AVINA Foundation, Mexico
This is the final part of the event series of Learning Webinars on Innovations in Democracy co-organized by Open Government Partnership (OGP), People Powered, and Trust, Accountability, and Inclusion Collaborative (TAI).
