Enrollments open for the Digital Participation Online Training!
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Enroll for our free and self-paced online training course that can help you expand public participation in your community using digital participation tools.
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Applications for the 3rd cohort of the Rising Stars Mentorship are now open!
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Do you need help to launch or improve a participatory program? Apply for expert mentoring support!
Read MoreSeptember news: We launch 2 new participation resources
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We share a groundbreaking new interactive tool, a digital participation training, and global priorities for mainstreaming citizen participation in government.
Read MoreThe Participation Playbook is now LIVE!
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The Participation Playbook is an interactive online tool to help you successfully advocate for and implement participatory programs for your government or community.
Read MoreParticipation Playbook developers offer advice for most effective use
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Expert practitioners were tapped to develop the Participation Playbook, and they reveal the challenges and the insights they gained in this Q&A.
Read MoreFrom one-off engagement to system change: How do we mainstream citizen participation in government?
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The 17 Rooms initiative convened global experts to prioritize the top ways to institutionalize participatory and deliberative democracy. Here are the results.
Read MoreParticipation Playbook launch: Introducing a new tool for planning participatory programs
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The Participation Playbook is an interactive online guide that helps you identify participation solutions for your local context, navigate the planning process, and develop a personalized roadmap — a playbook tailored to you!
Read MoreParticipatory policymaking offers ‘disruptive’ response to climate change
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Refugees and internally displaced people are often most impacted by disasters and other effects of climate change. But they are often left out of the creation of solutions. This project in Zimbabwe is changing that.
Read MoreJuly news: 🎉Our first video, funding & mentorship deadlines
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We share a special video for our 3rd birthday, new opportunities for support, and updates from Brazil and Zimbabwe.
Read MorePeople Powered welcomes two fellows from Kazakhstan and Brazil
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Say hello to our new fellows, Aidana Zhumabekova and Ana Clara Giovani, and learn about their exciting contributions to People Powered.
Read MoreDigital democracy: How do we assure that the online 'revolution' is mostly promise, not peril?
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Can we convert the online “revolution” so it delivers its promise rather than its peril? That is the goal of the People Powered Digital Democracy Accelerator.
Read MoreWhen people are mad at government, try legislative theater
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When “regular talk” isn’t getting you anywhere in your efforts to include input from impacted people in government policies, try legislative theater! It’s a form of improv drama that engages everyone in identifying solutions. This is a case study featuring youth engagement in climate action in Zimbabwe.
Read MoreRebuilding trust in democracy, and in each other
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Legislative theater is being used in Colombia to help rebuild trust in a community challenged by climate change.
Read MoreBrazil launches participatory national planning process
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Brazil’s new president takes first step toward promised national participatory budgeting.
Read MoreJune news: First member convening and three new programs
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We share highlights of our member meeting in Mexico, three new programs, three new staff members, and insights into fake news and citizens’ assemblies.
Read MoreCitizens’ assemblies: What determines if they are ‘transformative’?
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Citizens’ assemblies are becoming increasingly common in Europe, and desired elsewhere, but what do we know about what makes them actually impactful?
Read MoreMeet three new People Powered team members!
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We introduce our new people and operations manager, communications coordinator and climate democracy associate.
Read MoreMembers develop global resources and strategic plan at first in-person convening
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More than 100 people from 55 organizations, based in 30 countries, participated in our first member convening in Mexico City. We share some highlights.
Read MoreDisinformation: a problem of ignorance or lack of participation?
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Fake news seems to be prevalent everywhere. Two experts explain how participatory democracy can combat it.
Read MoreApply: Create democratic solutions for climate and digital challenges
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Learn how accelerator programs can help you engage communities in deciding policies governing the online world or the changing climate.
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