This report outlines how social movements and citizens’ assemblies can be combined as ‘Movement Assemblies’ to help community power-building organizations and coalitions build capacity, power and political clarity.
Read MoreA compendium of case studies and trends in public participation in Latin America. These cases showcase how participation can successfully be embedded into institutional structures, facilitating the scaling and strengthening of public participation in Latin America.
Read MoreA report on Serbia's citizens' assembly in Valjevo, which focused on air pollution, detailing process stages, results, and insights on the potential of such assemblies.
Read MoreTartu's first climate assembly, in 2022, engaged 55 randomly chosen residents to propose ways to enhance street safety, reduce pollution, and promote a climate-friendly future.
Read MoreReference documents for the development of citizens' assemblies in Croatia, based on an assembly in Rijeka, including reports, data and instructions for preparing the process.
Read MoreA hands-on toolkit in Dutch and English for starting and managing more than 40 participatory processes.
Read MoreA chapter on mixed methods research and its application in the investigation of deliberative democracy.
Read MoreA report on the Forum Against Fakes citizens' assembly in Germany, that used a combined method of consultations and a citizens' assembly.
Read MoreA handbook for the design and implementation of deliberative mini-publics in European hybrid regimes, including Serbia, Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, North Macedonia and Montenegro.
Read MoreA complete guide with the main steps to design and implement hyperlocal discussions: choosing topics, setting goals, potential formats, participant selection, facilitation, technical settings, etc.
Read MoreA set of tools and methods applicable for facilitation of any type of participatory process that includes discussion and shared deliberation.
Read MoreResearch report on democratic innovations, analyzing participatory culture and experiences in Georgia, Ghana, India, Lebanon, Malawi, Nigeria, North Macedonia, South Korea, Taiwan, and parts of Latin America.
Read MoreA detailed manual in English, Romanian, Hungarian, Portuguese, Greek and Polish for practitioners interested in using legislative theater in their work.
Read MoreAn introduction to initiative budgeting, a type of participatory budgeting predominantly practiced in Russia.
Read MoreAn academic article using "robust governance" as a framework for assessing the design of integrating deliberative mini-publics into complex political structures, through the use of six national climate assemblies as case studies.
Read MoreA paper presenting methods and strategies for ensuring the inclusion of traditionally underrepresented communities in participatory processes.
Read MoreA toolkit and companion workbook on planning and designing public engagement activities, primarily aimed at city government leadership.
Read MoreA brief video introduction to legislative theater and some examples of how it has been used in policymaking.
Read MoreA report exploring the use of municipal charters to allow equitable and just community decision-making, through a case study of the City of Boston, United States.
Read MoreA summary of innovative practices from subnational-level climate juries and assemblies run over the last five years in the United Kingdom.
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