A 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 detailed manual in English, Romanian, Hungarian, Portuguese, Greek and Polish for practitioners interested in using legislative theater in their work.
Read MoreA toolkit providing an overview of citizen engagement styles and strategies, drawing from case studies on citizen participation initiatives in the Americas and the Caribbean.
Read MoreA report on a series of deliberative minipublics run by the Decidania program in Brazil.
Read MoreLATINNO is the first comprehensive and systematic source of data on new institutions for citizen participation evolving in Latin America — so-called democratic innovations.
Read MoreThis research brief offers a global picture of the current state of research on the short- and long-term impacts of participatory budgeting (PB) on people, communities, and governments.
Read MoreA report on the Citizen's Assembly in Jersey organized in response to the declaration of climate emergency by Jersey’s Parliament in 2019.
Read MoreA Participedia article on the Juntas de Acción Comunal (JACs), which are aimed to help community members in Colombia meet, plan, and discuss ways to develop their community.
Read MoreA website with information on the Permanent Participatory Forum of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.
Read MoreA report on the Citizens' Council of Fortaleza which had the objective to propose solutions to the problem of urban waste in the city.
Read MoreThe Participatory Budgeting Theory of Change (PB ToC) is a tool that can help researchers and practitioners understand how PB can lead to desired changes for people, communities, and governments.
Read MoreA collection of research, organization, and management resources related to participatory budgets, mainly in Spanish.
Read MoreThis paper presents comparative case studies about tools for applying participatory budgeting to broader processes of urban planning.
Read MoreA user-friendly guide on PB from the state of Goiás, Brazil.
Read MoreA guide that provides a set of recommendations for PB implementation by local governments in Portugal.
Read MoreCharter elaborated by the Portuguese Network of Local Authorities that sets basic paramethers for the quality of PB implementation.
Read MoreAn example of the operating rules of PB, from the city of Macaé, in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil (2010).
Read MoreThis book documents how the Porto Alegre Participatory Budget came into being and how this form of managing public resources was built from the beginning: conflicts, contradictions, difficulties, and solutions that arose in the course of its construction.
Read MoreA guide to support the adoption of PB by municipalities in Mozambique, including planning, implementation, and evaluation.
Read MoreWebsite of Portugal's Youth Participatory Budget program including a video, news articles, and winning projects.
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