Presenting Our 2020-2023 Impact Report: Building Global Participatory Democracy

People Powered launched in July 2020, the product of a collective planning process by participatory democracy advocates, practitioners and researchers around the world. As we come to the end of our initial strategic plan, we’re releasing our first impact report. The report outlines what we accomplished in our first three years, thanks to our staff, members, partners, and supporters.

Learn about the progress we’ve made to develop innovative programs and tools that are expanding participatory democracy worldwide. This will lay the groundwork for our next three years, which you can learn about in our new strategic plan (coming very soon!).

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In our first three years, we accomplished three main goals:

1: We Built Global Resources and Programs to Expand Participatory Democracy

  • Three comprehensive new global resources, used by 9,000+ people 

  • 466 people trained or supported

  • 24 participatory programs launched or improved - 92% in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe or Latin America

2: We Built a Global Community of Practice

  • 91 organizational members & 39 individual members

  • 19 workshops and events to strengthen member capacity

  • $4.2M in new funding for members and member priorities

3: We Built an Effective and Democratic Global Organization

  • 15 staff based in eight countries

  • 91% annual employee retention rate

  • Democratic governance system that has become a global model

Learn how we accomplished these goals and meet the people behind this work in our 2020-2023 Impact Report:

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