March news: How to engage youth & women, RFP & mentorship deadlines!
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We share new funding and support opportunities, and new tools for inclusion and digital participation.
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February News: Digital participation, funding calls & our new democratic governance
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We share updates on digital participation tools, democratic governance in organizations, and our members and partners!
Read MoreJoin the Launch of the 2024 Digital Participation Tool Ratings
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Register now to learn how leading online participation platforms perform in cost, accessibility, ethics & transparency, and other criteria.
Read MoreJanuary News: New climate partnership, post-doc fellowship, and more!
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See our latest partnerships and research, plus a unique fellowship opportunity!
Read MoreAnnouncing Our New Leadership & Strategic Plan!
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People Powered is transitioning to Co-Executive Directors and launching a new strategic plan. Join us!
Read MoreNovember News: €3M Nets4Dem program, reports from Ukraine, Berlin, Sarajevo
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We launch a new partnership to advance democracy across Europe, and share updates from the field and funding opportunities!
Read MoreNets4Dem: People Powered and partners launch coalition to advance democratic innovation and participation in Europe
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Thanks to a €3 million three-year award from the EU Horizon program, we will expand democracy resources and support across Europe.
Read MoreOur comms director plans to apply what she’s learned at People Powered to her next chapter
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Our communications director Pam Bailey shares how working at People Powered has changed her life as she transitions to focus on her own organization.
Read MoreOctober News: Climate action funding, training on digital participation, and more!
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Learn more about the Climate Democracy Accelerator, our online training & PP Decides 2024, our yearly planning process with members.
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 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 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?
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