This resource showcases the state of the art of citizens’ asemblies and opens new perspectives informed by multidisciplinary research and new thinking about deliberative processes.

The playbook provides guidance on engaging with climate assemblies to influence climate policy effectively, emphasizing public participation and accountability.

A brief video introduction to legislative theater and some examples of how it has been used in policymaking.

A toolkit providing an overview of citizen engagement styles and strategies, drawing from case studies on citizen participation initiatives in the Americas and the Caribbean.

A short guide on designing and launching a communications campaign.

A video and report on the process and proposals from Poland's citizens' assembly on energy costs, organized by the Shipyard Foundation, which took place between September and December 2022.

A report on a series of deliberative minipublics run by the Decidania program in Brazil.

Useful tools for workshops and activities at every stage of planning, designing and facilitating a community-led placemaking process with citizens.

A booklet containing information about school governments in Bogota, Colombia.

This resource provides guidance, methods and tools for designing and organizing participatory budgeting (PB) for young people, particularly aimed at teachers working in schools and educational institutions.

A ready-to-use practical toolkit for organizing participatory budgeting (PB) for young people, aimed at teachers working in schools and other educational institutions.

This 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.

A video of the "Tok tok" initiative in Coutances Mer and Bocage (France), which had the aim was to reach out to young people and their families who live in remote rural areas and don't usually join citizens' participation processes held in the city in order to hear their mobility needs and their proposals for low-carbon solutions.

This resource maps the key steps of participatory policymaking.

This brief video captures the legislative theater process, based on four experiences to address homelessness in the United Kingdom.

This video documents Camden, England's journey to tackle the climate crisis alongside residents through a local citizens' assembly.

This video introduces the use of participatory planning to address environmental vulnerability in Indonesia.

This video features highlights of legislative theatre events that brought community members together to address homelessness in Manchester, England.

This four-part course in French introduces different stages of the participatory budgeting process and case studies in France, Brazil, Portugal, Italy, and Scotland.

The 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.

A toolkit in Spanish to help you plan a participatory budgeting process, including guidance about key actors, virtual and in person processes, the stages of PB, and useful resources.

A toolkit in Spanish to help you plan a citizen consultation, including guidance about key actors, types of consultation, the stages of the process, and useful resources.

A video about the "Make Your Brussels - Mobility" citizens' panel.

A four-page, user-friendly guide that provides recommendations on how to start a climate assembly.

A handbook that provides guidance for different stages involved with planning, organizing, and delivering a successful citizens' assembly.

Video about the PB experience in Portugal, developed by the CES at the University of Coimbra. Video in Portuguese with subtitles in French.

In this 40-minute podcast, Lora Krasteva of Untrained Effort talks to Katy Rubin, one of the world's leading practitioners of Legislative Theatre.

In this book, Theatre of the Oppressed creator Augusto Boal explains how he created Legislative Theatre, the principles behind it, and how he implemented it in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

A practical guide on how to organize a citizens' assembly, with the primary focus on the city level.

A report that explains how Theatre of the Oppressed practices have been applied to raise awareness of pertinent issues of oppression, shift the minds of policymakers, and engage audience members in civic action.

A detailed manual in English, Romanian, Hungarian, Portuguese, Greek and Polish for practitioners interested in using legislative theater in their work.

This guide shares the necessary tools to carry out this form of theater, including materials and step-by-step instructions.

A guide presenting a flexible approach to engage people in addressing public challenges in urban settings.

A video and report on the process and proposals from Poland's citizens' assembly on energy costs, organized by the Shipyard Foundation, which took place between September and December 2022.

This report presents case studies of citizen participation across 10 Swedish municipalities and provides a model for designing citizen participation for social change, primarily at the local and regional government level.

A toolkit to promote public innovation in policy administration, with a focus on citizen-centered design.

A study of the traits and attitudes of over 22,000 internet voters from Rio Grande do Sul during a referendum on state-level spending priorities.

A handbook with practical tools and techniques for participatory processes, primarily aimed at activists and social movements or collectives.

An article on the use of the digital participation platform Polis in Taiwan to build consensus on hot-button political issues.

This resource showcases participatory processes implemented with the aid of the Decide Madrid digital platform, including participatory policymaking and participatory budgeting.

LATINNO is the first comprehensive and systematic source of data on new institutions for citizen participation evolving in Latin America — so-called democratic innovations.

This manual discusses the 10 steps of participatory budgeting (PB), drawing on Kenyan county examples to illustrate the practical application of the steps.

The final report of the Citizens' Jury on Nuclear Waste in South Australia, an ambitious public deliberation under the imprimatur of the Premier of South Australia, Jay Weatherill.

This article examines the origins of legislative theater during Augusto Boal's service as a member of the local parliament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

This case study details the successes and challenges of a participatory policymaking initiative in Taiwan.

This resource maps the key steps of participatory policymaking.

This article highlights the experience of citizens' assemblies in Gdansk, Poland.

A report on the Citizen's Assembly in Jersey organized in response to the declaration of climate emergency by Jersey’s Parliament in 2019.

Launched in January 2020, Bristol’s first Citizens' Assembly focused on COVID-19 recovery but also examined three topics that had been identified as priorities through the Your City Our Future survey: climate change, health and transport.

An online article on the green corridors in Medellín, Colombia.

This case study analyzes the use of participatory budgeting to address climate change in Lisbon.

This video features highlights of legislative theatre events that brought community members together to address homelessness in Manchester, England.

This webpage looks at participatory budgeting (PB) in schools from a Scottish and international perspective. It presents insights on common school themes and points towards useful resources for practitioners.

Beyond Inclusion: Equity in Public Engagement proposes eight principles to support the meaningful and equitable inclusion of diverse voices in public engagement processes across sectors.

A paper that provides a model of the different levels of citizen participation and involvement in planning processes in the United States.

A video about the "Make Your Brussels - Mobility" citizens' panel.

A research paper that presents the current state of participatory democracy, civil society organizations, and emerging informal politics in South Africa.

A briefing document by Audit Scotland on community empowerment in Scotland, including principles and case studies.

A report that explains how sortition can lower the barrier to political participation and create a more powerful and direct role for citizens.

Blog post about legislative theatre in Greater Manchester with insights into how the play is developed, the role of the facilitator, and the desired outcomes of the process.

Report analyzing several cases of how climate assemblies contribute to inclusive and effective environmental decision-making.

A short case study of a participatory project in Aberdeenshire, Scotland to fund school projects related to climate change and carbon reduction.

This set of materials adapted from the Washington Student Climate Assembly includes lesson plans on civic engagement, participation and deliberation, as well as other materials for educators to use in their classrooms.

Report analyzing several cases of how climate assemblies contribute to inclusive and effective environmental decision-making.

A sociological analysis of citizens’ assemblies in Ireland and France—between participation and politics.

Guide to implement school climate assemblies for youth-led sustainability and civic action.

Step-by-step guide to organize a citizens' assembly on climate in Portugal with real-world examples and practical tools.

This video presents the case study of the Bujaru Citizens’ Assembly on building a sustainable bioeconomy.

This report evaluates the Global Assembly, a citizens' assembly that brought together 100 citizens from around the world to deliberate the climate and ecological crisis.

An article discussing the value of creating space for value-based deliberation in citizens’ assemblies.

Website with all the info and documents from Estonia’s first climate citizens' assembly, where young people from Ida-Viru County developed recommendations for a just transition to climate neutrality.

A guide to involve youth in climate assemblies as a child rights issue, advocating for their participation in decisions affecting their future.

A report presenting the work and recommendations of the Skopje Climate Assembly, the first citzens' assembly to take place in North Macedonia.

The playbook provides guidance on engaging with climate assemblies to influence climate policy effectively, emphasizing public participation and accountability.

A 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.

Tartu'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.

A model of a citizens' climate assembly developed in the Balearic Islands region in Spain, adapted specifically for a region formed by islands (archipelago).

A guide for the development of a climate justice campaign, including different methods, tools, activities, and materials to engage youth in climate issues.

A complete guide for the design and implementation of citizens' climate assemblies in the Spanish context, providing templates and step-by-step explanation of each of its phases.

An Italian guide for the design and implementation of citizens' assemblies, explaining the main steps, showcasing good practices, and providing the necessary information for their development.

A summary of innovative practices from subnational-level climate juries and assemblies run over the last five years in the United Kingdom.

A toolkit providing best practices and guidance on citizen sensing, a participatory approach to data collection and community-led action.

A report looking at public deliberation in citizens' climate assemblies, with a focus on the Climate Assembly UK, which was the first United Kingdom-wide citizens' assembly on climate change.

In 2021, the public initiative Klimaneustart Berlin collected over 30,000 signatures for a petition to the Berlin House of Representatives calling for a citizens’ assembly on climate, which resulted in the creation of the Berlin Climate Citizens' Council.

This practical guidance is for policy officials who are thinking about organising a climate assembly.

This website provides information and resources about green participatory budgeting (PB), a way for people to make direct decisions about how budgets are spent addressing climate change and reducing carbon footprints.

The Global Assembly, which is made up of 150 organisations from over 50 countries around the world, aims to create a permanent global citizens’ assembly on the climate crisis and has been co-designed with institutions, scientists, citizens and social movements.

This paper looks at two climate change vulnerability assessments (CCVA) processes in Indonesia, one that was deployed in the cities of Semarang and Bandar Lampung, and another implemented in Manado and Makassar.

A report on the Warsaw Climate Panel, a citizens' panel devoted to increasing energy efficiency and the share of renewable energy sources in the city.

A video on the Rybnik360 project, a just-energy transition project focused on phasing out coal in one of the EU’s largest coal-producing regions through the involvement of citizens and city stakeholders.

Toolkit with 12 creative methods for youth participation (10–14 years) to explore, design, and present social solutions.

Creative guide for youth participation facilitators (10–14 years) using design to explore and solve social issues.

Global Campus model for child-led participation in academia, tested in Nepal in 2022.

A practical booklet for youth workers to guide youth participation in local activities (ages 13–18) in rural Georgia.

Hungarian methodological guide compiling youth participation methods—such as participatory budgeting, debate forums, and student governments

Practical handbook on youth participation, introducing key models, case studies, and methods to foster meaningful involvement of young people in democratic and community life.

Estonian guidelines for implementing children’s right to participate, with 10 principles, tools, and good practices to ensure meaningful and safe involvement in decision-making.

Practical guide for public administrations to listen to and involve children and adolescents in decision-making, with concrete recommendations, tools, and accountability steps.

Handbook of youth participation models, presenting 28 frameworks and practical tools to strengthen student-led participation and co-creation in schools.

UNICEF Italy guide to strengthen children’s and adolescents’ councils, offering practical steps, quality standards, and safeguards to ensure their voices influence decisions at the school and local level.

Guidelines providing principles, processes and governance tools to institutionalize participation across family, school, community and public institutions.

Practical method collection developed in Stuttgart to support child participation processes, offering adaptable tools for schools, youth work, and municipal projects.

Portuguese guidance material with principles, tools, and recommendations for child and youth participation, aiming to support institutions in designing inclusive and rights-based processes.

Guide offering common guidelines on child and adolescent participation, with principles, spaces, evaluation tools, and indicators to strengthen genuine, rights-based involvement.

A practical guide to institutionalize adolescent participation (10–19 years) using Lundy’s space–voice–audience–influence and a five-strategy theory of change.

Practical guide introducing adolescents to their right to participate in family, school, community and public life.

Guide with practical tools to strengthen children’s participation through rights-based activities.

Rights-based toolkit with age-adapted activities (6–16 years) to plan and run child participation.

Tool to help measure and improve meaningful child and youth participation using clear indicators.

Tool for schools to implement rights‑based child participation using the Lundy model and inclusive tools.

Collection of good practices promoting migrant youth participation in civic and political life in Europe.

Youth-friendly toolbox promoting democratic participation through activities, tools, and civic learning.

Guide to youth engagement models in local governance, with case studies and implementation guidance.

Step‑by‑step guide for high school civic lotteries to build inclusive youth deliberative assemblies.

Global index measuring youth civic and political participation—aid for designing youth engagement policies.

Toolkit to help municipalities set up meaningful participation bodies for children and adolescents.

Youth-friendly toolbox promoting democratic participation through activities, tools, and civic learning.

Collection of good practices promoting migrant youth participation in civic and political life in Europe.

Interactive toolbox guiding meaningful child participation in intergenerational decision‑making.

Guide to youth engagement models in local governance, with case studies and implementation guidance.

EU study analyzing how digital tools can strengthen youth engagement in democratic participation.

A guide on digital tools to enhance community engagement, improve decision-making, and foster inclusivity through strategic planning and collaboration.

A synthesis of discussions on the future, opportunities, and challenges of participatory platforms with a public intent.

A curated list of online tools that can be used at various stages of the policymaking cycle.

An article on Democracy OS, an open-source platform that aims to promote citizen engagement and transparency in government by allowing people to participate in decision-making and policy formation through online discussions and voting.

This resource showcases participatory processes implemented with the aid of the Decide Madrid digital platform, including participatory policymaking and participatory budgeting.

This case study details the successes and challenges of a participatory policymaking initiative in Taiwan.

This case study of "Montevideo Decide" demonstrates how digital platforms can be used to give people power over local policymaking.

A guide to using digital tools in citizens' assemblies, with practical examples and links to different options.

A report on the use of digital tools to support PB in Scotland, including needs assessment and product analysis.

Toolkit with 12 creative methods for youth participation (10–14 years) to explore, design, and present social solutions.

Creative guide for youth participation facilitators (10–14 years) using design to explore and solve social issues.

Global Campus model for child-led participation in academia, tested in Nepal in 2022.

Hungarian methodological guide compiling youth participation methods—such as participatory budgeting, debate forums, and student governments

Practical handbook on youth participation, introducing key models, case studies, and methods to foster meaningful involvement of young people in democratic and community life.

Estonian guidelines for implementing children’s right to participate, with 10 principles, tools, and good practices to ensure meaningful and safe involvement in decision-making.

Practical guide for public administrations to listen to and involve children and adolescents in decision-making, with concrete recommendations, tools, and accountability steps.

Handbook of youth participation models, presenting 28 frameworks and practical tools to strengthen student-led participation and co-creation in schools.

UNICEF Italy guide to strengthen children’s and adolescents’ councils, offering practical steps, quality standards, and safeguards to ensure their voices influence decisions at the school and local level.

Guidelines providing principles, processes and governance tools to institutionalize participation across family, school, community and public institutions.

Practical method collection developed in Stuttgart to support child participation processes, offering adaptable tools for schools, youth work, and municipal projects.

Portuguese guidance material with principles, tools, and recommendations for child and youth participation, aiming to support institutions in designing inclusive and rights-based processes.

Guide offering common guidelines on child and adolescent participation, with principles, spaces, evaluation tools, and indicators to strengthen genuine, rights-based involvement.

A practical guide to institutionalize adolescent participation (10–19 years) using Lundy’s space–voice–audience–influence and a five-strategy theory of change.

Practical guide introducing adolescents to their right to participate in family, school, community and public life.

Guide with practical tools to strengthen children’s participation through rights-based activities.

Rights-based toolkit with age-adapted activities (6–16 years) to plan and run child participation.

A 40-minute workshop to reflect on and improve student voice in classroom learning and decision-making.

A step-by-step template to help students lead meaningful participation projects in schools.

Workshops to help students explore and improve their role in school and classroom decision-making.

A structured peer-planning tool to support teacher-led initiatives on student voice in schools.

A guide for building meaningful student participation across school life through structured dialogue and audits.

Audit tool to assess and strengthen student voice in whole-school decision-making practices.

A practical framework detailing nine core requirements for ethical and impactful child participation, aligned with children’s rights.

A practical guide to strengthen authentic student voice and participation in school decision-making.

OECD analysis of models, benefits, and barriers to authentic child participation in education systems.

Adapted model of 3‑hour youth‑led democratic assemblies to learn civic skills and build consensus on real issues.

Tool to help measure and improve meaningful child and youth participation using clear indicators.

Tool for schools to implement rights‑based child participation using the Lundy model and inclusive tools.

EU study analyzing how digital tools can strengthen youth engagement in democratic participation.