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May 13, 2025

Guide on setting up youth councils

May 13, 2025/ People Powered
Guide on setting up youth councils

A guide with practical steps for organizing youth council elections in Lebanon, promoting youth participation in democracy.

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May 13, 2025/ People Powered/
Guides & Manuals
Participatory policy-making, Arabic, Idea collection, Project implementation and monitoring, Local government, civil society organizations, Lebanon, Asia, Inclusion, 2016
February 11, 2025

Participatory mechanisms and processes for local governments in Turkey

February 11, 2025/ People Powered
Participatory mechanisms and processes for local governments in Turkey

A guide for participatory processes in Turkey's local governments, emphasizing legal frameworks, best practices, inclusion, and human rights.

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February 11, 2025/ People Powered/
Methods & Tools, Guides & Manuals
Participatory policy-making, Participatory planning, Turkish, Planning and management, Idea collection, Project implementation and monitoring, Local government, Türkiye, Asia, 2016
July 30, 2024

Exploring worldwide democratic innovations - a series of case studies

July 30, 2024/ People Powered
Exploring worldwide democratic innovations - a series of case studies

Research 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.

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July 30, 2024/ People Powered/
Case Studies
Participatory budgeting, Citizens assemblies and juries, English, Planning and management, Idea collection, civil society organizations, Local government, Georgia, North Macedonia, Ghana, India, Lebanon, Malawi, Nigeria, South Korea, Taiwan, Europe, 2022, Asia, Latin America & the Caribbean, Africa
May 16, 2024

25 questions on initiative budgeting

May 16, 2024/ People Powered
25 questions on initiative budgeting

An introduction to initiative budgeting, a type of participatory budgeting predominantly practiced in Russia.

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May 16, 2024/ People Powered/
Guides & Manuals, Methods & Tools
English, Participatory budgeting, Advocacy to win adoption, Planning and management, Outreach and engagement, Local government, State/regional government, Russia, 2017, Asia, Europe
November 17, 2023

Participatory budgeting in global perspective

November 17, 2023/ People Powered
Participatory budgeting in global perspective

A book on participatory budgeting that explores its origins and theory of change, and defines the different types of program methodologies and how they work.

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November 17, 2023/ People Powered/
Research & Papers, Case Studies
English, Participatory budgeting, Planning and management, Project implementation and monitoring, Evaluation, Local government, State/regional government, 2021, Latin America & the Caribbean, Asia, Africa, North America, Europe
May 03, 2023

From governance reform to democratic reform?

May 03, 2023/ People Powered
From governance reform to democratic reform?

An academic article discussing democratic models and reforms in China, drawing on the participatory budgeting reforms in Wenling as a case study.

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May 03, 2023/ People Powered/
Research & Papers, Case Studies
Participatory budgeting, Chinese, China, Local government, 2011, Asia
April 25, 2023

Consolidating authoritarianism with limited democratic governance

April 25, 2023/ People Powered
Consolidating authoritarianism with limited democratic governance

An academic article using the case study of participatory budgeting reforms in Wenling, China to discuss the reality and limitations of democratic reform in an authoritarian regime.

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April 25, 2023/ People Powered/
Research & Papers, Case Studies
Participatory budgeting, Chinese, China, Local government, 2018, Asia
April 17, 2023

Participatory budgeting experience in Meilan (Haikou), China

April 17, 2023/ People Powered
Participatory budgeting experience in Meilan (Haikou), China

An article discussing the pilot participatory budgeting program launched by the government of Meilan District in Haikou City between 2016 and 2017.

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April 17, 2023/ People Powered/
Case Studies
Participatory budgeting, Chinese, Planning and management, Outreach and engagement, Local government, China, 2017, Asia
April 11, 2023

How Taiwan's 'civic hackers' helped find a new way to run the country

April 11, 2023/ People Powered
How Taiwan's 'civic hackers' helped find a new way to run the country

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

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April 11, 2023/ People Powered/
Case Studies, Digital Tools
Taiwan, Outreach and engagement, voting, English, Voting, Participatory policy-making, National government, 2020, Asia, Most popular
April 11, 2023

Let's give Xindian a better future

April 11, 2023/ People Powered
Let's give Xindian a better future

This short documentary presents a local participatory budgeting (PB) process in Taiwan.

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April 11, 2023/ People Powered/
Case Studies, Video & Audio
Participatory budgeting, Planning and management, Chinese, Taiwan, State/regional government, Outreach and engagement, 2016, Asia
April 11, 2023

The rise and fall of "participatory budgeting": The Porto Alegre story

April 11, 2023/ People Powered
The rise and fall of "participatory budgeting": The Porto Alegre story

This article discusses the origin and process of participatory budgeting in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

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April 11, 2023/ People Powered/
Case Studies
Participatory budgeting, Advocacy to win adoption, Planning and management, Brazil, Chinese, 2013, Latin America & the Caribbean, Asia, China
April 26, 2022

Climate change vulnerability assessments impacts on policy

April 26, 2022/ People Powered
Climate change vulnerability assessments impacts on policy

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.

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April 26, 2022/ People Powered/
Case Studies, Research & Papers
English, Local government, Climate Action, Indonesia, 2015, Asia
April 07, 2022

The system Taiwan uses to crowdsource its laws

April 07, 2022/ People Powered
The system Taiwan uses to crowdsource its laws

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

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April 07, 2022/ People Powered/
Case Studies
English, Local government, Participatory policy-making, Taiwan, National government, pp resources, 2018, Asia, Digital, Most popular
April 07, 2022

Climate governance and water policy in India

April 07, 2022/ People Powered
Climate governance and water policy in India

An analytical study which is mainly intended for discussions to strengthen coherence between existing policies and potential actions, through promoting stakeholder engagement within water policy and climate change governance.

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April 07, 2022/ People Powered/
Research & Papers, Case Studies
Climate Action, National government, English, India, Local government, 2020, Asia
April 07, 2022

Communicating climate change in India

April 07, 2022/ People Powered
Communicating climate change in India

A report on the results of testing and comparing specific language around climate change and renewable energy in India.

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April 07, 2022/ People Powered/
Research & Papers, Case Studies, Methods & Tools
Climate Action, National government, English, India, Local government, 2017, Asia
April 07, 2022

Urban climate adaptation in the Global South

April 07, 2022/ People Powered
Urban climate adaptation in the Global South

An academic article which examines the experiences of Quito (Ecuador) and Surat (India) to assess how civil society actors contribute to adaptation planning and implementation.

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April 07, 2022/ People Powered/
Research & Papers
Climate Action, National government, Participatory planning, English, India, Ecuador, Local government, 2015, Asia, Latin America & the Caribbean
March 31, 2022

Can public participation accelerate net zero transition?

March 31, 2022/ People Powered
Can public participation accelerate net zero transition?

This report provides examples of current innovations, key challenges, existing knowledge centres and learning communities in the field of climate engagement.

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March 31, 2022/ People Powered/
Research & Papers
English, National government, State/regional government, Climate Action, 2021, Oceania, Europe, Asia, North America, Africa
January 21, 2022

Social design initiative: 'Jalan-jalan'

January 21, 2022/ People Powered
Social design initiative: 'Jalan-jalan'

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

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January 21, 2022/ People Powered/
Video & Audio, Case Studies
Local government, English, Indonesia, Participatory planning, 2019, Intro to PD, Asia
January 20, 2022

Participatory Budgeting system in Russia

January 20, 2022/ Admin
Participatory Budgeting system in Russia

This video introduces "Cozy Yamal," a support system for municipal PB processes in Russia's Yamal-Nenets region.

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January 20, 2022/ Admin/
Video & Audio
Participatory budgeting, Local government, State/regional government, Russia, English, 2021, Asia
December 23, 2021

Participatory Budgeting Flyer from Haikou, China

December 23, 2021/ People Powered
Participatory Budgeting Flyer from Haikou, China

This flyer from Haikou, China was used to inform residents about the participatory budgeting process.

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December 23, 2021/ People Powered/
Sample Materials
Participatory budgeting, Chinese, Outreach and engagement, Local government, China, 2017, Asia
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