The Deliberating Universities Network (UNIDELIB)
/The UNIDELIB network collates publications and reports from participating academic institutions around the use of deliberative methodologies in universities.
Read MoreThe practical guide to participatory budgeting
/Step-by-step guide to designing and running participatory budgeting in French local contexts.
Read MoreWhat is participatory budgeting?
/Short explainer video introducing participatory budgeting as a tool for local democratic engagement.
Read MoreParticipatory budgeting in France
/An analysis of France’s participatory budgeting models, expansion, and political dynamics since 2014.
Read MoreSociology of state citizens' assemblies
/A sociological analysis of citizens’ assemblies in Ireland and France—between participation and politics.
Read MoreCitizens' assembly definition, role and objectives
/An overview of citizens' and people's assembly, in Poitiers, France, a local participatory democracy initiative.
Read MoreWhat are the operating rules for citizens' assemblies?
/A comparison of citizens' assembly rules in France and Ireland.
Read MoreThe citizen paradigm of the Theater of the Oppressed: Politicization or blind spot?
/A critical look at how the Theater of the Oppressed shifted from radical activism to civic participation tool.
Read MoreNine-step guide on participatory and deliberative formats in policymaking
/Step-by-step guide to help public bodies design and implement effective citizen participatory and deliberative processes for policymaking.
Read MoreBeginner’s guide to digital community engagement
/A guide on digital tools to enhance community engagement, improve decision-making, and foster inclusivity through strategic planning and collaboration.
Read MoreIntegrating deliberation into governance
/An academic article using "robust governance" as a framework for assessing the design of integrating deliberative mini-publics into complex political structures, through the use of six national climate assemblies as case studies.
Read MoreUnderstanding public deliberation in climate assemblies
/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.
Read MoreTok tok, the tour to talk about youth, family and mobility
/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.
Read MoreThe ecological transition of Orléans Métropole
/The website for the six month long consultation, which lasted from January to June 2021 and was aimed at collecting citizens' views and proposals for policies and projects to address the challenges of the local ecological transition.
Read MoreReport: French citizens' convention on climate
/The final report of the French Citizens' Convention on Climate held in 2019 and 2020, in which a representative panel of citizens was asked to deliberate on the question “How can France reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40 percent (from the 1990s level) by 2030, in the spirit of social justice?”
Read More2024 plan for ecological transformation, Île-de-France
/This is a press release on the ambitious programme of Île-de-France (Paris Region) entitled "Mobilisation plan for the ecological transformation of Ile-de-France by 2024", which boasts a 10 billion euros budget, meaning that the region devotes 1 euro out of 2 to ecology-related areas.
Read MoreEuropean perceptions of climate change
/This report summarises the topline findings of the European Perception of Climate Change Project (EPCC), a study that gives insights into public perceptions of climate change across four major European countries – France, Germany, Norway and the United Kingdom.
Read MoreTransforming governments via Citizensourcing
/This blog post provides information about citizensourcing, a type of participatory policymaking, in Medellín, Colombia; Paris, France; and cities in Belgium.
Read MoreCitizen assemblies to weigh up climate policies
/This article details the wave of climate assemblies in Europe and considers their potential to push governments to act on climate change.
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