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April 05, 2022

Salt Spring Island Climate Action Plan 2020

April 05, 2022/ People Powered
Salt Spring Island Climate Action Plan 2020

A report on the development of the climate action plan of Salt Spring Island by citizens, experts and elected officials.

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April 05, 2022/ People Powered/
Case Studies
Local government, Climate Action, Canada, English, 2020, North America
March 31, 2022

Montréal's participatory budget

March 31, 2022/ People Powered
Montréal's participatory budget

A case study on Montréal's participatory budget for the social and ecological transition.

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March 31, 2022/ People Powered/
Case Studies
English, Local government, Climate Action, Canada, Participatory budgeting, French, 2020, North America
March 31, 2022

The Alberta Narratives Project

March 31, 2022/ People Powered
The Alberta Narratives Project

This guide provides practical guidance for climate and energy communicators about what language works well and what language might pose an obstacle for communicating with any specific group.

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March 31, 2022/ People Powered/
Guides & Manuals, Research & Papers, Case Studies
English, Local government, Climate Action, Canada, 2018, North America
March 31, 2022

Deliberative democracy for members of parliament

March 31, 2022/ People Powered
Deliberative democracy for members of parliament

This guide is designed to support the needs of elected representatives and their advisors who would like to strengthen how elected politicians engage with their voters.

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March 31, 2022/ People Powered/
Guides & Manuals, Research & Papers, Case Studies
English, Local government, National government, 2021, Africa, Oceania, Europe, Latin America & the Caribbean
March 31, 2022

Bringing public judgement to democracy

March 31, 2022/ People Powered
Bringing public judgement to democracy

This is a short guide for politicians and public officials who want to improve public decision-making processes and democratic institutions by adding public judgement.

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March 31, 2022/ People Powered/
Guides & Manuals, Research & Papers, Case Studies
English, Local government, National government, Citizens assemblies and juries, 2021
March 21, 2022

How does Legislative Theatre work?

March 21, 2022/ People Powered
How does Legislative Theatre work?

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

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March 21, 2022/ People Powered/
Case Studies, Video & Audio
Local government, English, United Kingdom, Legislative theater, lt-further-resources, 2021, Intro to PD, Europe
January 21, 2022

How Democracy Pioneers amplified the voice of young Glaswegians

January 21, 2022/ People Powered
How Democracy Pioneers amplified the voice of young Glaswegians

In this blog post, legislative theater leader Katy Rubin reflects on her experience working with residents to engage policymakers on climate change through theater in Glasgow, Scotland.

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January 21, 2022/ People Powered/
Case Studies
Local government, English, United Kingdom, Legislative theater, Scotland, lt-further-resources, 2021, Europe
January 21, 2022

Camden Council tackles the climate crisis

January 21, 2022/ People Powered
Camden Council tackles the climate crisis

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

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January 21, 2022/ People Powered/
Video & Audio, Case Studies
Local government, English, United Kingdom, Citizens assemblies and juries, Climate Assembly, citizens assemblies in action, 2020, Intro to PD, Europe
January 21, 2022

Green Participatory Budgeting: Lisbon, Portugal

January 21, 2022/ People Powered
Green Participatory Budgeting: Lisbon, Portugal

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

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January 21, 2022/ People Powered/
Case Studies
Local government, English, Participatory budgeting, Portugal, Climate Change, 2021, Climate Action, Most popular, Europe
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
December 23, 2021

Greening cities through Participatory Budgeting

December 23, 2021/ People Powered
Greening cities through Participatory Budgeting

This publication provides tools and practical answers to implement climate-sensitive participating budgeting, based on the experience of two leading cities.

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December 23, 2021/ People Powered/
Case Studies, Research & Papers
Participatory budgeting, Local government, English, Portugal, Spain, School, Climate Change, pb-101, 2021, Climate Action, Europe
November 18, 2021

Greater Manchester Legislative Theatre

November 18, 2021/ Admin
Greater Manchester Legislative Theatre

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

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November 18, 2021/ Admin/
Case Studies, Video & Audio
English, United Kingdom, Legislative theater, Local government, lt-in-action, 2021, Intro to PD, Europe, Most popular
September 30, 2021

Participatory Budgeting in schools

September 30, 2021/ Admin
Participatory Budgeting in schools

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.

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September 30, 2021/ Admin/
Case Studies, Methods & Tools, Research & Papers
English, Scotland, United Kingdom, Participatory budgeting, Evaluation, School, Most popular
September 30, 2021

Scotland's Climate Assembly: Recommendations

September 30, 2021/ Admin
Scotland's Climate Assembly: Recommendations

This report offers an example of the recommendations that a climate assembly can present to a government or other convening authority.

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September 30, 2021/ Admin/
Case Studies, Sample Materials
English, Citizens assemblies and juries, Scotland, United Kingdom, Climate Assembly, National government, 2021, Europe
July 27, 2021

PresupuestoParticipativo.org

July 27, 2021/ Admin
PresupuestoParticipativo.org

This interactive website allows residents of Mexico City to track the implementation of winning projects in the city's participatory budgeting process from 2014 to 2019.

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July 27, 2021/ Admin/
Case Studies, Digital Tools
Spanish, Mexico, Participatory budgeting, Local government, Project implementation and monitoring, 2014
June 28, 2021

Community-led public transport procurement

June 28, 2021/ Admin
Community-led public transport procurement

This blog post presents a case study from rural Scotland, in which community members were given decision-making power over a public procurement process.

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June 28, 2021/ Admin/
Case Studies
Participatory policy-making, Scotland, English, United Kingdom, Outreach and engagement, Voting, Project implementation and monitoring, Local government, 2020, Europe
June 24, 2021

Improving participatory budgeting in Indonesia

June 24, 2021/ Admin
Improving participatory budgeting in Indonesia

This report presents and analyzes the experience of six Indonesian cities in Indonesia in managing local participatory budgeting processes.

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June 24, 2021/ Admin/
Research & Papers, Case Studies
Participatory budgeting, English, Local government, Indonesia, 2016, Asia
June 24, 2021

Legislative theater with Mulhouse residents

June 24, 2021/ Admin
Legislative theater with Mulhouse residents

A case study of legislative theater in Mulhouse, France.

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June 24, 2021/ Admin/
Case Studies
Legislative theater, French, Local government, France, 2019, Europe
June 24, 2021

Legislative theater: Cross-sector cooperation

June 24, 2021/ Admin
Legislative theater: Cross-sector cooperation

A booklet documenting the use of legislative theater by Smes, a Belgian civil society organization focused on mental health and social inclusion.

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June 24, 2021/ Admin/
Trainings & Events, Case Studies
Legislative theater, French, Proposal development, Local government, Idea collection, Belgium, Civil Society, 2020
June 24, 2021

Participatory Budgeting in Kenya

June 24, 2021/ Admin
Participatory Budgeting in Kenya

This report evaluates participatory budgeting programs in Kenya and provides recommendations to improve how the programs function.

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June 24, 2021/ Admin/
Research & Papers, Case Studies
Participatory budgeting, English, Evaluation, Local government, Kenya, 2020, Africa
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