Pop Up Democracy installations
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This resource provides information about Pop Up Democracy, the use of temporary, site-specific installations that provide opportunities for increased local political and civic participation.
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Toolkit for youth democratic action
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This toolkit, developed based on participatory budgeting experiences in Chicago schools, aims to make PB easier to implement with teachers and youth in schools across a wide variety of models and contexts.
Read MoreStandards for citizens' assemblies
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A set of draft standards for citizens' assemblies, developed by Involve, organized into “essential” and “desirable” features of ten criteria.
Read MoreParticipatory Budgeting: Dissemination guide
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A guide that provides a set of recommendations for PB implementation by local governments in Portugal.
Read MoreParticipatory budgeting toolkit
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A toolkit developed in Scotland for community groups and organizations who are planning to organise a grantmaking PB event.
Read MoreThe draw in politics
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A guide for using random selection in processes involving citizen participation.
Read MoreManual of participatory budgeting in Cameroon
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A manual for implementing PB in Cameroon, with specific advice for community engagement and mediation.
Read MorePeople and Participation guide
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A guide that provides practical detail on participation methods to involve the public in issues ranging from local planning to nanotechnology.
Read MorePublic participation in budget solutions
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A guide that presents information on how people can influence problem-solving in their municipalities through participatory budgeting.
Read MoreSharing sortition with some soul
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An essay that presents challenges to communicating effectively about sortition, and concrete ways to overcome them.
Read MoreThe People's Verdict
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A study of almost 50 long-form deliberative processes in Canada and Australia that makes the case that adding informed citizen voices to public decision-making leads to more effective policies.
Read MoreSchool PB toolkit: Inclusive practice
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A toolkit that shares practices gleaned from the inclusive School PB model developed in response to inclusivity challenges students with disabilities face.
Read MoreLegislative Theatre in NYC
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A video with testimonials from community members and organizers of Legislative Theatre that explains how Legislative theater can bring about change in NYC.
Read MoreRepresentation by improvisation: Legislative theater
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Short video from the first iteration of Legislative Theatre in New York City (2013), demonstrating some of the process.
Read MorePB learning guide for Francophone countries (Vol II)
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A training guide for implementing PB in Africa's French-speaking countries, edited by UN-Habitat and Enda ECOPOP. Volume II - methods and approaches.
Read MoreLearning materials for citizen participation
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A manual that includes activities to facilitate civic engagement in participatory budgeting and participatory democracy programs.
Read MoreGrantmaking through PB guide
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A guide that lays out a simple 10 step process for using participatory budgeting to make small community grants.
Read MoreMainstreaming Participatory Budgeting
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A guide that aims to support public sector organizations wishing to develop ‘mainstream’ Participatory Budgeting (PB) initiatives.
Read MoreParticipatory budgeting and housing
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A guide and introduction for social housing providers to integrate PB processes to social housing projects.
Read MoreThe participation game
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A board game that helps city employees consider how operations and services could be planned in better co-operation with residents.
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