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A practical Estonian guide for municipalities on how to implement participatory budgeting, with legal templates and communication advice.

Assessment of usability and accessibility of 50 participatory budgeting websites to improve digital civic participation.

Checklist to evaluate and improve the usability of participatory budgeting digital platforms.

Toolkit of methods to involve youth in all phases of participatory budgeting processes.

Study of participatory budgeting in Brandenburg, Germany, with models and ideas to improve youth participation in local democracy.

Step-by-step guide to designing and running participatory budgeting in French local contexts.

Short explainer video introducing participatory budgeting as a tool for local democratic engagement.

An analysis of France’s participatory budgeting models, expansion, and political dynamics since 2014.

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

An overview of citizens' and people's assembly, in Poitiers, France, a local participatory democracy initiative.

A comparison of citizens' assembly rules in France and Ireland.

Podcast in French introducing the Theater of the Oppressed, a participatory method for social change.

A critical look at how the Theater of the Oppressed shifted from radical activism to civic participation tool.

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

Framework and tools to design participatory spaces in public policy in Argentina.

Study with helpful insights for designing inclusive, flexible spaces for citizens’ assemblies and deliberative processes.

A guide on how sortition-based citizens’ assemblies work and why they strengthen democratic legitimacy.

Step-by-step guide to help public bodies design and implement effective citizen participatory and deliberative processes for policymaking.

Step-by-step toolkit to help cities engage youth in participatory budgeting and decision-making.

Guide for policymakers to design participatory co-creation processes for better public decision-making.

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

Toolkit with templates for organizing voting events in participatory budgeting processes in U.S. cities.

Toolkit for co-designing affordable housing through inclusive community engagement and facilitation.

This article discusses a framework towards the decolonization of deliberative democracy.

This report argues the case for greater citizen participation in governance around the world, proposing recommendations for the Summit of the Future.

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

This short briefing paper lists some case studies of youth participatory budgeting with evidence and outcomes.

Guidance to plan inclusive communication strategies for participatory budgeting in municipalities of the Baltic Sea Region.

A sample facilitation plan for organizing a citizens' assembly, detailing daily schedules, activities, and key inputs.

A video showing the main steps for a succesful participatory budgeting voting phase.