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World Forum for Democracy 2024 "Democracy and Diversity - Can we transcend the divides?"

INSPIRE (Intersectional Space of Participation: Inclusive, Resilient, Embedded) aims to strengthen intersectional inclusion within participatory deliberative processes.

The next ‘Meet the Competence Centre!’ corner will be held on June 24, 2024. The Competence Centre is happy to meet members of the Community of Practice or to address specific questions concerning citizen engagement from 2 pm to 5 pm CET. If interested, book your 30-minute slot!

The 3rd Summit for Democracy convened government representatives, activists, academics and practitioners in South Korea to build a “Democracy for Future Generations" in March. Graham Allen, Convenor of the Citizens’ Convention for UK Democracy, updates us on the Deliberative Democracy and Citizens’ Assemblies Cohort discussions.

A JRC study is exploring impact of citizen engagement to better understand how participatory processes influence and transform policymaking and society.

A Gathering place to cO-design and co-cReate Adaptation – AGORA - is a Horizon Europe project supporting the EU Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change.

'Sensing for Justice' uses Civic Monitoring as an active form of citizen engagement to research the potential of grassroots-driven environmental monitoring, i.e. Citizen Sensing.

DG REGIO offers technical support by experts from the OECD to public authorities to work in cooperation with civil society organisations to implement in an innovative way the partnership principle in the context of EU regional policy. The call for expression of interest is open until 31st March, 2024

The European Commission, Directorate-General for Communication (COMM), in 2023 published a Call to Participate in a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) targeting expertise and capacity to support its growing needs to engage citizens in policy-making. All economic operators capable of delivering services underpinning participatory processes are invited to submit request to participate.

New research paper from ECNL presents an overview on emerging tools and models to help safeguard citizen participation at the EU level.

Paulo Rosa looks at the year of citizens panels and what to expect next year with the website

The new JRC project, ‘Public spaces as spaces for citizen engagement: Partnership to democratise science and policy’, comes at a critical time, given shrinking number and size of public and civic spaces in Europe and elsewhere, seen as important places for connection and engagement.

The Competence Centre’s next training on citizen engagement in policymaking will include two days on 13 and 20 March 2024. The training will focus on deliberation and co-creation practices and methods with case studies, as well as guidance on how to plan citizen engagement activities. The training will also offer networking and peer-to-peer discussion, together with practical exercises and hands-on group work on cases of interest to the participants.

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On the International Democracy Day, the inter-governmental organisation IDEA is organising an event focusing on inclusive democracy and its role in sustainable development. The event is also devoted to exploring interconnections between the United Nations and its Member States, civil society and various stakeholders, and other democracy topics. Read more and attend!

Three makers will be selected to participate in a 10-day funded residency at the JRC Makerspace, in Ispra, Italy. Deadline: 30/09/2023, 12:00 CEST (midday).

The second School on Participatory Democracy in Türkiye will take place in Ankara. The School is open to Turkish participants who want to broaden their practical knowledge on participatory standards and tools. The deadline for application is 18 September, 6pm CEST.

Check out two upcoming events organised in partnership with the Association “I Musei del Cibo della provincia di Parma”!

Save the date for the fifth edition of the Public Participation and Deliberative Democracy Festival, which will take place in Brussels, 12-14 June 2024. For this next edition, we decided to focus on the engagement of citizens in environmental issues.