Competence Centre on Participatory and Deliberative Democracy

Dear Colleague,

We are pleased to announce some major event dates for 2022:

The 4th annual Citizen Engagement and Deliberative Democracy Festival will be held from 20-21 October, 2022, and we soon open a call for expressions of interest to propose and organise sessions. Stay tuned through our events page for all the details (we will post the call there soon), or keep an eye out for our email notification.

We have other events involving the Community of Practice coming up, including a citizen engagement seminar on February 8th and our first citizen engagment training course for 2022 will take place on March 3, 4 and 11th inclusive. See more details below.

We look forward to joining you for what is set to be a year full of projects, events and activities as part of our Community of Practice in 2022.

The Competence Centre team

Activities and Events

Seminar: Citizen Engagement in EU Policy

EU Policymaking Hub e-talk: How are we engaging citizens more in EU policy? Places are limited, sign up now!

Citizen Engagement Training

'Citizen Engagement in Policy Making' training will be held on 3rd, 4th and 11th March inclusive. The four modules - made up of two half days and one full day - are interlinked in one training course.

Call to action

Add your organisation to our citizen engagement inventory!

News

Competence Centre Launch

A multimedia look back at the launch of our Competence Centre on October 6, 2021.

Conference on the Future of Europe

The Competence Centre team has been attending the European Citizens’ Panels of the Conference on the Future of Europe in the capacity of special observers.

Research and Reports

Evaluation Guidelines for Representative Deliberative Processes

The OECD published its latest report to help improve the quality of deliberative processes and ensure we’re learning from experience. These evaluation guidelines establish minimum standards and criteria for the evaluation of representative deliberative processes as a foundation on which more comprehensive evaluations can be built.

Institutional listening in deliberative democracy: Towards a deliberative logic of transmission

This article explores the role of institutional listening in deliberative democracy, focusing particularly on its contribution to the transmission process between the public sphere and formal institutions.

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