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17/11/2022

Dear Colleague,

This newsletter edition is dedicated to our Public Participation and Deliberative Democracy Festival which took place on 20th & 21st October, 2022, and we take a look back at the overall event and highlights. In case you missed it, you can watch the Brussels, Ispra and selected online Zoom sessions on-demand.

Also in this edition, don't miss the special interview with European Commission Vice-President Dubravka Šuica, who outlines the current and future Commission policies and initiatives regarding participatory and deliberative democracy in Europe, and the update on the Deliberative Democracy and Citizens' Assembly Cohort working as part of the US Summit for Democracy.

We hope you enjoy the articles in this edition, and welcome your feedback on the Festival and ideas for the next one. Write to us at EU-CITIZEN-ENGAGEMENT@ec.europa.eu. We are grateful for the valuable feedback already received through our evaluation form.

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VP Šuica: “Citizens should be at heart of EU policymaking”

In this interview, Vice-President of the European Commission for Democracy and Demography outlines the political context and next steps for participatory and deliberative democracy in the EU.

A 'New kid on the block' with the Summit for Democracy

Read about the Deliberative Democracy and Citizens' Assembly Cohort that is helping the Summit for Democracy to meaningfully engage citizens globally.

Engaging citizens to green cities across Europe

The final policy event of the BiodiverCities project provided valuable insights about how to make cities more inclusive and sustainable with citizens.

Remote town in Sicily pioneers new ways of democracy

Regalbuto, a town below Mount Etna, sets an example by involving locals in new ways to rethink the town’s future, address its demographic decline and prepare for wildfires.

Festival Highlights

Snapshot of the Festival

Take a look back at the highlights and insights of the Festival

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Session Highlights

Bringing Generations Together

Hear about the findings of a series of intergenerational dialogues held on the topic of civic education

Democracy gym at the public library

Public Libraries (PL2030) held an interactive workshop based on the ‘Democracy Fitness’ training concept

The future of Civic Tech Participation

This expert panel discussed the past, present and future of digital participation to ask: are we heading towards a metaverse for democracy?

Co-creation lessons from cities

This online session collected lessons from several cities across Europe on the implementation of co-creation processes involving marginalised, vulnerable and young citizens

What can civic monitoring offer deliberative democracy?

Organised by the Sensing for Justice project, this panel explored the concepts of ‘civic assemblies’ together with civic environmental monitoring.

The Impact of the Conference on the Future of Europe: Youth Want Action

The Conference was a turning point in their lives of young European citizens. They talked about their expectation for institutions to live up to the hopes raised by this unique process.

Research and Reports

The Haves and the Have Nots: Civic Technologies and the Pathways to Government Responsiveness

This World Bank report explores the issue of inequality when it comes to civic technologies

"Let’s decolonize our knowledge about deliberative democracy"

Is deliberation universal? Should it be? Is our way of conceptualizing and organizing it in Europe (too) “Western-centric”? Two researchers and experts in “democratic innovations”, Nicole Curato and Melisa Ross, speak to Missions Publiques to bring some perspective to our practices.

Upcoming Events

(Digital) Democracy is a human right

EUMANS presents this event on 6 December at the Economic and Social Committee, Rue Belliard, Bruxelles.

2022 Gis Congress Democracy and Participation

The event from 23-25 November at MSH Paris Nord offers a variety of workshops on democracy and participation.

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