10/01/2023

Dear Colleague,

Happy new year! We hope you enjoyed a restful holiday break. In this edition we will take a look back at 2022 and cover what's coming in 2023 for the Community of Practice.

First up - don't miss the launch of the U.S. Summit for Democracy's Cohort on Deliberative Democracy and Citizens' Assemblies on January 17. You will be able to find out about the cohort's work and how to get involved. Find out more below.

Also in this edition, we take a look back at the European Year of Youth and look forward to 2023 - the European Year of Skills. Soon we will be announcing a new training offering and Corporate Guidebook on Citizen Engagement - stay tuned to this newsletter to find out more in the next edition.

For any comments or queries, write to us at EU-CITIZEN-ENGAGEMENT@ec.europa.eu.

From the Competence Centre Team

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Summit for Democracy 2023

Find out what the cohort is working on and aiming to achieve as part of U.S. President Biden's 2023 Summit for Democracy (Cohort launch 17th January - Register now).

New generation of Citizens' Panels

The JRC's Paulo Rosa outlines the latest news on citizens' panels organised by the European Commission.

Call to action

Contribute to our Community of Practice

Across the Commission

The European Year of Youth

DG EAC takes a look back through the achievements and legacy of 2022, the European Year of Youth.

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Festival Highlights

Parliamentary architecture & participatory democracy

The Particitiz session explored how the architecture of parliaments could be adapted for the purposes of citizen participation.

Democracy in a honeybee hive

This interactive workshop asked: how can honeybee decision-making be applied in human collective decision-making?

Featured stories on citizen engagement

EU Commission: "We have made deliberative democracy an integral part of our decision-making process"

Missions Publiques interviews Commission Vice-President Dubravka Šuica, about the next steps after the Conference on the Future of Europe.

Upcoming Events

Horizon Europe info day - Cluster 2

An info day on January 17th aims to inform potential applicants about the research topics included in the 2023 calls under Cluster 2 'Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Societies'.

How can we institutionalise co-creation?

This seminar on February 16 discusses the institutional challenges to co-creation encountered by local partners from ten European cities involved in the BiodiverCities project.

Research and Reports

Imagining “Eat” together: The School Meal

A new report shows the importance of looking beyond nutrition when it comes to improving school meals, sustainability and equal outcomes.

Research Methods in Deliberative Democracy

This open access publication covers 31 research methods written by scholars in the field

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