Call for Applications: Four ways to elevate your participatory program
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Are you facing challenges in launching or improving a participatory or deliberative program? Do you need support with:
Engaging community members in participatory decision-making to build equitable public participation OR
Improving the engagement of women, youth, and displaced people in participatory decision-making OR
Mainstreaming high-quality and inclusive public participation practices in government?
Apply to our Accelerator programs today to receive comprehensive capacity-building support to solve pressing challenges with high-quality, inclusive public participation practices. Selected participants will receive free access to online training, expert mentoring and advice, and international peer-learning opportunities to launch or improve a participatory program.
Additionally, Climate Democracy Accelerator participants will receive up to $30,000 in funding support for implementing their programs! Selected participants for the Inclusive Democracy Accelerator and Mainstreaming Participation Accelerator will join an in-person workshop in Nairobi, Kenya, in April 2025. Take advantage of this opportunity!
Learn more about each program, choose the best one for you, and apply by December 1!
Climate Democracy Accelerator (CDA): To help governments engage community members in deciding how to respond to the climate crisis.
Eligibility: global applicants — those in G20 countries are strongly encouraged to apply.
Mainstreaming Participation Accelerator (MPA): To help government reformers mainstream or embed fit-for-purpose, high-quality, inclusive public participation practices across key government sectors, processes, and institutions.
Eligibility: global applicants — those in Latin America, Africa, Asia, or Eastern Europe are strongly encouraged to apply.
Inclusive Democracy Accelerator (IDA): To help governments and civil society organizations engage youth, women, and displaced people more effectively in participatory decision-making.
Eligibility: applicants in Latin America, Africa, Asia, or Eastern Europe only.
Democratic Innovations Accelerator (DIA): To help governments engage community members using innovative participatory approaches.
Eligibility: applicants in the European Union and Horizon Europe countries only.
What is the timeline?
October 8–December 1, 2024: Deadline extended! Applications are open until December 1, 11:59 pm UTC (check your timezone here).
January 2025: Selected participants are notified.
February–March 2025: Due diligence and onboarding.
March 2025: Program begins.
August 2025: Program ends.
August–September 2025: Participants share learnings.
September 2025–August 2026: Participants implement their action plan.
