October News: Climate action funding, training on digital participation, and more!
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Here's our October newsletter served to you fresh! These are the biggest updates for the month:
Training, mentorship and funding for climate action
Free online training on digital participation
Launch of People Powered Decides
Meet the expert committees for the Accelerators
External funding, calls, and more!
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Opportunities 💡
Apply for the next Climate Democracy Accelerator!
After our second successful Climate Democracy Accelerator (CDA) cohort, we’re now accepting applications for the third cohort! If you want to launch a participatory program for climate action, the CDA provides free training, mentorship, and implementation grants of up to US$30,000. Read the requirements and send in your applications by January 5, 2024.
We also encourage you to register for our orientation webinar on November 8, 2023, for tips on crafting a compelling application!
Enroll in the Digital Participation Online Training
Our Digital Participation Online Training launched on October 17! You can now enroll for our free self-guided training to learn everything you need to launch and improve your digital participation program! Our new learning management system makes it easy to watch instructional videos, do assignments and interact with fellow learners. Bonus: You’ll get personalized feedback for assignments until the end of 2023, so register now!
Updates 📢
We launch People Powered Decides 2024 – our yearly participatory process with members!
We take participation seriously at People Powered, which is why we engage our members in making key organizational decisions each year, through People Powered Decides! In 2024, this includes our prioritizing 2024 activities, deciding organizational policies and electing new board of directors members. The process began on October 3, and we will release the results in December. Stay tuned for the outcomes, and apply for membership if you want to participate next year!
Meet the Accelerators’ Expert Committees and current cohort!
Our Climate and Digital Democracy Accelerator programs support up-and-coming innovators from around the world. We do this with the help of our Expert Committees, who provide mentorship with deep experience in participatory and deliberative programs focused on climate and digital policy. Read more about our current cohort and Expert Committees on the Climate and Digital Democracy Accelerator pages!
Featured Resources 📚
Inclusive and effective citizen engagement: PB in Makueni and West Pokot Counties (English, Global South)
OGP national handbook 2022: Rules and guidance (English, Spanish, French)
Innovation kit: Practical tools for promoting public innovation (Spanish)
Upcoming Events 🗓️
October 26: Reclaiming Participatory Governance Book Launch (virtual)
October 26: AI for Citizen Engagement - Rebooting Democracy in the Age of AI Lecture (virtual)
October 27: Hacking Democracy Conference by FNF Global Innovation Hub (virtual, register by October 26)
October 31: Workshop on Permanent Climate Assemblies by KNOCA
November 8: Climate Democracy Accelerator orientation webinar
November 17-23: Training on citizen engagement in policymaking (virtual/Europe)
November 6-8: International Observatory on Participatory Democracy Conference (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
What We’re Reading 📖
How Cities Are Experimenting With Reparations In Urban Policy (Next City)
What if We Could All Control A.I.? (New York Times)
Funding and Calls 💲
Luminate: Call for proposals for Regional Partner Support Consultant to Latin American partners (Deadline: October 30).
Journal of Deliberative Democracy: Call for new editors (Deadline: October 30)
Commonwealth Foundation: Call for applications on health, environment and climate change, and freedom of expression (Deadline: November 1)
National Endowment for Democracy: Grants to advance democratic goals and strengthen democratic institutions (Several deadlines)
Open Government Partnership Local has released a call for expressions of interest from local governments. Up to 50 new local governments will be accepted in 2024 (Deadline: January 21)
Multitudes Foundation has an open call for incubation and scaling grants for organizations building more inclusive politics in Europe (Rolling deadline)
Democracy Technologies: Early bird registration for ‘Participate Practically’, a 10-hour self-paced online course on planning, launching, administering and evaluating participation projects
What to Do 🙋
Apply for the Climate Democracy Accelerator and join the orientation webinar
Enroll in the Digital Participation Online Training
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