Local democracy reinforcement in Armenia: A guide to citizen participation
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A guide for citizen engagement in local decision-making in Armenia, to enhance democratic governance in the country.
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Participatory budgeting: History and functioning in Polish local governments
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This document provides an overview of participatory budgeting in Poland, discussing its implementation, benefits, challenges, and historical and legal context.
Read MoreParticipatory budgeting as a mechanism of direct democracy in Poland
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This document analyzes participatory budgeting as a direct democracy tool in Polish local governments.
Read MoreThe beginnings of legislative theater in Poland
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An introduction to legislative theater in Poland, highlighting its role in fostering social dialogue and community engagement through performance.
Read MoreChildren and young people’s participation in climate assemblies
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A guide to involve youth in climate assemblies as a child rights issue, advocating for their participation in decisions affecting their future.
Read MoreDare to be happy! Forum theater handbook for Estonia
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A handbook offering practical guidance on implementing forum theater in Estonia, explaining its principles and providing exercises to engage communities in social dialogue.
Read MoreMaking the most of climate assemblies: Playbook for civil society organizations
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The playbook provides guidance on engaging with climate assemblies to influence climate policy effectively, emphasizing public participation and accountability.
Read MoreCitizens' assembly in Valjevo: Air pollution
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A report on Serbia's citizens' assembly in Valjevo, which focused on air pollution, detailing process stages, results, and insights on the potential of such assemblies.
Read MoreGuide for #ClimateOfChange Campaigners
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A guide for the development of a climate justice campaign, including different methods, tools, activities, and materials to engage youth in climate issues.
Read MoreGuide to preparing municipal citizen participation plans
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This guide helps Spanish municipalities plan citizen participation to achieve more democratic, legitimate and socially beneficial municipal management.
Read More25 questions on initiative budgeting
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An introduction to initiative budgeting, a type of participatory budgeting predominantly practiced in Russia.
Read MoreLegislative theater: Animated presentation
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A brief video introduction to legislative theater and some examples of how it has been used in policymaking.
Read MorePermanent citizenship for political advocacy
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A book discussing the risks of political participation to citizens in Colombia, and theoretical concepts and methods to promote political advocacy through the concept of "permanent citizenship."
Read MoreDemocratizing city charters
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A report exploring the use of municipal charters to allow equitable and just community decision-making, through a case study of the City of Boston, United States.
Read MoreCitizen participation in governance: For a strong democratic society
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A report discussing elements and guiding principles of citizen participation and how it can be embedded into decision-making.
Read MoreCitizen participation on complex issues: Experiences from development work
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This report presents case studies of citizen participation across 10 Swedish municipalities and provides a model for designing citizen participation for social change, primarily at the local and regional government level.
Read MoreParticipatory budgeting: How to give local people a voice in funding decisions
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A short video that explains how participatory budgeting works.
Read MoreThe rise and fall of "participatory budgeting": The Porto Alegre story
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This article discusses the origin and process of participatory budgeting in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Read MoreBuilding youth voice: a participatory budgeting toolkit
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This resource provides guidance, methods and tools for designing and organizing participatory budgeting (PB) for young people, particularly aimed at teachers working in schools and educational institutions.
Read MoreFraming the remit: Research note
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This guide goes into detail on how the question in a deliberative process, such as a citizens' assembly or jury, should be framed.
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