A compendium of case studies and trends in public participation in Latin America. These cases showcase how participation can successfully be embedded into institutional structures, facilitating the scaling and strengthening of public participation in Latin America.
Read MoreResearch report on democratic innovations, analyzing participatory culture and experiences in Georgia, Ghana, India, Lebanon, Malawi, Nigeria, North Macedonia, South Korea, Taiwan, and parts of Latin America.
Read MoreA 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 MoreA toolkit providing an overview of citizen engagement styles and strategies, drawing from case studies on citizen participation initiatives in the Americas and the Caribbean.
Read MoreA book on participatory budgeting that explores its origins and theory of change, and defines the different types of program methodologies and how they work.
Read MoreA report on a series of deliberative minipublics run by the Decidania program in Brazil.
Read MoreThis guide introduces youth participatory budgeting, detailing the stages of design and implementation and the conditions necessary for a successful process.
Read MoreA toolkit to promote public innovation in policy administration, with a focus on citizen-centered design.
Read MoreA booklet containing information about school governments in Bogota, Colombia.
Read MoreA study of the traits and attitudes of over 22,000 internet voters from Rio Grande do Sul during a referendum on state-level spending priorities.
Read MoreThis article discusses the origin and process of participatory budgeting in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Read MoreAn article on Democracy OS, an open-source platform that aims to promote citizen engagement and transparency in government by allowing people to participate in decision-making and policy formation through online discussions and voting.
Read MoreLATINNO is the first comprehensive and systematic source of data on new institutions for citizen participation evolving in Latin America — so-called democratic innovations.
Read MoreParticipatory budgeting began in Porto Alegre, Brazil in the early 1990s and spread around the world, but its use has since declined in Brazil. This paper examines the causes for this change.
Read MoreThis article examines the origins of legislative theater during Augusto Boal's service as a member of the local parliament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Read MoreThis blog post provides information about citizensourcing, a type of participatory policymaking, in Medellín, Colombia; Paris, France; and cities in Belgium.
Read MoreThis case study of "Montevideo Decide" demonstrates how digital platforms can be used to give people power over local policymaking.
Read MoreAn academic article which examines the experiences of Quito (Ecuador) and Surat (India) to assess how civil society actors contribute to adaptation planning and implementation.
Read MoreA report on the results of the 2021 national survey in Costa Rica on citizen perception of climate change.
Read MoreA report on the collegiate body of citizens created to follow up on the Pact for Air Quality of Bogotá.
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