#CitizenParticipation

[…] The Commission envisaged panels as a regular feature of the EU’s policy-making process ahead of the key legislative proposals. A pilot series of panels was held between December 2022 and May 2023 on [...]

[…] Strengthening European democracy at grassroots level: More competences for citizen participation What do Zagreb (Croatia), Brussels (Belgium), Madrid (Spain), the Gemeente Middelburg (Netherlands), [...]

[…] A new chapter for participatory democracy in Europe How can we adapt to climate change? What systems do we need to avoid food waste? What will the mobility of the future look like? The opinions of [...]

[…] Good participation meansthat all parts of society are heard and that solutions are based on a variety of diverse opinions and interests. Random selection is increasingly used in citizen participation [...]

[…] Veränderung als Konstante Unsere Welt unterliegt ständiger Veränderung – und das ist gut so! Es gilt, sich aktuellen Herausforderungen mit innovativen Ideen zu stellen, etwa um demokratische [...]

[…] The fifth edition of the Democracy R&D Annual Conference brought together 125 academics, practitioners and policy-makers from all continents. Network members came from the USA, Brazil, Mexico, Kenia, [...]

[…] Together with around 70 invited politicians, citizens and experts from local and regional governments as well as from EU institutions and bodies, we discussed and drafted recommendations for the [...]

[…] Citizens’ assemblies have gained popularity worldwide as instruments of effective and meaningful citizen participation. Randomly selected citizens come together, deliberate over the course of several [...]

[…] Press Release: As in any democracy, it is of vital importance for the European Union (EU) that citizens are able to participate in political decision-making in a variety of ways. The Conference on the [...]

[…] For about a year, the Bertelsmann Foundation and the European Committee of the Regions have been working on giving European citizens a voice in the context of the Conference on the Future of Europe. [...]