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Dans le cadre du projet commun From local to European, le Comité européen des régions (CdR), la Fondation Bertelsmann et 23 projets de coopération organisés dans 67 villes et régions européennes ont réalisé 38 dialogues citoyens en collaboration avec 200 responsables...

In the “From local to European” joint project, the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) and Bertelsmann Stiftung – together with 23 cooperation projects from 67 European cities and regions – conducted Citizens’ Dialogues with around 200 politicians. The evaluation report...

This report by the High Level Advisory Group of the Conference Observatory analyses the proceedings of the Conference on the Future of Europe in depth, offers recommendations on how to make the Conference a success, and sketches out different avenues towards a sustained...

Participatory budgeting has a long, worldwide tradition. Administrations and politicians regularly make financial decisions and decide on the budget for the coming years. Participatory budgeting involves the population in financial planning, and experts describe it as one of...

On 21 May 2021, the Bertelsmann Stiftung, together with the King Baudouin Foundation and the Open Society Foundations, organised an online dialogue called: The Digital Way to EU Citizen Participation:

The Conference on the Future of Europe and beyond.

The three...

Wie häufig findet Bürgerbeteiligung vor Ort statt? Ist Bürgerbeteiligung nur ein Thema in großen Städten oder auch auf dem Dorf? Zu welchen Themen wird beteiligt und wer initiiert diese Beteiligung überhaupt?

In Transnational Citizens' Dialogues, randomly selected citizens from different countries come together and exchange ideas.

French President Emmanuel Macron has dared to do something new. 150 randomly selected citizens met regularly over a period of a few months in a Citizens’ Assembly on the topic of climate change.

Ireland has set an example for democratic innovation. The Irish Citizens’ Assembly shows that democracy can be reinvigorated if citizens get a greater say.

Transnational digital dialogue with citizens from Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Italy and Lithuania