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Participatory democracy in local governance

Curriculum

  • 4 Sections
  • 33 Lessons
  • 2 Days
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  • Module 1. Overview
    7
    • 1.1
      What is participatory democracy?
    • 1.2
      Why participatory democracy?
    • 1.3
      Participatory vs deliberative democracy
    • 1.4
      Ladder of participation
    • 1.5
      EXAMPLE of participatory democracy principles: Eurocities
    • 1.6
      Best practices: IOPD participatory democracy experiences around the world
    • 1.7
      Module reflection and facilitation
  • Module 2. A bit of history and context
    5
    • 2.1
      Background
    • 2.2
      Participatory democracy in Sweden
    • 2.3
      Participatory democracy in Latin America
    • 2.4
      Co-creation of participatory mechanisms
    • 2.5
      Module reflection and facilitation
  • Module 3. Methods and forms of participatory democracy
    18
    • 3.1
      Overview of the methods
    • 3.2
      Hackathons
    • 3.3
      Backcasting
    • 3.4
      Open Space
    • 3.5
      Community researchers
    • 3.6
      Crowdsourcing
    • 3.7
      Hearings
    • 3.8
      Focus groups
    • 3.9
      Scenarios
    • 3.10
      Citizens’ Assembly
    • 3.11
      Community-based Participatory Research (CBPR)
    • 3.12
      Participatory budgeting
    • 3.13
      Citizen Juries
    • 3.14
      (e)Petitions
    • 3.15
      Digital Platforms
    • 3.16
      Citizen Report Cards
    • 3.17
      Living Labs
    • 3.18
      Module reflection and facilitation
  • Module 4. Strengthening participatory democracy through your ICLD project
    3
    • 4.1
      Problem oriented project planning, PART 1
    • 4.2
      Problem oriented project planning, PART 2
    • 4.3
      How to strengthen peer-to-peer learning on participatory democracy in your municipal partnership or network

Module 1. Overview

Best practices: IOPD participatory democracy experiences around the world

The International Observatory on Participatory Democracy (IOPD) is a space open to all cities in the world and all associations, organizations and research centers interested in learning about, exchanging impressions and applying experiences of participatory democracy on a local scale with the aim of deepening the roots of democracy in municipal government.

The IOPD is consolidated as a space for the exchange of useful experiences. These local government experiences and best practices with participatory democracy can be found here. You can click on your country or region to find out more about good examples near you.

Here are other links to two other interesting particpatory democracy databases:

LATINNO: Innovations for Democracy in Latin America
Participedia

EXAMPLE of participatory democracy principles: Eurocities
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