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The Competence Centre on Participatory and Deliberative Democracy aims to respond to the increasing demand from the European Commission, EU institutions and countries for capacity to support participatory and deliberative projects and policies at the EU level.

This web platform aims to support the activities of the Community of Practice by providing a space for sharing experiences and recommendations regarding different methodologies to engage citizens. Moreover, the web platform is itself a place of reflexivity on participatory methodologies and governance. It can also be used as a working space to design citizen participation in science and policy making.

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Training for local, regional and national public administrations and future trainers

Registrations are open for the first edition of the training on citizen engagement for public administrations and future trainers. The training is free and open to public officials, civil servants and other government professionals working in local, regional and national public administrations, and to future trainers. Participants will be able to choose among three levels of competence: basic; advanced; and train-the-trainer.

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The report highlights key risks and responses to the governance of deliberative mini-publics

New report examines risks to the governance of deliberative assemblies

What threatens the integrity of innovative forms of citizen engagement? A new report uncovers five key risks facing deliberative mini-publics—randomly selected groups of everyday citizens tasked to deliberate and generate recommendations on complex policy issues. It highlights challenges like economic pressures, restrictive remits, poor governance, and ambiguous impact while offering strategies to strengthen these democratic innovations and ensure they fulfil their promise.

Share your input on the impact that your citizen engagement project is having

The European Commission invites EU Public Administrations to fill out an impact survey which will inform a report to policymakers in Member States and EU Institutions

Young Citizens Assembly on Pollinators: Call for expressions of interest to join the Advisory Committee

The Assembly aims to engage young citizens in the crucial dialogue on how to reverse the dramatic decline of pollinating insects unfolding against the backdrop of general biodiversity loss. An Advisory Committee will support the Assembly in terms of knowledge curation as well as transparency and integrity of the process. The call for expressions of interest to join the Committee is now open!