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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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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!

The training on citizen participation for public administrations and future trainers is coming soon!

For the past two years CC-DEMOS has invested in developing a training offer on citizen engagement specifically tailored to public officials, civil servants and other government professionals working in local, regional and national public administrations, and future trainers. The first edition of the training includes three different levels of competence and will be offered online between 26 March and 8 July 2025 in the EU Academy platform.

New Project to Tackle the Challenge of Scaling Democratic Innovations

Launched on 5 December, the EU-funded project ScaleDem will promote the adoption and scaling of democratic innovations as a way towards greater inclusive and participatory governance. Together, leading experts, researchers and practitioners will develop tools such as policy roadmaps and a Compass for Scaling Democratic Innovations, to support the uptake of battle-tested solutions by policy makers and practitioners. Two open calls will be published in 2026 to support third parties in real-life experimentations of these solutions.