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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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Debates on the Citizens’ Engagement Platform

The Citizens' Engagement Platform is a multilingual digital space that hosts the European Commission’s participatory and deliberative processes on a variety of topics. The Platform aims to enable citizens from all walks of life and from all corners of the European Union, to share their ideas and exchange with others, in the 24 official EU languages.

New European budget

Intergenerational Fairness

Youth Policy Dialogues

Young Citizens Assembly on Pollinators

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A Unique Gathering of European Changemakers

Hosted by the JRC and organized by the Bertelsmann Stiftung and FIDE Europe, the event convened representatives from key European institutions - such as the European Commission, European Parliament, Council of Europe, Committee of the Regions - as well as practitioners and policymakers from the Czech Republic, Germany, Poland, East Belgium, Baden-Württemberg, and the OECD. Their shared goal? To exchange ideas, test new tools, and foster citizen participation in Europe.

Young Citizens Assembly on Pollinators: Latest news

From September 2025 to March 2026, 100 young people from across the EU will come together to deliberate over key issues connected to the decline of wild pollinating insects. With preparations for the Assembly in full swing, we have reached important milestones we wanted to share with you.

The Evaluation Compass represents the set of criteria used for evaluating citizen engagement in policymaking

Evaluating citizen engagement in policymaking - Practical guidelines

The Competence Centre has recently published practical Guidelines to evaluating processes of citizen engagement in policymaking. At the moment, it is aimed at Commission policy officers, while work at the Competence Centre continues towards expanding its usability also for other kindred institutions, as well as to the wider Community of Practice of participation and evaluation experts.