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Communities as Policy Instruments

An alternative to regulation or expenditure programmes

  • Publication | 2025
  • Our future depends on resilient institutions able to act efficaciously where it matters. Beyond slow and costly regulation, we need smarter ways to act and be prepared.

  • Communities as policy instruments leverage the EC's convening power to close the implementation gap through stakeholder-driven solutions. By convening people with shared purpose, communities enable structured dialogues and peer learning that help translate policy into practice and provide essential reality checks.

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