Competence Centre on Participatory and Deliberative Democracy

The political decision-making in the EU is founded on the democratic values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, inclusivity, representativeness, political...

BiodiverCities aimed to enhance civil society participation in local and urban decision-making, leading to buiding a joint vision of the green city of tomorrow shared among citizens, scientists...

The JRC Makerspace is designed to promote active participation, knowledge sharing, and scientific research through open-ended exploration and experimentation.

The Conference on the Future of Europe is a bottom-up participatory process, where citizens from all parts of the EU can contribute in the 24 official EU languages to the shaping of ideas on Europe’s...

Science for Policy Handbook provides advice on how to bring science to the attention of policymakers. The handbook is dedicated to researchers and research organisations aiming to achieve policy impact. Today...

Citizen engagement is recognised as a crucial task for socially robust, fit-for-purpose and inclusive policymaking. This training covers the rationales for citizen engagement, principles of best practice, as well as applied...

The Competence Centre on Participatory and Deliberative Democracy is seeking contributions to our 4th Public Participation and Deliberative Democracy Festival, in the form of proposals for sessions. This includes formats such...

This year, the theme of the festival is ‘youth’ to coincide with the European Year of Youth. 2022 is a year in which we find ourselves looking to a future beyond the pandemic, and this year the Commission...

The New European Bauhaus is a creative and interdisciplinary initiative, convening a space of encounter to design future ways of living, situated at the crossroads between art, culture, social inclusion...

This training presents rationales and methods of citizen engagement beyond consultation.