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Participatory Value Evaluation in Sint-Michielsgestel 2025 Migration Trajectory

The Sint-Michielsgestel 2025 trajectory engaged 2,066 residents following migration unrest. Using Participatory Value Evaluation (PWE) surveys and dialogues, participants advised the council on shelter modalities and identified shared priorities to bridge the gap between government and society.

Updated June 9, 2026

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Democratic Odyssey: A Transnational Pilot Citizens' Assembly for Europe

A transnational pilot citizens' assembly selected by sortition from 44 countries, deliberating on EU crisis preparedness across Athens, Florence and Vienna (2024–25), aiming to establish a permanent People's Assembly for Europe

Updated June 5, 2026

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The National Gallery Citizens' Assembly

This assembly helps bridge the gap between the National Gallery and the general public in an effort to increase visitation and understanding of technology in the future of the National Gallery. Using a national assembly allows the Gallery to gain vital information to improve.

Updated June 5, 2026

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Trogir Participatory Budgeting

Trogir is a coastal town in Croatia that has implemented participatory budgeting to include the public in its processes.

Updated June 4, 2026

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Participatroy budgeting in Southampton on Health of young people

15 youth researchers in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight formed a Youth Jury to develop 12 health policy recommendations. Their 'Shaping Tomorrow' manifesto was officially endorsed by regional health boards and turned into an actionable implementation plan.

Updated June 4, 2026

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"Your Pots" Participatory Budgeting 2025

This was a participatory budgeting scheme held in the city of Lancaster in the UK. Its purpose was to allow local residents a voice in how to allocate grants to local charities and organisations.

Updated June 4, 2026

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A Moroccan Model of Collective Intelligence

Updated June 4, 2026

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Student Scientific Convention on the Decarbonisation of Cement-Concrete Construction

A French citizens'-convention-inspired process where 50 postgraduate scientific students, drawn by sortition, deliberated for five months on cement-concrete decarbonisation and produced 46 recommendations to industry, finance, and policymakers.

Updated June 3, 2026

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Birmingham Museums Citizens’ Jury 2024

A citizens’ jury of 26 Birmingham residents deliberated over 30 hours on what the city needs from its museums, producing recommendations on funding, inclusion, engagement, and accessibility, and redefining museums as civic institutions shaped by public voice.

Updated June 3, 2026

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REGROUP Netherlands Citizens’ Jury on Covid-19

The REGROUP Netherlands Citizens’ Jury was a two-day deliberative mini-public held in Utrecht in June 2023. Citizens discussed disinformation, trust, expert advice and knowledge circulation after Covid-19, then produced ranked policy recommendations.

Updated June 3, 2026

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The Cumbria Climate Citizen's Assembly

The Cumbria Climate Assembly brought 42 randomly selected residents together over six sessions in spring 2025 to recommend how citizens can better influence climate change decision-making in the county.

Updated May 27, 2026

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France Télévisions Convention for Climate and the Environment

Updated May 27, 2026

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Southampton Citizens Climate Assembly

In December 2023, 37 diverse Southampton residents formed a Citizens' Climate Assembly to explore how the city can create an affordable, accessible, and connected transport system that cuts carbon emissions and supports climate goals.

Updated April 30, 2026

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Gata-Malcata Project

A cross-border initiative in the Gata-Malcata region which empowers communities to co-create fire-resilient landscapes through participatory land use and multi-level governance, addressing climate change and rural abandonment.

Updated February 24, 2026

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The Citizens’ Assembly on Trade & Climate

The Citizens’ Assembly on Trade & Climate closed a critical gap in public input on trade-related climate policy: members were first briefed by experts, then engaged in rigorous debate, refined their ideas, and finally voted to produce concrete, supported recommendations.

Updated February 21, 2026

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Wandsworth Citizens' Assembly 2023: Deliberative Recommendations on Air Quality

The Wandsworth Citizens’ Assembly on Air Quality brought together a demographically representative group of residents, with support from an Oversight Panel, to co-create recommendations informing the Borough’s 2023–2028 Air Quality Action Plan.

Updated August 21, 2025

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Birmingham Museum Citizen Jury

In 2024, Birmingham Museums held a Citizens’ Jury to engage residents in shaping the future of its museums. Facing financial strain and falling attendance, it asked: “What should Birmingham Museums do to meet community needs now and in the future?”

Updated August 13, 2025

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Dundee Climate Fund 3.0

The Dundee Climate Fund (DCF), which is launched by the Dundee City Council, is a participatory budgeting initiative in order to empower residents in directing funds toward local climate action projects.

Updated August 13, 2025

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Participatory Budgeting in Busia County

In the face of poor service delivery, mainly due to elite capture, resource allocation is incredibly inequitable. In this light, participatory budgeting has been implemented to take power away from elites and allow citizens to prioritise the most important services.

Updated May 21, 2025

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July 2020 Hong Kong pro-democracy primaries

Immediately following the post-protest imposition of the National Security Law in July 2020, the Hong Kong pro-democracy primaries were held, without official authorisation & amid police threats, to select pro-democracy candidates for the thence COVID-postponed LegCo election.

Updated May 30, 2024