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Featured Case: Six Hundred Years of Participatory Democracy: The Case of the Oromo Gadaa P...

A 600 year-old system of governance, unique for its organic development of consensus through a self-regulated process of deliberation.

 
Featured Case: Watershed Governance in Coquitlam River: Fostering Participation through In...

A new approach to watershed governance which seeks to improve stewardship and ecological protection through community-based initiatives and cross-jurisdictional collaboration.

 
Featured Case: Conto Partecipo Scelgo. Il Bilancio Partecipativo del Comune di Milano [Mil...

An ambitious budgeting initiative which, like many before it, failed to attract a wide number of participants due to a lack of attention given to event promotion and voter recruitment.

Featured Case: Islamabad Katchi Abadi Community Database

A grassroots fight to secure housing and equal rights for Islamabad’s slum residents, many of whom are poor, internally displaced, or minorities.

 
Featured Case: Citizen Councils of Grenoble, France

These six councils have created a permanent cycle of participation and feedback between city planners and the residents they serve. 

 
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News

Participedia’s first Summer School at the Université de Montréal

The Participedia team is pleased to announce our first “summer school” as a partnership between Université de Montréal’s Centre for International Studies and Research (CERIUM) and our own network of researchers and practitioners.

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Published: “Democratizing Urban Watersheds” by Participedia’s SFU Team

Participedia team members from Simon Fraser University, Co-investigator, Joanna Ashworth, and Research Assistant, Tyler Carlson, recently co-wrote an article for

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