The European Local Democracy Week (ELDW) is an annual process of events held in Europe to foster local and national participation. The 2010 ELDW saw over 4000 towns, cities and villages in Europe participate by offering a number of events and activities open to citizens.
Omaar, a grassroots youth group created in Zakazik, Egypt as a result of the Social Contract Centre’s civic education programs, engaged over 500 children, youth, and community members in leadership, soft skills training and collective actions to reduce poverty in the community.
Problems and Purpose In this case study, the community programme ‘Your Community, Your Choice’ (established in 2013) uses the deliberative method of participatory budgeting (PB) to redistribute monetary funds seized from criminals in the local area. Since the 1980s, participatory budgeting has become an increasingly popular form of democratic innovation,...
Problems and Purpose This case study is that of the community engagement project set up to facilitate the redevelopment and rejuvenation of Heyford Reserve, a park area and reserve built by the community in the 1960s in the City of Salisbury in Adelaide, Australia. The council went directly to local...
The Participatory Urban Planning “The Auckland Plan” was a process organized by the Auckland Council in Auckland, New Zealand that also includes the region's extensive coastal and maritime areas. Citizens were invited to add ideas and views on key social, economic, environmental, cultural and urban growth issues to turn Auckland...