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Public Debate on the sea: a co-design process by and for the voiceless

A co-design process in which trained members of social organisations co-designed tools and led events to incorporate the perspectives of voiceless people in the Public Debate on the sea, supported by the CNDP and Res Publica, as part of the PHOENIX project.

Updated August 21, 2025

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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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A Bricolage Strategy for Sustainable Farm to Fork Practices in Transdanubia: A Collection of Local Knowledge

The bricolage strategy for F2F practices in Transdanubia was created via a participatory process facilitated by the PHOENIX EU project partner University of Szeged. The co-creation brought together 19 local entrepreneurs in order to take a joint step towards green transition.

Updated August 13, 2025

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Art-based approach for youth and more-than-human participation in Emilia-Romagna’s policymaking

In 2025, the Italian region Emilia-Romagna and the University of Florence collaborated to explore innovative participatory approaches to inform environmental policymaking. The initiative engaged with two high schools and aimed to cultivate knowledge, empathy, and civic engagement

Updated August 13, 2025

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BUILDING WOMEN POWER IN KENYA THROUGH COMMUNITY ORGANIZING

investing in women empowerment fosters lasting change

Updated March 20, 2025

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Yukon Citizens 'Assembly on Electoral Reform (YCA)

The Yukon Citizens' Assembly on Election Reform met over four weekends from May to September, 2024. The assembly ultimately provided a recommendation for if Yukon should keep its current electoral system (first-past-the-post) or adopt another model (ranked vote).

Updated November 7, 2024

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Strong Starts for Children New Mexico

Strong Starts for Children (SSFC) in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, was a citizens' deliberation with the aim of ameliorating childhood education for marginalized and underserved youth.

Updated October 30, 2024

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Citizens' Juries in Prisons to Determine Health Priorities for Incarcerated Populations in Australia

Citizens’ juries were conducted in six Australian prisons to learn from incarcerated people about what they view as the most important issues for prison health care and research.

Updated July 31, 2024

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Australia Cares Care Labs and People's Assemblies on Care

The Australia Cares project was established in response to a number of royal commissions into care and the gaps in care revealed during the pandemic. The Sydney Policy Lab set up a community-led initiative to inform policy to respond to the "crisis of care".

Updated May 31, 2024

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Future of the woodland caribou in Quebec

Updated May 13, 2024

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Arkansas Women’s Commission: Actionable Recommendations on Labor Force Participation

The 2022 Arkansas Women’s Commission reviewed the state of women through a ten-month community engagement effort. The collaboration included stakeholders across the State to uncover recommendations for addressing barriers faced by women in the U.S. state of Arkansas.

Updated April 9, 2024

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Central Upper Peninsula Planning and Development Regional Commission’s Preparation Meetings

The Community Economic Development Strategy Committee (“CEDS Committee”) met in 2021 in order to prepare the 2021-2025 Community Economic Development Strategy (“2021-2025 CEDS”) for submission to the US Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA).

Updated April 9, 2024

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Ausgrid Voice of Community Panel

Ausgrid sought customer input through a community panel to inform its submission to the Australian Energy Regulator for the next five years.

Updated March 26, 2024

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PACC Abruzzo - Climate change adaptation plan of Abruzzo Region [Climate change adaptation plan of Abruzzo Region]

Updated March 5, 2024

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FORECAST NL: Charting a Course for Newfoundland and Labrador’s Climate, Economy, and Society

The Forecast NL initiative was launched on February 5, 2021, by the Leslie Harris Centre of Regional Policy and Development to engage academia, industry, community, government, and the public in discussions of ideas and solutions regarding the climate, economy, and society of Newfoundland and Labrador. It was composed of a Steering Committee, Knowledge Mobilization Committee, a Citizen Forum, and an online discussion platform.

Updated February 6, 2024

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COVID-19 Culturally & Linguistically Diverse Community Forums: South Australia

Preparing to avoid a second wave of COVID-19 in South Australia, SA Health engaged democracyCo to conduct multiple online forums with 250 multicultural leaders. This work enabled SA Health to combat an outbreak two weeks later and ultimately avoid a second wave.

Updated January 16, 2024

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Pierce County Rural Climate Dialogue

The Pierce County Rural Climate Dialogue was a 5-day online jury for residents of rural eastern and southern Pierce County, Washington to create a community action plan to address the impact of climate change on local public health and disaster and emergency management.

Updated December 10, 2023

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Pierce County Rural Climate Dialogue

The Pierce County Rural Climate Dialogue was a 5-day online jury for residents of rural eastern and southern Pierce County, Washington to create a community action plan to address the impact of climate change on local public health and disaster and emergency management.

Updated December 9, 2023

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The Irish Citizen's Assembly on Biodiversity Loss

The Irish Citizen's Assembly on Biodiversity Loss is aimed at educating the public about the biodiversity loss occuring in Ireland, empowering the public through education, and facilitating discussion and deliberation on how to address biodiversity loss.

Updated December 8, 2023

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Indigenous Political Assertion on Niyamgiri Hills

Describes the case of Dongria Kondh tribe in India asserting their Constitutional rights to reclaim Niyamgiri Hills

Updated October 18, 2023