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The Competence Centre on Participatory and Deliberative Democracy aims to respond to the increasing demand from the European Commission, EU institutions and countries for capacity to support participatory and deliberative projects and policies at the EU level.

This web platform aims to support the activities of the Community of Practice by providing a space for sharing experiences and recommendations regarding different methodologies to engage citizens. Moreover, the web platform is itself a place of reflexivity on participatory methodologies and governance. It can also be used as a working space to design citizen participation in science and policy making.

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5th Citizen Participation and Deliberative Democracy Festival

Citizen Engagement Navigator

JRC Collab & Makerspace

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Training for public administrations and future trainers

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New Project to Tackle the Challenge of Scaling Democratic Innovations

Launched on 5 December, the EU-funded project ScaleDem will promote the adoption and scaling of democratic innovations as a way towards greater inclusive and participatory governance. Together, leading experts, researchers and practitioners will develop tools such as policy roadmaps and a Compass for Scaling Democratic Innovations, to support the uptake of battle-tested solutions by policy makers and practitioners. Two open calls will be published in 2026 to support third parties in real-life experimentations of these solutions.

Coming soon: Young Citizens Assembly on Pollinators

Through 2025 and 2026, 100 young people from across the EU will come together to deliberate over key issues connected to the decline of wild pollinating insects and to develop policy recommendations for the EU institutions regarding this important biodiversity issue.

In support of different ways of knowing

Local, traditional and indigenous knowledges offer critical insights and ways of knowing that may not be considered or included in traditional science and policymaking methods. The CC-DEMOS is upstarting a new Community of Practice to bring in these inputs and work across different ways of knowing.