Distinction "Best Practice in Citizen Participation"

How can I submit a proposal?

1st

Become member of IOPD

If you want to be part of our network, sign up here.

2nd

Join the PARTICIPATE OIDP platform

Sign up to the platform using the same email address you use for IOPD.
You will receive a confirmation email from decideix@decideix.com. Follow the link and create your password
Sign in to the platform
Once you are inside, you must fill in your personal profile as a representative of your institution/organisation.

3rd

Submit a proposal

Once you have created your profile, you will have to go to “Processes” and go into the process corresponding to the 2020 Award.
In order to submit your innovative proposal, you will have to reply to three easy questions in three languages (English, French and Spanish):
- Who submits the proposal? (100 words)
- Which practice/innovation is submitted and which is its purpose? (300 words)
- Why is it an innovative practice? (150 words)

You have time until the 24th March 2020 (12:00 GMT). Keep in mind that you will have to answer them in Spanish, English and French. If you need help to translate it, send us the proposal to award@oidp.net before the 3rd March 2020 and we will help you.

You will find all the details in the Participate IOPD platform, in each of the process stages. Also, you may find answers to other questions in the FAQs page.

Calendar

until the 24 March 2020 (12:00 GMT).

First stage - proposal submissions:

Submit your proposal until the 24th March 2020 (12:00 GMT).
If you need help to translate it into any language, you must send your proposal to award@oidp.net before the 3rd March 2020.

from the 24th to the 25th March 2020

Second stage - evaluation of formal requirements:

From the 17th to the 18th March 2020 we will evaluate the compliance with the requirements that are specified in section 3 of the terms and will reject those proposals that do not comply with them.

from the 1st to the 16th April 2020

Third stage - comments and voting:

From the 1st to the 16th April 2020 it is your turn to comment and vote! IOPD members who have signed up to the digital platform will be able to comment the proposals and ask questions to the person who submits it. Each member will be able to vote for up to three proposals.

And then? A ranking with all proposals will be made and the 20 proposals which have more votes will move to the next stage. Should less than 40 proposals be submitted, only the ones which are among the 50% most voted will move to the next stage. If there should be several proposals with the same number of votes, the ones to move to the next stage will be decided by lot.

from the 18th April to the 31st May 2020

Fourth stage - submission of the full proposal:

Have you made it to the fourth stage? Congratulations! Now you have to submit the full proposal filling in a new form with questions which are related to the evaluation criteria that the jury must follow.

Also, if you want you may submit complementary information in digital format to enhance your candidacy. You will have time to send the full proposal to award@oidp.net until the 31st May 2020.

from the 1st to the 25th June 2020

Fifth stage - jury evaluation

Each member of the jury will evaluate 10 proposals and will submit a report on each of them through a form. The report will include the point assignments for each of the evaluation criteria (section 5 of the terms) and a brief justification. The proposal which has more points will be the winner! Also, the jury will be able to choose up to five special mentions.

Final stage - publication of results and feedback

The result of the prizes will be made public during the annual IOPD conference taking place taking place in July 2020. On the other hand, jury comments will be sent to the candidacies that have made it to the fifth stage for the purpose of them to be used to improve the practices on participatory democracy.

14th Award