For the second day of the Conference, discussion tables, utopian workshops, art sessions and exchanges of experiences followed one another. Many representatives and local actors shared their experiences of participatory democracy and how these have enabled emancipation and strengthened citizens' trust in the institutions. Participants agreed that this trust in institutions is more often questioned, the role of social movements was then debated.

On the thematic debate routable about "citizen participation as a force articulating society for sustainable development", Claudia Rivera, mayor of Puebla (Mexico), Jairo Jorge, Canoas citizen participation program (Brazil), Carlos Siegle de Souza, Rio Grande do Sul State Government (Brazil), Armando de Negri, Asunción participatory plan coordination (Paraguay), Bachir Kanoute, Enda ECOPOP (Senegal), Baba Ndiaye, president of Kaloack Department (Senegal), José Antonio Ochoa Pantoja, La Paz Autonomous Municipal Government (Bolivia) and Claudio Sule, Latin America and the Caribbean Local and Subnational Governments Network for Sustainable Developments (Chile). 

The themes for this day's activities were citizenship, education, public management, suburbs, direct democracy and participatory budgeting in new spaces. The participants shared many experiences on the many Experience Exchange Territorial Roundtable, such as the right of initiative in Canada by Dominique Ollivier form the Montreal Public Consultation Office. Diana Dajer, Polícentrico (Colombia), explained how participatory budgeting is a tool in the process of peace in Colombia after 30 years of conflict.