The International Observatory on Participatory Democracy (IOPD) is a space open to all cities in the world and all associations, organizations and research centers interested in learning about, exchanging impressions and applying experiences of participatory democracy on a local scale with the aim of deepening the roots of democracy in municipal government.
The Commission encourages Member States to reinforce civil society capacities at both national and local
The City Council announced on 3 December that a new participatory process is under way for the city’s teenagers
The IOPD interviews Ismael Peña-López, Director General of Citizen Participation and Electoral Processes of
Evidence from European cities shows emerging trends of shortterm local participatory practices focussed on the provision of
Paper by Celina
Paper by Caroline Patsias, Anne Latendresse and Laurence