FROM GLOBAL SOUTH
In this section, you will find participatory and deliberative practices developed by social leaders, organizations, and collectives from the Global South that have transformed the way public decisions are made. Each model creates new opportunities for participation, strengthens the relationship between citizens and institutions, and offers valuable lessons for other communities worldwide. Bringing them together is a way to recognize their power, amplify their impact, and continue building democracy with citizens and among peers.
democracy
- Improving the democratic climate.
- Increased confidence in institutions.
- Democratic education.
- Institutionalization of deliberative practice.
the public
- Construction of public policies.
- Political incidence.
- Institutional transformation.
- Veeduría ciudadana.
- Rendición de cuentas.
and capacity building
- Citizen empowerment.
- Increased civic capabilities.
- Deliberation skills.


Participatory Budgeting in Schools

Debate model of civic education

ARTvocacy Movement

Sowing The Seed of Deliberation

Youth interactive platform for democracy

Civic Voices: A Tech Platform for Public Participation

Training and Empowerment for Participatory Decision-Making

Summer school participatory democracy

Rebuilding trust in socio-environmental conflicts

Deliberative Assemblies

Citizens’ Assemblies and Mini-Publics for Public Decision-Making

Participative Budget Survey

Citizen School Lab, Pre-University School of Social Sciences and Humanities

Resurgentes – Climate Assemblies Consortium

Farming democracy harvesting sustainability

CIVIS, Enhancing Citizen Participation in the Law-Making Process

Community Engagement for Sustainable Impact

WeVis: We Visualize Data for Democracy

Thailand Talks


Summer school participatory democracy

Rebuilding trust in socio-environmental conflicts

Deliberative Assemblies

Citizens’ Assemblies and Mini-Publics for Public Decision-Making

Participative Budget Survey

Citizen School Lab, Pre-University School of Social Sciences and Humanities

Resurgentes – Climate Assemblies Consortium


ARTvocacy Movement

Sowing The Seed of Deliberation

Youth interactive platform for democracy

Civic Voices: A Tech Platform for Public Participation

Training and Empowerment for Participatory Decision-Making


Farming democracy harvesting sustainability

CIVIS, Enhancing Citizen Participation in the Law-Making Process

Community Engagement for Sustainable Impact

WeVis: We Visualize Data for Democracy

Thailand Talks


Participatory Budgeting in Schools

Debate model of civic education
Hub
Activity
Model
Structured deliberation
Participatory democracy
Methodological innovations
Adaptive/contextual approaches
Actors
Citizenship and communities
Public sector
Civil society and intermediaries
Purpose
Strengthening democracy
Public advocacy
Citizen empowerment and capacity building
25 de 25 RESULTS
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Accompaniment Model
- Citizens’ Assemblies
- Facilitators
- Deliberative skills

ARTvocacy Movement
- South Asia and India
- South-South Swaps
- Digital Participation
- Youth
- Deliberative skills

WeVis: We Visualize Data for Democracy
- Sub-saharan Africa
- Accompaniment Model
- Citizen dialogues
- Youth
- Democratic education

Sowing The Seed of Deliberation
- Latin America
- South-South Swaps
- Citizen Assemblies
- Marginalized communities
- Citizen empowerment

Resurgentes – Climate Assemblies Consortium
- Latin America
- South-South Swaps
- Citizens’ assemblies
- Women
- Democratic education

Deliberative Assemblies
- Eastern Europe
- Accompaniment Model
- Citizens´ Councils
- Youth
- Strengthening democracy

Debate model of civic education
- South Asia and India
- Accompaniment Model
- DemTech
- Marginalized communities
- Institutional trust

CIVIS, Enhancing Citizen Participation in the Law-Making Process
- South Asia and India
- Accompaniment Model
- Deliberation in Conflict
- Marginalized communities
- Citizen empowerment

Community Engagement for Sustainable Impact
- Latin America
- Residencies
- Legislative Theater
- Facilitators
- Democratic education

Rebuilding trust in socio-environmental conflicts
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