Modular Deliberative Forums, DEMDIS
DEMDIS emerged as a response to a deeply polarized context, where misinformation and distrust in institutions have fragmented public discourse. In this environment, the practice seeks to restore the value of citizen dialogue by creating carefully curated digital spaces where individuals with divergent views can listen to one another without fear or hostility.
Debate model of civic education
The civic debate model promoted by the Croatian Debate Society (CDS) is a national-level initiative that responds to the lack of youth awareness regarding active citizenship, political agency, and democratic culture. Through a network of debate clubs, the practice aims to empower young people to express their ideas, argue with reasoning, think critically, and actively engage in public life.
Community Engagement for Sustainable Impact
This deliberative process with farmers in Washim, India, exemplifies how deliberative democracy can empower rural communities and ensure their active participation in political decision-making—especially in crucial matters such as climate change, sustainable agriculture, and natural resource management.
ARTvocacy Movement
This project worked with youth aged 18 to 35 in informal settlements of Nairobi and Kisumu, aiming to develop effective ways to include them in democratic processes. Barriers identified included deep mistrust in government institutions, poverty, and participatory platforms that lacked feedback mechanisms. Despite these challenges, traditional structures like barazas (community meetings), WhatsApp groups, and bunges (informal parliaments) were already serving as local spaces for civic expression and were seen as opportunities to be strengthened and modernized.
Citizen School Lab, Pre-University School of Social Sciences and Humanities
The main goal of this project was to gather the necessary information to design a global survey that could evaluate the experiences of individuals participating in Participatory Budgeting (PB) processes worldwide.
Participative Budget Survey
The main goal of this project was to gather the necessary information to design a global survey that could evaluate the experiences of individuals participating in Participatory Budgeting (PB) processes worldwide.
Summer school participatory democracy
The purpose of the Summer School was to enable emerging practitioners, researchers, and democracy professionals to acquire key skills, build networks, and better understand models of participatory democracy. To achieve this, virtual workshops and surveys were organized to gather suggestions on relevant topics, ensuring a balance of perspectives from diverse actors, including government officials, NGOs, activist collectives, and academic institutions.
Youth interactive platform for democracy
This project worked with youth aged 18 to 35 in informal settlements of Nairobi and Kisumu, aiming to develop effective ways to include them in democratic processes. Barriers identified included deep mistrust in government institutions, poverty, and participatory platforms that lacked feedback mechanisms. Despite these challenges, traditional structures like barazas (community meetings), WhatsApp groups, and bunges (informal parliaments) were already serving as local spaces for civic expression and were seen as opportunities to be strengthened and modernized.
Rebuilding trust in socio-environmental conflicts
This experience in Buenaventura, Colombia, is a powerful example of how Legislative Theatre can serve as a tool for promoting dialogue, rebuilding trust, and addressing socio-environmental issues in complex and often violent contexts.
Farming democracy harvesting sustainability
This deliberative process with farmers in Washim, India, exemplifies how deliberative democracy can empower rural communities and ensure their active participation in political decision-making—especially in crucial matters such as climate change, sustainable agriculture, and natural resource management.