Exchanges
Deliberation from the south practices and mechanisms
05/Exchange
Speakers
Guy Blaise Dongmo
Cameroon For a World Beyond the War
Patricia Sorribas
Red Ciudadana Nuestra Córdoba
Sofia Casstillo
Instituto Sur Urbano
Topics
Deliberation in contexts of violence and political exclusion, citizen advocacy strategies, adaptation of methodologies to the realities of the Global South, youth and women’s participation, monitoring and social control from civil society.
The Deliberation Deck
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Eat, talk, decide
Type of card: Strategy
Special power: Builds trust and belonging
How: Community meetings were organized with food as a bridge for dialogue, sparking sensitive conversations in everyday settings. Decisions were built on trust, not formality.
Outstanding result: Increased attendance and openness in tense contexts
Context where applied: Cameroon, HUB Sub-Saharan Africa - Guy Blaise Dongmo, Cameroon For a World Beyond the War
Key actors involved: Young people, women, grassroots organizations
Minimum resources needed: Budget for food, community spaces, logistical support
View real application Special power: Builds trust and belonging
How: Community meetings were organized with food as a bridge for dialogue, sparking sensitive conversations in everyday settings. Decisions were built on trust, not formality.
Outstanding result: Increased attendance and openness in tense contexts
Context where applied: Cameroon, HUB Sub-Saharan Africa - Guy Blaise Dongmo, Cameroon For a World Beyond the War
Key actors involved: Young people, women, grassroots organizations
Minimum resources needed: Budget for food, community spaces, logistical support
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Citizen goal plan
Type of card: Good practice
Special power: Transforms deliberation into binding planning
How: Citizens defined priorities through deliberative processes and agreed on binding goals with the local government. Institutionalized monitoring spaces were established with the active participation of social organizations. The impact was sustained through collective monitoring and shared political will.
Outstanding result: Institutionalization of citizen control in public management
Context where applied: Argentina, HUB Latin America, Red Ciudadana Nuestra Córdoba
Key actors involved: Organized civil society, local government, active citizens
Minimum resources required: Spaces for deliberation, monitoring mechanisms, political will
View real application Special power: Transforms deliberation into binding planning
How: Citizens defined priorities through deliberative processes and agreed on binding goals with the local government. Institutionalized monitoring spaces were established with the active participation of social organizations. The impact was sustained through collective monitoring and shared political will.
Outstanding result: Institutionalization of citizen control in public management
Context where applied: Argentina, HUB Latin America, Red Ciudadana Nuestra Córdoba
Key actors involved: Organized civil society, local government, active citizens
Minimum resources required: Spaces for deliberation, monitoring mechanisms, political will
Deliberation from the south practices and mechanisms
Focus
Mechanisms for including women and young people in contexts of electoral violence, tools for citizen monitoring of public policies, and the use of citizen juries as a deliberative response to corruption were explored. The focus was on adapting methodologies to the complex realities of the Global South and strengthening advocacy through participation.
Times
- 17:11 - Opportunities for women and young people to participate in the electoral process
- 19:31 - Experience in Cameroon
- 27:56 - Main challenges and difficulties of deliberative practices and mechanisms in the Global South
- 32:25 - Achievements of advocacy through deliberation
- 37:22 - Public hearings: case study
- 38:32 - Deliberation and virtuality
- 47:05 - Case study: Anti-corruption citizens' jury in Chihuahua
- 48:20 - The golden ticket: civic lottery
- 55:15 - Monitoring and participation mechanisms
- 1:01:46 - Assemblies for ratification of the deliberation