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

The main goal of this practice, led by Delibera Brasil and presented by Silvia Cervellini, is to create institutionalized spaces where citizens can participate in an informed and strategic way in public decisions. Through citizens’ assemblies and mini-publics organized via civic lotteries, the practice fosters representative, deliberative, and responsible participation—especially in contexts of inequality and exclusion.

Participatory Budgeting in Schools

The main goal of this practice, led by the organization Open and presented by Alexandra Ilijin, is to promote student, teacher, and family participation in school decision-making through participatory budgeting tailored to educational environments. The methodology is based on design thinking, with iterative cycles including deliberation, creative expression, and collaborative decision-making.

Resurgentes – Climate Assemblies Consortium

The main goal of this practice, led by Extituto with support from organizations like Delibera Brasil and Democracia en Red, was to generate a multi-stakeholder participatory process to address the issue of solid waste management in Buenaventura, a city marked by deep inequalities, forced displacement, and structural violence. The assembly emerged as the culmination of five years of territorial work and was inspired by deliberative methodologies developed in Latin America

Sowing The Seed of Deliberation

The initiative combines deliberative methodologies with accessible technology, amplified through media partnerships, to build metaconsensus—understood as possible agreements between people who think differently, without requiring unanimity

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.