Civic Voices: A Tech Platform for Public Participation
The main goal of Civic Voices, an initiative presented by Daniel Orogo and developed by Democracy Moves, is to facilitate public participation in Kenya through a technological platform that allows citizens to express opinions, ask questions, and access essential information for decision-making. The practice focuses on creating an accessible, affordable, and safe channel for interaction between government and society that is more open, transparent, and efficient.
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.
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
CIVIS, Enhancing Citizen Participation in the Law-Making Process
The primary aim of CIVIS is to facilitate citizen participation in legislative processes through accessible public consultations. This digital platform enables people across India to share their opinions on draft laws in plain, understandable language, using channels such as WhatsApp, IVR, and social media.
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.
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To explore selection mechanisms such as civic lotteries to achieve greater inclusion and legitimacy in processes.
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Evelyn Dan Epelle shares the experiences of ActHub Africa and Africa’s Voices Foundation
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.