01/Exchange
Farming Democracy, Harvesting Sustainability
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.
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.
10/MasterClass
Farming Democracy, Harvesting Sustainability
09/MasterClass
To reflect on the role of technology in increasing accountability and citizen participation.
08/MasterClass
To understand the relationship between social mobilization, collective identity, and political advocacy in Africa.
07/MasterClass
To learn about innovative experiences of participation in different countries of the Global South and the factors that contribute to their success or decline.