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Watch our launch event on October 17 to hear experts on digital participation giving it a walkthrough. You can also view the slide deck of the presentation. Interpretation in Mandarin, Spanish, Portuguese, and French are also available.

We are witnessing a wave of robust digital participation programs across the globe, from Taiwan, Kyrgyzstan to Chile and more, which unlock public engagement in participatory policymaking, budgeting and decision-making digitally

A successful digital participation program depends on selecting the right platform and tools and employing the best strategies. 

We launched the Digital Participation Online Training, a free and self-paced training that covers everything you need to know to navigate these factors and to launch or improve your digital participation program.

 

We are witnessing a wave of robust digital participation programs across the globe, from Taiwan, Kyrgyzstan to Chile and more, which unlock public engagement in participatory policymaking, budgeting and decision-making digitally

A successful digital participation program depends on selecting the right platform and tools and employing the best strategies. 

We launched the Digital Participation Online Training, a free and self-paced training that covers everything you need to know to navigate these factors and to launch or improve your digital participation program.

About the training

The Digital Participation Platforms online training seeks to assist governments, civil society organizations, and other institutions in choosing and implementing technological tools for increasing public participation. Several comprehensive digital participation platforms have emerged in the past years to help local governments to engage residents in all types and stages of participatory processes, ranging from planning, budgeting and citizens’ assemblies to drafting legislation. 

This online training provides step-by-step guidance to learners on how to choose, set up, and run digital platforms to start or expand public participation. The training is based on People Powered’s Digital Participation Platforms (DPP) guide, Digital Participation Platforms Ratings and TicTec stories. The course is equipped with instructional videos, engaging reflection prompts and discussion forum prompts where you can interact with other participants.

Why join the digital participation revolution?

Digital tools have emerged recently as a crucial way to engage public participation, but the growing number of tools available has made it difficult to keep track of and select the best ones available based on needs, from planning and budgeting to citizens’ assemblies and the drafting of legislation. At their best, platforms enable decision-makers or communities to manage community and stakeholder engagement, collective deliberation and decision-making, public communication, internal coordination.