CA22149 CHANGECODE: Training School, (Budapest 23–25 March 2026) Developments and Challenges of Deliberation
Please find the final agenda for the Training school in Budapest attached. Wishing all the trainers and trainees a wonderful event.
WG3
Prof. Savaş Zafer Şahin, a member of WG3 in our COST Action, was included in the LGIU Top Thinkers in Local Government 2026
The LGIU Top Thinkers in Local Government 2026 list recognises individuals whose work contributes to advancing local democracy through a strong connection between research, policy, and practice. The list highlights thinkers who engage directly with the challenges facing local government, democratic participation, and governance innovation, while maintaining analytical depth and intellectual leadership. Prof. Savaş Zafer
Working Paper No. 6/ September 2025: “From Learner to Leader? Institutional Adoption and Political Uptake of Democratic Innovations in Poland and Ukraine”, by Dmitrij Wolodin
How do democracies adopt new tools for citizen participation?This article compares the rise of participatory budgeting (PB) in Poland and Ukraine. Both countries started with civic and donor-led initiatives, but their paths diverged: Poland made PB a legal requirement nationwide, while Ukraine left it to voluntary local initiatives.The study looks at why these choices were
WG3 Members presenting their works on deliberation at the General Conference of the European Consortium for Political Research, 26-29 August 2025, Thessaloniki, Greece
A dozen of WG3 members presented their works on deliberation in various panels at the General Conference of the European Consortium for Political Research hosted by the Aristotle University Thessaloniki on 26-29 August 2025. Their papers covered a broad range of issues related to deliberation from elements related to the organization and functioning of deliberative
“The National Debate on Electoral Reforms in North Macedonia” by: Renata Treneska Deskoska
In May and June 2022, the European Policy Institute (EPI) in Skopje launched a National Debate on Electoral Reforms in North Macedonia, placing citizen perspectives at the center of deliberations on key issues in the electoral system. The process unfolded in a period of political anticipation, with parliamentary elections scheduled for 2024 and increased calls
WG3 Panel on Participatory democracy at local level in Central and Eastern Europe at the XI ICCEES World Congress, 21-25 July 2025, London, UK
Four WG3 members presented their works in the panel “Participatory democracy at local level in Central and Eastern Europe” at the XI ICCEES World Congress hosted by University College London on 21-25 July 2025. The papers focused on participatory budgeting and specific forms of deliberation. The panel presentations provided insights into different cases: from single
WG3 Panel on Innovation and political participation at the XIII Portuguese Congress of Sociology, 8-11 July 2025, Sao Miguel, the Azores
Three WG3 members presented their works in this panel that focused on innovations and political participation in various communities at national and sub-national levels. This panel provided fruitful insights on how deliberation can influence political parties’ approaches on candidates and involvement of citizens in decision-making. Each paper provided a different perspective on deliberation shifting from
Working Paper No. 5/ June 2025
We are pleased to announce the new edition of the Working Papers with an inviting title:“Undermining Deliberation: Political Parties’ Strategies in the Design of Chile’s Constitutional Convention”, by René Tapia Citizen-inclusive constitution-making often promises legitimacy in the results, yet Chile’s 2019-22 experiment ended with a massive rejection of the proposal for a new constitution. This
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“Digital Constitution-making in Chile’s 2021-2022 Constitutional Convention” by: René Tapia
The 2021–2022 Chilean Constitution-making process is well-known for its deliberative democratic practices. The Convention operated under strong public expectations for inclusive and transparent decision-making. It implemented a series of participatory mechanisms intended to channel civic engagement into the Constitution-making process. These mechanisms pursued to build the Convention’s symbolic legitimacy and were framed as an experiment
Training School: THE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL DIMENSIONS OF DELIBERATION
We would like to share some insights from the First Training School in Cost Action CA22149 ChangeCode that was organised by the Working Group Leaders and was hosted by the University of Barcelona, Faculty of Geography and History, The Training School was organised in collaboration with the local Grup d’Estudis Històrics del Mediterrani Occidental (GEHMO)
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