Inclusive Democracy Innovations Learning Webinar

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In our webinar, we hear the latest innovations in inclusive democracy and new resources to help governments, funders, and civil society support more inclusive democratic practices.

Participatory and deliberative democracy are often viewed as tools to complement representative institutions, by empowering people to collaborate with governments in decision-making processes that affect their lives. In practice, however, are these approaches genuinely shifting power and engaging broader communities in decision-making?

Governments, civil society organizations, and philanthropies frequently struggle to engage marginalized communities in democratic decision-making. Even with efforts like sortition to ensure representative participation, structural barriers such as power dynamics hinder effective and meaningful involvement. Addressing these challenges requires a fundamental shift in process design, to make inclusivity the default.