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It's a wrap! 6th Citizen Participation and Deliberative Democracy Festival

  • Blog post | Last updated: 10 Nov 2026

Thank you for being part of the 6th Citizen Participation and Deliberative Democracy Festival! Over the three days, you were more than 500 people joining us in person and online to raise the bar for participatory and deliberative democracy.


How did you experience the Festival?
Please take around five minutes to share your feedback in our short survey.
Tell us what was useful, what could work better and what you would like to continue. Your feedback will help shape future events and community activities.


Revisit the Festival at your own pace: 
You can watch the overall session recordings and explore the reflections and materials in this space. There is plenty to return to - or discover for the first time. Starting next week, there will be dedicated session recordings in place. We also invite you to continue the conversations around the many questions you called and for which there was not enough time to address them all. You will find all of them in the session blog posts as well. Simply comment to reply to an insight or question thread you were intrigued by. 


Let’s keep the conversation - and collaboration - going.
Our Participatory and Deliberative Democracy Community connects people across public institutions, research and civil society to learn from one another and improve participation in practice. Create your profile and join us to share your interests, find people facing similar challenges and help shape what we do next.

We’ll share reflections and proposals from the community stand, inviting you to add what is missing and identify practical next steps together. Whether or not you visited the stand, your perspective is much appreciated. This is a new space that will take shape thanks to your contributions.

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We look forward to taking the next steps together.

Best regards,
The organising team

Comments (1)

I was honored to participate in the festival as a graphic harvester. I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone with whom I had the chance to exchange in front of my graphic recording. Each encounter was enriching and served as an important reminder, as a note of hope that the world has the potential to become a better place, thanks to people like you. I’ve summarised my other takeaways and reflections on my visual practice in a blog post. I’d love to hear your thoughts: Graphic recording at the 6th Citizen Participation and Deliberative Democracy Festival – Claudio Nichele

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