Democratic participation

🗳 During election periods, disinformation and conspiracy theories can particularly affect the democratic and electoral processes. In this report supported by the Global Unit for Human Security (Heinrich Böll Foundation) and Africa...

In the last decade, civil society across the world has experienced signifiant change, as new civic movements and individual activists have played an increasingly important role in driving democratic processes. Especially since the...

With the next elections in Uganda scheduled for 2026, this report analyses the dynamics of candidate participation in local and national elections in 2016. Party dynamics, the slow decentralization process, the identity of...

Public participation is an instrument used by governments to increase the effectiveness of decision-making processes and nurture accountability relationships between citizens and government officials. When successfully implemented...

As international organisations grapple with increasingly complex global challenges - from climate change to human rights protection - the need for inclusive decision-making has never been more pressing. Civil society organisations...

Democracy is in decline and the share of world's population living in freedom under democratic government has decreased considerably as authoritarian practices proliferate. Surprisingly, most of the analyses that study these...