As part of the Engage 2022 seminar series Making Liverpool Better together we are collecting in one place some resources and links that might be of interest in the build-up to the series and also in our follow-up from the series. Please feel free to suggest additions, corrections or improvements by emailing: chair@engageliverpool.com.
You can learn more about the seminar series and register for them on this page HERE
You can read Jon Alexander’s latest articles below:
- How to be a hands-on citizen Psyche Magazine April 2023
You can access important articles and websites about citizen democracy below:
- Athens Democracy Forum 28-30th September 2022
- Democracy and Culture Foundation founded 2019 HQ in London and office in Athens
- Deliberativa
- newDemocracy Foundation an Australian research project founded in 2004
- DemocracyNext to be launched on 15th September 2022 in Paris
- openDemocracy founded 2001 in the UK
- CitizenNetwork founded in 2016 in New Zealand
- mySociety founded 2003 in London
- New Local an independent think-tank
- We’re Right Here the campaign for community power
- Democratic Society based in Brussels and connecting citizens across Europe
- Democracy Movement a campaign founded in 1998 in UK
- Involve a charity formed in 2003 to put people at the heart of decision-making
- BBC R4 Positive Thinking – Citizen Assemblies
- Ostbelgien Model Citizens’ Council Citizens’ Assemblies founded in 2019 by the Government of East Belgium
- Civic Power Fund a new charitable fund to support community organising
- Berkana Institute theory of change in living systems, and the Two Loop Theory which developed from it.