The Public Participation and Deliberative Democracy Festival is an open event that brings together people of diverse backgrounds who are interested in, and work on, engagement of citizens in science, policymaking and deliberative democracy, in Europe and beyond. These include representatives from EU Member States, EU institutions, civil society organisations, research and academia as well as the arts world. The programme each year features a variety of events including conversations, interactive sessions, artwork and an exhibition of participatory and deliberative democracy projects. The Festival is also the main networking event of the Community of Practice of the Competence Centre on Participatory and Deliberative Democracy.
This year the Festival offers three possible ways to participate:
- In presence at DG JRC in Brussels, Belgium (8.30am-5.30pm on 20th October, 2022 & 9.30am-5.30pm on 21st October, 2022) (livestream available)
- In presence at DG JRC in Ispra, Italy (12.30pm-5.30pm on 20th October, 2022) (livestream available)
- Online (10.30am-5.30pm on 20th October, 2022 & 11am-5.30pm on 21st October, 2022 – via Zoom)