The State of Participatory

Democracy

In partnership with The Hunger Project and UN Democracy Fund

GWU Capstone Team:Suffi QarniLuke Fuller

Sam Kendall

Presented April 26, 2013

PARTICIPATORY LOCAL DEMOCRACY COMMUNITY OF

PRACTICE

GWU CAPSTONE TEAM:

Sam Kendall Luke Fuller Suffi Qarni

THE HUNGER PROJECT TEAM:

John Coonrod Elisabeth Epstein Leanna Baeber

The PLG Community of Practice

EXTENDED Communit

y of Practice

PRIMARY Communit

y of Practice

Advisory Board

Project development group

COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE

RESEARCH

INDEX

SCORECARD

REPORT

Project Design

& Phases

CONSULTATIONS

Washington

MexicoCity Delhi

DhakaRomeCapeTown

CONSULTATIONS

WASHINGTON DC• Isolated projects• Basic framework

MEXICO CITY• (+) Planning component• No democratic processes in

partiesDELHI & DHAKA• Gender, marginalized groups• (+) Legal vs practice• Advocacy & knowledge networks

ROME• Subnational development co-op• Sharing knowledge and

experienceCAPE TOWN• Political interference• Inequality• Survey feedback

… WASHINGTON DC 2.0

COMPONENTS

CITIZENRY

POLITICAL

ADMINISTRATIVE

FISCAL

PLANNING

COMPONENTS

CITIZENRY

Aware

Inclusive

Organized

Participating

POLITICAL

Democratic

Transparent

Accountable

Autonomous

ADMINISTRATIVE

Decentralized

Trained*

Effective

FISCAL

Supported

Independent

PLANNING

Capacity

Deliberative

WHERE WE ARE NOW

Expanding the Community

Validating scoring methodology

Preliminary Survey data

LESSONS LEARNED

Balance theory with accessibilityConstant revision and content management

Transparency is essentialPractitioners focus locallyEnormous opportunity for collective advocacy

NEXT STEPS

1) Share our project report with the Community

2) Push out the Survey through CoP and other networks(May-June)

3) Compile the first State of Participatory Democracy Report(June-August)

4) Publish ahead of UN General Assembly (September 2013)