EC Preliminary Policy Brief: Accessing deliberative democracy

The EUARENAS project sees the participation of different stakeholders in the development of deliberative democratic initiatives at the local level. The project follows a circular process that links the research phases to the implementing ones in a continuous confrontation among the various actors involved. From research institutions to cities, the project can map and deal with the various needs and difficulties that can be encountered when developing and implementing a deliberative democracy initiative. The following policy brief is built upon the results of the early phases of the project. While more results will be available once the following phases are undertaken, it is still possible to identify some core criticalities as well as some policy provision to improve the general framework of local deliberative democracy.