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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)
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