How citizens actively engage in governance, and how to foster genuine and inclusive participation, are issues of global importance. Demos and the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex will launch a new publication entitled Democratising Engagement: What the UK can learn from international experience by Professor Andrea Cornwall. The publication draws lessons for the UK from a recently published book, Spaces for Change: the Politics of Citizen Participation in New Democratic Arenas. The event will involve speaker presentations on recent UK initiatives, including local government ‘Champions of Participation’, and will look at lessons from experiences of extending citizen engagement in governance from all around the world. To reserve a seat RSPV [email protected] by 25 April.
