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Municipal Development Councils

From diversity of interests to basic consensus: four further processes successfully completed

Four municipalities, four unanimous resolutions - the conclusion of another round of municipal development councils shows how local participation can succeed.

Network meeting: Now more than ever! Municipalities as nuclei of democracy

We invite you: Come and talk to us and our partners from the municipal development councils - 20 February, 7.00 pm

"It really sparked off for some"

How municipal development councils promote local engagement and motivate citizens to actively participate in local politics - a review of the processes of the model project for VORAN.

Why our democracy needs a "living basic consensus"

Berlin Governance Platform founder Gesine Schwan illustrates how municipal development councils strengthen democracy and the common good.

"Democracy is manual labour"

In an interview with Deutschlandfunk, BGP Managing Director Daphne Büllesbach discusses the "state of health" of European democracy.