Welcome
The Participation Playbook is an interactive guide to help you successfully advocate for and implement a participatory program for your government or community. It's a tool for people who want to open up government to meaningful and equitable community participation.
How to use the Playbook
1. Learn about participation solutions.
First, understand how participation solutions can help solve big policy challenges.
2. Assess your needs.
Next, answer a short questionnaire to get a recommended participation solution that meets your needs.
3. Choose your program.
Then, select a participatory program and answer a series of questions to design a plan that works for your situation.
4. Get an action plan.
Finally, after completing your playbook, you’ll have an action plan that enables you to run a successful program!
Policy Challenges
Our communities face big challenges — climate change, social exclusion, declining trust in public institutions, and so many more. Meaningful public participation can help governments address these challenges. Click on the image below to learn more about policy challenges.
Participation Solutions
The Participation Playbook can help you overcome policy challenges with specific approaches that have been proven to work in diverse contexts around the world. Click on the cards below to learn more about each participation solution.
Build Your Participatory Program
The Playbook will walk you through the most important questions to answer when designing a participation process.
If you are unsure of which participatory program to choose, answer a short needs assessment to get a recommendation of a process that is right for you. Then, choose a participation solution that fits your needs.
Each step of the way, we will share recommended options and information to help you decide. At the end, you will have a plan for your process.
Get Help
Have questions about how to use the Playbook? Check out our frequently asked questions page and instructional videos.
The Playbook is managed by People Powered, in collaboration with dozens of organizations and experts around the world.