Good News: Systematic Participation is Now a Part of a Global Discussion about Good Governance

by Participation Factory

Earlier this month Estonia hosted an Open Government Partnership (OGP) Global Summit bringing together over 1 000 government representatives, members of civil society, and experts in the field of democratic innovation including public participation and civic tech. So, what happened there?    The focus of the summit was on preservation of democracy since it is

We Need More Creativity in Policymaking. About Legislative Theatre with Katy Rubin

by Participation Factory

(photo: Steve Hosey)   Katy Rubin is a legislative theatre practitioner, designer and strategist of legislative theatre and other creative participatory democracy methodologies. She is the former founding executive director of Theatre of the Oppressed NYC, a nonprofit organization that partners with communities facing discrimination to spark transformative action. She helped run a number of