January News: New climate partnership, post-doc fellowship, and more!
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January News
We have big news this month:
New partnership to tackle the climate crisis
Post-doc fellowship opportunity
The outcomes of our research grants
Funding opportunities
And more!
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📢 Updates
New partnership to help communities manage fisheries and tackle the climate crisis
As a crisis brews in the world’s oceans and marine ecosystems deplete alarmingly, we are launching a new collaboration to put power in peoples’ hands and restore balance. The Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI), People Powered, and Participation Factory are piloting a solution in the Seychelles and Madagascar that seeks to strengthen the participation of local stakeholders in how marine fisheries are managed.
We funded 4 research projects on participatory democracy. The results are in!
With the growing movement for participatory democracy globally, the need for effective, context-specific solutions has never been more pressing. In 2021, our members voted to allocate $50,000 to fund participatory democracy research that directly responded to practitioners' needs. We funded four research projects, through an open call to our members, and we just released the final reports.
The findings provide insight on involving students in participatory budgeting, transitions to e-democracy, increasing the participation of internally displaced people, and more.
💡 Opportunities
Apply to be our learning and evaluation specialist!
Attention PhD students and graduates! People Powered is hosting a fully funded two-year postdoc fellowship for a learning and evaluation specialist. We are honored to have been selected as a host organization by the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) for its Leading Edge Fellowship program for a second time. The learning and evaluation specialist will help us understand, communicate and grow the impact of our work, in order to accelerate transitions to participatory democracy around the world.
Apply by 9 p.m. ET on Monday, March 13, 2024 (2 a.m. UTC on Tuesday, March 14, 2024). Applicants must be authorized to work in the US for the entire duration of the fellowship term.
🗓️ Upcoming Events
May 15-18: Democracy International: Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy (Bucharest, Romania)
May 19-22: People Powered Member Convening (Warsaw, Poland)
May 22-23: e-Governance Conference 2024: Unlocking Digital Success (Hybrid, Estonia)
June 12-14: 5th Public Participation and Deliberative Democracy Festival (Brussels, Belgium)
📚 Featured Resources
Involve: Knowledge Base resources (English; refreshed design)
Citizen participation in governance: For a strong democratic society (Swedish)
📖 What We’re Reading
💲 Funding and Calls
CIVICUS: Local Leadership Labs Inception Meeting – Terms of Reference for facilitation and curation of manual (February 5)
National Endowment for Democracy: Grants to advance democratic goals and strengthen democratic institutions (March 11)
German Marshall Fund: Central Europe—Building Resilience in Civil Society (CEBRICS) project supports efforts to advance democratic freedoms and security with grants ranging from $10,000 to $25,000 for Applicants in Bulgaria, Hungary, or Poland. (Deadline: March 15)
IDRC: Funding opportunity for research on climate change and health solutions that are co-created with local communities. (Deadline: March 15)
Multitudes Foundation: Open call for incubation and scaling grants for organizations building more inclusive politics in Europe (Rolling deadline)