PP Decides 2024

Results PP Decides 2024

This year members voted on new organizational policies, activities to prioritize in 2024, and a new board of directors member. We are sharing the results below.

Our 2024 Priorities

Through months of discussion and voting on video calls and the People Powered Decides platform, our members decided which activities from our strategic plan we will prioritize in 2024. Below are the most prioritized activities and how we will implement them.

1. Accelerator Programs: We’ll work with our members to provide comprehensive capacity-building support for planning and launching 70 participatory programs. We’ll focus on addressing critical issues such as climate change and artificial intelligence, with expanded support across Europe.
2. Training: We’ll synthesize global knowledge and best practices, and turn them into learning programs, online courses andParticipation Playbookcontent. After releasing an improved version of ourdigital participation course, we’ll create new courses on the inclusion of marginalized communities and strategies to mainstream participation.
3. Partnerships: We’ll team up with international organizations to connect them with the resources, support and expertise that they need to run diverse participatory and deliberative democracy programs. This includes current partnerships with the Open Government Partnership, National Democratic Institute, Fisheries Transparency Initiative and Nets4Dem, and new partnerships - maybe with your organization?
4. Member committees and hubs: We’ll set up and manage spaces for focused member participation, including regional hubs and thematic committees (based on our new governance structure - see below). We will focus on having each committee and regional hub make at least two meaningful decisions about our work in 2024.
5. Connect staff and members: Expand member engagement roles for staff, recruit staff and contract workers from the membership, and host internships/fellowships for members. All staff will support member committees and hubs, and we will prioritize contracting our members for developing resources, speaking engagements, and mentorship.
6. Attract more unrestricted funding: Secure flexible funding to support organizational priorities. We will prioritize raising general operating funds, through grants, donations and membership dues, to enable our community to focus on the top long-term priorities that it has identified for accelerating global transitions to participatory democracy.

New Organizational Policies

Members also decided on key organizational policies that dictate how we work together. This year, members approved three policies that change how People Powered is governed and structured, and voted for staff to develop three additional policies. Our newly approved policies:

New Membership Model

We will implement three changes in our membership: opening up individual membership, experimenting with new funding streams and increasing engagement with government officials. If you’re supporting participatory democracy in your community, we now invite you to join People Powered as a member!

New Governance Structure

We will phase out the Global PB Boards, to transition from our initial focus on participatory budgeting to our current approach of supporting diverse participatory democracy methods. The new governance system includes several broader committees and regional hubs that connect People Powered members with each other and with the organization’s programs.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Policy

This policy describes how we support diversity, equity and inclusion internally in People Powered and externally in the world, including our commitment to shift power and resources to where they are needed most.

Members also voted for staff to develop new policies on organizational travel, public communications, and an updated pay scale for contractors. Stay tuned for news on these!

Our New Board Member

Our members also elected a rising star to our Board of Directors! Carla de Paiva Bezerra is a civil servant and researcher who is currently the Director of Digital Participation and Network Communication at the General Secretariat of the Brazilian Presidency. She is responsible for the national Brasil Participativo Platform, one of the world's largest digital participatory governance programs. Welcome, Carla!