Resource description:
The CC‑DEMOS - Competence Centre on Participatory and Deliberative Democracy - working with the European Commission’s environment DG has developed:
1) a toolkit for participatory processes on pollinators;
2) a Young Citizens Assembly on pollinators (Sept 2025 – March 2026) to engage youth in policy advice and co‑creation (cop-demos.jrc.ec.europa.eu) Beyond providing recommendations on the topic of pollinators, this Assembly is also piloting a more direct involvement of young citizens in the ways biodiversity issues are governed in Europe;
3) facilitated dialogues between farmers and citizens to develop local interventions supporting pollinators. The aim is to propose more inclusive and fairer adaptation strategies, foster mutual understanding and support, and create a context for establishing new relations between citizens and farmers;
4) a Makers in Residence program hosted by the JRC Makerspace in Ispra, Italy. So far, five makers engaged with the theme of 'pollinators' during the first (2020-2021), third (2024) and fourth (2024) residencies.
Read more about their projects here: https://cop-demos.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pollinators#text-wrapper-676
Author/Contact:
CC‑DEMOS - European Commission (DG ENV)