The Division of Elections and Participatory Democracy promotes and assists the implementation of standards and mechanisms to engage citizens in political decision-making at all levels in Council of Europe member States. Working together with public authorities on different governance levels and representatives of civil society of all sectors, the Division encourages and supports key stakeholders to initiate processes that allow citizens to make their voices heard and to shape political decisions, additionally to the participation in elections.

 Read more about Participatory Democracy, its underlying values, models and trends.