More than 600 participants from over 60 countries shared and discussed democratic renewal, climate justice and participatory methodologies at the world summit of cities for democracy.
The municipality of Grenoble, with the support of Grenoble Alpes Métropole, other French cities and organizations working in the field of participatory democracy, hosted the annual meeting from December 7 to 10. This meeting was part of the closing of the European Green Capital 2022 and other events such as the meeting of cities in transition or the meeting of the network of French associative centers.
The theme of the conference was Take Action! Towards a democratic renewal in the face of the ecological, health and social crisis and focused on debating, exchanging experiences and proposing actions to improve the instances of local democracy, think about fair climate action and face challenges in our cities and territories with a view to inclusion and respect for human rights.
The opening ceremony took place on the 7th with statements by Éric Piolle, mayor of Grenoble and president of the IOPD, Pascal Clouaire, vice-president of Grenoble Alpes Métropole, Jean-Marc Yace, mayor of Cocody and co-president of the IOPD, Marc Serra, councilor of the City of Barcelona and secretary general of the IOPD and finally Annabelle Bretton, councilor for democracy in the City of Grenoble who presented the program of the conference.
This was followed by the inaugural dialogue moderated by Marion Carrel with Gerson Almeida, one of those responsible for the first participatory budgets in Porto Alegre, Elisa Loncón, first president of the Constituent Assembly in Chile, academic and social activist, and Magali Plovie, president of the French-speaking Parliament of Brussels, which promotes deliberative commissions between deputies and citizens chosen by lot.
Throughout Thursday 8 and Friday 9, round tables, workshops, meetings, visits and workspace were held around the themes of the conference. In total, more than 80 activities were organized in this international conference.
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