Citizen participation initiatives based on mini-groups or mini-publics, some of which are based on the civic lottery method, have been gaining interest in Portuguese society. These tend to take on different names, including panels, juries, councils and citizens' assemblies.

​These have in common the purpose of bringing together a representative group from a community to debate, draw up and propose public policies.

Mindful of this reality, the Network of Participatory Municipalities has taken on the need to organize a collection of good national and international practices that can serve as inspiration for our members. In a first phase, we intend to map initiatives and understand whether they fit into the logic of mini-publics, in order to produce some resources for the Network at a later stage.

If you know of an experience and would like to contribute to the Observatory under construction, please fill in the form below and send it to the Network's Technical Secretariat at rap@oficina.org.pt.