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2023 People Powered Strategy Survey

Thursday, April 27, 2023

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170

Date Created: Monday, April 10, 2023

Total Responses

Complete Responses: 170

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Q4: Gender *

Answered: 170 Skipped: 0

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Q4: Gender *

Answered: 170 Skipped: 0

ANSWER CHOICES

RESPONSES

Female

46.47%

79

Male

50.59%

86

Non-gender conforming

1.76%

3

Prefer not to say

1.18%

2

Other

0%

0

TOTAL

170

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Q5: Your role in People Powered (mark all that apply) *

Answered: 170 Skipped: 0

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Q5: Your role in People Powered (mark all that apply) *

Answered: 170 Skipped: 0

ANSWER CHOICES

RESPONSES

People Powered staff

5.29%

9

Board of Directors

5.88%

10

Global PB Research Board

6.47%

11

Global PB Practitioner Board

6.47%

11

Member organization

30.0%

51

Funder

0%

0

Partner

5.88%

10

Other

0%

0

Program participant (e.g. participated in webinars, training, mentorship, or other program) or other

57.06%

97

TOTAL

199

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Q7: What kinds of participatory democracy practices should we focus on in the next three years? (select up to three) * Context: We are currently supporting work on participatory budgeting, citizens’ assemblies, participatory policymaking and legislative theater, but there are also other methodologies of participatory democracy. Should we expand our work to include additional approaches -for example, by developing new content for the Participation Playbook and providing mentorship in new approaches?

Answered: 170 Skipped: 0

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Q7: What kinds of participatory democracy practices should we focus on in the next three years? (select up to three) * Context: We are currently supporting work on participatory budgeting, citizens’ assemblies, participatory policymaking and legislative theater, but there are also other methodologies of participatory democracy. Should we expand our work to include additional approaches -for example, by developing new content for the Participation Playbook and providing mentorship in new approaches?

Answered: 170 Skipped: 0

ANSWER CHOICES

RESPONSES

Keep focusing on the current selection of methods  (participatory budgeting, citizens’ assemblies, participatory policymaking and legislative theater)

73.53%

125

Participatory planning

48.24%

82

Placemaking

15.29%

26

Transitional justice/open justice/peacebuilding

20.59%

35

Citizen-initiated referenda

20.0%

34

Digital democracy

49.41%

84

Other

12.35%

21

TOTAL

407

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Q10: How long have you been involved with People Powered?

Answered: 86 Skipped: 84

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Q10: How long have you been involved with People Powered?

Answered: 86 Skipped: 84

ANSWER CHOICES

RESPONSES

Less than a year

18.60%

16

1-2 years

33.72%

29

More than 2 years

47.67%

41

TOTAL

86

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Q14: What pilot programs from our first few years should we prioritize in the next three years? (select up three options from the list below) * Context: We have implemented many small projects, most funded after being chosen by members in our annual participatory budgeting vote. Some of these have led to our most successful core programs, such as the mentorship program, training and accelerator programs, Participation Playbook, and digital participation platform ratings and guidance. Others have had less clear results. We can continue some of these but not all. In your opinion, which of the programs listed below help the most to advance our mission?

Answered: 80 Skipped: 90

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Q14: What pilot programs from our first few years should we prioritize in the next three years? (select up three options from the list below) * Context: We have implemented many small projects, most funded after being chosen by members in our annual participatory budgeting vote. Some of these have led to our most successful core programs, such as the mentorship program, training and accelerator programs, Participation Playbook, and digital participation platform ratings and guidance. Others have had less clear results. We can continue some of these but not all. In your opinion, which of the programs listed below help the most to advance our mission?

Answered: 80 Skipped: 90

ANSWER CHOICES

RESPONSES

Compiling research data on the impacts of participatory democracy

56.25%

45

Regional hubs

52.50%

42

International residencies/exchanges

42.50%

34

Research grants

45.00%

36

Research talks

21.25%

17

Publication of reports and info sheets

41.25%

33

TOTAL

207

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Q16: What core part(s) of People Powered are most important for us to revisit and revise? Context: We developed an initial framework for People Powered in 2020 (https://www.peoplepowered.org/about), but we’ve learned a lot since then. Do we want to change the basic framework for People Powered based on this learning? (select one)

Answered: 80 Skipped: 90

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Q16: What core part(s) of People Powered are most important for us to revisit and revise?Context: We developed an initial framework for People Powered in 2020 (https://www.peoplepowered.org/about), but we’ve learned a lot since then. Do we want to change the basic framework for People Powered based on this learning? (select one)

Answered: 80 Skipped: 90

ANSWER CHOICES

RESPONSES

Mission

5.00%

4

Vision

7.50%

6

Values

1.25%

1

Theory of change

32.50%

26

All of the above

10.0%

8

None of the above

38.75%

31

Other/something new

5.00%

4

TOTAL

80

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Q19: Are you aware of any local, regional, or national governments that have launched, expanded, or improved participatory democracy processes after engaging in our programs?

Answered: 158 Skipped: 12

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Q19: Are you aware of any local, regional, or national governments that have launched, expanded, or improved participatory democracy processes after engaging in our programs?

Answered: 158 Skipped: 12

ANSWER CHOICES

RESPONSES

Yes, a government launched a new program

10.13%

16

Yes, a government expanded an existing program

3.80%

6

Yes, a government improved an existing program

10.76%

17

No, I’m not aware of anything

75.32%

119

TOTAL

158

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Q21: Which People Powered programs helped to launch, expand, or improve these participatory democracy processes? (check all that apply)

Answered: 36 Skipped: 134

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Q21: Which People Powered programs helped to launch, expand, or improve these participatory democracy processes? (check all that apply)

Answered: 36 Skipped: 134

ANSWER CHOICES

RESPONSES

Mentorship

61.11%

22

Online trainings or webinars

36.11%

13

Climate democracy action program

47.22%

17

Digital participation platform ratings and guide

19.44%

7

Online resource center

22.22%

8

Participation Playbook

52.78%

19

Other

11.11%

4

TOTAL

90