Knowledge must be inclusive

Suggestions for action

During the consultation process for the Manifesto, we asked people to suggest actions or innovations that could get democracy to work better for sustainable development, or sustainability. We’ve divided up peoples’ responses in line with the six themes of the Democracy and Sustainability Platform that make up the Manifesto Principles.

On this page, you can read through peoples’ ideas for action to ensure that knowledge is inclusive. We hope that whether you agree with the ideas or not, they get you thinking about what might be needed. We’d like these ideas to inspire you as you plan your own actions to implement the Manifesto for Democracy and Sustainability.

You can read more here about the Manifesto consultation process, who was involved, and how.

Role of experts

Experts could be attached to polling booths at election time to help voters decide how to vote: selection (random?) of experts provided at polling time/station (UK)

Experts should engage with communities through schools on any policy change decisions (UK)

Local government units should allow] Universities to share their expertise in the formation of policy by conducting social scientific research (Philippines)

E-polling

E-polling could be linked to information provided in the form of unbiased parliamentary research papers and notes. In the UK’s Westminster government context, these are developed by the library of the House of Commons and House of Lords respectively to provide unbiased information to parliamentarians, and are made publicly available (UK)

 

Share your ideas

These are some of the ideas that people came up with during the Manifesto consultation process. You can share your own ideas for practical actions under this theme by completing the Comment box below.

We look forward to hearing from you!

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