Civic · Participation
Take part in what happens where you live
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Notice something, understand it, talk it through, propose, build it with others, follow what is decided and done — and see what happened because people took part.
58Initiatives
260People taking part
674Contributions
15Being implemented
3Completed
39%With a response
Happening now
Initiatives open for questions and contributions, meetings coming up, and work under way.
Volunteer initiative · Solidarity · NantesVisiting rota for older neighboursImplementation
Volunteer initiative · Culture & heritage · CarcassonneDry-stone wall restoration weekendsImplementation
Volunteer initiative · Education · LilleHomework help in the community centreImplementation
Proposal · Mobility · RennesCovered bike racks at three metro stations — RennesImplementation Illustrative
Proposal · Solidarity · RennesA community fridge and pantry in the social centre — RennesImplementation Illustrative
Proposal · Environment · RennesPlanting 60 trees in school yards — RennesImplementation IllustrativeExplore participation
Every kind of taking part, in one place.
Open now
Consultation · Mobility · StrasbourgA car-free street outside three schoolsOpen for discussion Institutional proposal Illustrative
Consultation · Community facilities · BordeauxOpening hours of the new community centreOpen for discussion Institutional proposal Illustrative
Consultation · Public space · LyonWhat should the renovated Place du Marché include?Open for discussion Institutional proposal IllustrativeCommunity idea · Environment · GrenobleA repair café in every neighbourhood libraryOpen for discussionConsultation · Mobility · StrasbourgA car-free street outside three schoolsOpen for discussion Institutional proposal IllustrativeCommunity issue · Accessibility · BordeauxNo sign-language or easy-read information at the neighbourhood libraryOpen for discussionCommunity idea · Accessibility · LyonExtend the rest-stop route to the Saône quaysOpen for discussionCommunity issue · Youth · LilleNo evening place for teenagers in WazemmesOpen for discussionCommunity issue · Mobility · ParisCycle lane blocked by deliveries every morningOpen for discussion
Community ideas
Community idea · Community life · RennesWelcome walks for newcomersImplementationCommunity idea · Community life · BordeauxA shared tool library in the cellarMonitoringCommunity idea · Environment · GrenobleA repair café in every neighbourhood libraryOpen for discussionCommunity idea · Accessibility · LyonExtend the rest-stop route to the Saône quaysOpen for discussionCommunity idea · Environment · DijonA seed library at the covered marketDevelopingCommunity idea · Youth · NancyA youth podcast studio in the community centreSubmittedCommunity idea · Local enterprise · Clermont-FerrandA cooperative grocery for the Saint-Jacques estateDevelopingCommunity idea · Culture & heritage · CarcassonneA heritage trail with residents’ storiesProposalCommunity idea · Intergenerational · ToursGrandparents teach, teenagers cookDeveloping
Community challenges
Community issue · Environment · MontpellierNo shade or water in the playground during heatwavesImplementationCommunity issue · Accessibility · BordeauxNo sign-language or easy-read information at the neighbourhood libraryOpen for discussionCommunity issue · Youth · LilleNo evening place for teenagers in WazemmesOpen for discussionCommunity issue · Mobility · ToulouseDangerous crossing outside the primary schoolUnder reviewCommunity issue · Environment · MarseilleLitter on the path down to the calanque after weekendsDevelopingCommunity issue · Mobility · ParisCycle lane blocked by deliveries every morningOpen for discussionCommunity issue · Community facilities · StrasbourgSchool yard locked at weekendsProposalCommunity issue · Tourism · AnnecyLakeside path overcrowded in AugustUnder reviewCommunity issue · Public space · Saint-ÉtienneEmpty shop units on the high streetSubmitted
Projects
Community issue · Environment · MarseilleLitter on the path down to the calanque after weekendsDevelopingCommunity idea · Environment · DijonA seed library at the covered marketDevelopingCommunity issue · Community facilities · StrasbourgSchool yard locked at weekendsProposalCommunity idea · Local enterprise · Clermont-FerrandA cooperative grocery for the Saint-Jacques estateDevelopingCommunity idea · Culture & heritage · CarcassonneA heritage trail with residents’ storiesProposalCommunity idea · Intergenerational · ToursGrandparents teach, teenagers cookDevelopingCommunity issue · Community life · NantesOlder residents isolated in our buildingDeveloping
Public meetings & assemblies
Participatory budgets
Participatory budget — 1st and 7th arrondissements (illustrative)Marseille · Ideas submitted · 300 000 € · illustrativeParticipatory budget — Rennes neighbourhoods (illustrative)Rennes · Implementation · 250 000 € · illustrativeParticipatory budget — Lyon 3e (illustrative)Lyon · Prioritisation / voting · 400 000 € · illustrative
Citizen panels
Volunteer
Photographer for the outcome storyLyon · A few sessions · 0 of 2 places open · visitors welcomeHomework helperLyon · 2 hours a week · 10 of 10 places openHomework helperTours · 2 hours a week · 6 of 10 places openDry-stone waller (beginners welcome)Tours · Weekend · 9 of 16 places open · visitors welcomeDry-stone waller (beginners welcome)Grenoble · Weekend · 4 of 16 places open · visitors welcomeVisiting volunteerGrenoble · 1 hour a week · 0 of 12 places openVisiting volunteerParis · 1 hour a week · 8 of 12 places openClean-up crew — riverbankParis · 3 hours · 18 of 25 places open · visitors welcome
Environmental
Proposal · Environment · RennesPlanting 60 trees in school yards — RennesImplementation IllustrativeCommunity issue · Environment · MontpellierNo shade or water in the playground during heatwavesImplementationCommunity project · Environment · LilleFour new shared garden plots on the railway vergeCompleted Implemented projectVolunteer initiative · Environment · BordeauxMonthly Garonne riverbank clean-upsImplementationCommunity idea · Environment · GrenobleA repair café in every neighbourhood libraryOpen for discussionProposal · Environment · MarseillePlanting 60 trees in school yards — MarseilleUnder reviewCommunity issue · Environment · MarseilleLitter on the path down to the calanque after weekendsDevelopingCommunity idea · Environment · DijonA seed library at the covered marketDevelopingProposal · Environment · LyonPlanting 60 trees in school yards — LyonPrioritisation
Cultural
Volunteer initiative · Culture & heritage · CarcassonneDry-stone wall restoration weekendsImplementationProposal · Culture & heritage · RennesA little library in every square — RennesPrioritisationProposal · Culture & heritage · LyonA little library in every square — LyonPrioritisationCommunity idea · Culture & heritage · CarcassonneA heritage trail with residents’ storiesProposalCommunity idea · Culture & heritage · MarseilleSummer outdoor cinema in Le PanierDecision / recommendation Community recommendationCommunity idea · Culture & heritage · Le HavreAn oral history of the port workersOpen for discussion
Local development
Proposal · Public space · LyonWater fountains on the main walking routes — LyonPrioritisationProposal · Public space · RennesWater fountains on the main walking routes — RennesPrioritisationConsultation · Public space · LyonWhat should the renovated Place du Marché include?Open for discussion Institutional proposal IllustrativeCommunity issue · Public space · Saint-ÉtienneEmpty shop units on the high streetSubmittedCommunity issue · Public space · RennesUnlit underpass on the canal towpathOpen for discussionProposal · Mobility · RennesCovered bike racks at three metro stations — RennesImplementation IllustrativeConsultation · Mobility · StrasbourgA car-free street outside three schoolsOpen for discussion Institutional proposal IllustrativeCommunity issue · Mobility · ToulouseDangerous crossing outside the primary schoolUnder reviewCommunity issue · Mobility · ParisCycle lane blocked by deliveries every morningOpen for discussion
Public programmes
Service Civique16–25 year olds (30 with disability)1000 Cafés (Groupe SOS)Villages under 3,500 without a caféPetites Villes de DemainTowns under 20,000 with centrality functionsAction Cœur de VilleMedium-sized citiesTerritoires Zéro Chômeur de Longue DuréeExperimenting territoriesPass CultureYoung peopleFabriques de TerritoireThird placesConseillers NumériquesResidents far from digital servicesService National Universel15–17 year oldsErasmus+Young people, learners, associationsBudgets Participatifs CommunauxResidents of participating communesFrance ServicesAll residents
Recently responded
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Being implemented
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Completed — what happened
Initiatives that reached an outcome, with what was learnt.
Community project · Environment · LilleFour new shared garden plots on the railway vergeCompleted Implemented project
Community project · Solidarity · ToulouseA winter warm-space in the parish hallEvaluation Implemented project
Community project · Accessibility · LyonShade and rest stops for older walkers on the Rhône quaysEvaluation Implemented projectGovernance guides
Free PDFs: how participation works, from a first idea to a finished project.
Free PDF · 5 chaptersHow Local Participation WorksIdeas, recommendations, consultations and decisions — who can do what, and how to follow what happens next.
Free PDF · 4 chaptersStarting a Local InitiativeA step-by-step path from "someone should do something" to a documented initiative others can join.
Free PDF · 4 chaptersCommunity Project GuideFrom a shared problem to a team, a plan, a budget and something built — with the people who live there.
Free PDF · 4 chaptersParticipatory Budgeting GuideHow residents propose, cost, discuss and choose projects within a published budget — and follow their delivery.
Free PDF · 4 chaptersCommunity Volunteering GuideFind a role that fits your time and skills — an hour, a weekend or a season — and see what it helped achieve.
Free PDF · 4 chaptersLocal Heritage GuideCollect memories, photographs and knowledge of a place with consent — and keep them for the next generation.
Free PDF · 4 chaptersEnvironmental Participation GuideClean-ups, tree planting, biodiversity counts and air-quality observations — done together, and recorded honestly.Formal channels
The documented procedures that sit alongside community initiatives.
Institutional enquiry
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