# IOPD Award “Best Practice in Citizen Participation”

**URL:** <https://discuss.opengovernment.org.uk/t/iopd-award-best-practice-in-citizen-participation/1349>\
**Category:** Open Government Network Scotland\
**Created:** [21 February 2020 11:19 UTC](https://discuss.opengovernment.org.uk/t/iopd-award-best-practice-in-citizen-participation/1349 "2020-02-21T11:19:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [21 February 2020 11:19 UTC](https://discuss.opengovernment.org.uk/t/iopd-award-best-practice-in-citizen-participation/1349/1 "2020-02-21T11:19:42Z")

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Good morning,

Please see the below information from the IOPD on the 14th edition of their Award “Best Practice in Citizen Participation”, which is looking for innovative practices in citizen participation, open government and local democracy.

> "The International Observatory on Participatory Democracy (IOPD) invites local and regional governments that are members of the IOPD to submit their proposal for the **14th edition of the award**. This distinction is an award given annually by the observatory **to recognize innovative experiences and public policies on citizen participation**.
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> **The deadline for proposal submissions is the 17th March 2020** and won’t be extended. Proposals must be submitted in three languages (English, French and Spanish). If you need help to translate it, send us the proposal to [award@oidp.net](mailto:award@oidp.net) **before the 3rd March 2020** and we will help you.
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