In response to the 1994 Popular Participation Law mandating the decentralization of government processes, USAID implemented the Democratic Development and Citizens Participation project to strengthen local, community-based governance.
Convened in April 2005 to develop a common knowledge base of experiences and ideas relating to citizen participation and participatory procedure to foster a culture of civic involvement and engagement specifically in terms of scientific and technological developments, .
Formally opened in 2009, Mongolia's Citizens' Hall is designed to encourage civil participation in the legislation and decision-making process by engaging citizens in a consultation procedure open to any one of Mongolia’s 2.7 million citizens.
An experiment of citizen participation using “crowdsourcing” to collect feedback and ideas on new legislation on off-road traffic routes. Deliberation and opinion formation among participants was analysed in order to determine the efficacy of online forms of participatory policy-making.
Seeking an answer to citizen disengagement with the political process Australia introduced the Community Cabinets initiative where citizens could attend a local meeting and question their representatives on state policies in their given region.
