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A participatory process is a sequence of participatory activities (e.g. first filling out a survey, then making proposals, discussing them in face-to-face or virtual meetings, and finally prioritizing them) with the aim of defining and making a decision on a specific topic.
Examples of participatory processes are: a process of electing committee members (where candidatures are first presented, then debated and finally a candidacy is chosen), participatory budgets (where proposals are made, valued economically and voted on with the money available), a strategic planning process, the collaborative drafting of a regulation or norm, the design of an urban space or the production of a public policy plan.
Consultation: draft Volunteering Promotion Act
Public consultation on a draft law
Go to the draft lawAbout this process
The ministry has presented a draft for a new Volunteering Promotion Act. Anyone interested can comment on the text section by section and suggest changes.
Volunteering holds our society together. The Volunteering Promotion Act is intended to standardise insurance cover, expense reimbursement and recognition for volunteers.
Instead of a classic consultation by email, the draft can be commented on publicly here. Everyone can see the feedback and build on it. The ministry evaluates all contributions and publishes a report on how they were taken into account.
How to take part
Agree with individual paragraphs.
Comment on what matters to you or what is missing.
Suggest specific wording.
Also in this process
Further concerns: raise issues missing from the draft.
Short survey: rate the key provisions.
Dialogue forum: discuss online with experts from the ministry.
Volunteering Council election: elect the civil society representatives.
This is a sample process on the Decidim demo platform. The ministry and the draft law are fictional.
Reference: nightly-PART-2026-10-73