Cyclists uphold their bikes in a protest in favour of the environment in Sao Paolo, Brazil. (AP Photo/Nelson Antoine)
With this new post we continue the series of texts on the ecosystem of political innovation in Latin America, published jointly with DemocraciaAbierta. The series will be presenting more details and examples of cases of each of the four trends identified in Update’s inventory of policy innovation, which we have classified under the following headings: "Citizen’s Leadership"; "Aesthetic Identity"; "Citizens in Focus"; and "Transparency 360".
In this text we will feature Citizen’s Leadership trends and practices, which are characterized by citizen’s greater involvement and responsibility in public affairs and by the awareness of the possibilities for political commitment and collective action that citizens - especially in the 21st century - have.
Each of the four trends is embodied in practices of different nature, which have been grouped and organized into micro-trends. Citizen’s Leadership trend is described through the following micro-trends: “Activists’ Push", "Micro-policy" and "P2P Training".
