{"id":56654,"date":"2026-06-11T09:53:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T06:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/?p=56654"},"modified":"2026-06-11T09:53:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T06:53:56","slug":"diavouleftiki-dimokratia-stin-ellada-anagki-gia-thesmiki-metarrythmisi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/deliberative-democracy-a-policy-case-for-institutional-reform-in-greece\/","title":{"rendered":"Deliberative Democracy: A Policy Case for Institutional Reform in Greece"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"the-content\"><p>Greece faces a democratic governance challenge with two dimensions: (a) low and declining citizens\u2019 trust in political institutions, and (b) limited citizens participation in policymaking between elections. Institutional data underline the urgency of the matter. Greece faces a dual governance challenge: chronically low trust in political institutions and limited citizen participation. Data from the OECD (2024) and the Eurobarometer (2023\u20132025) consistently show Greece falling back European averages.<\/p>\n<p>Deliberative democracy presents a pragmatic institutional response: it convenes a broadly representative group of people, supports them to learn from evidence and varied perspectives, and enables structured deliberation that produces reasoned recommendations. International experience and standard setting show this approach is most useful for issues involving trade-offs and values disagreements, exactly the kind of issues that can otherwise become stuck in \u201cconsultation fatigue\u201d, mistrust, or policy reversals (OECD, 2020).<\/p>\n<p>The policy implication is clear: Greece needs deliberative processes with clear mandates, inclusion safeguards, and credible follow-up in order to restore participation rates and trust in government and institutions. European and international experience and practice converge on the same lesson: impact relies less on the implementation phase alone and more on setup as the mandate, governance, recruitment, evidence integrity, and follow-up as formal response, implementation pathway, and evaluation (Bertelsmann Stiftung &amp; FIDE, 2025).<\/p>\n<p>This policy brief features a comparative-institutional synthesis of European standard-setting processes (Council of Europe, 2023; European Commission, 2023), comparative evidence on the impact of deliberative practice on institutional trust, and documented case experience from selected European best practices. Drawing on this evidence base, it derives policy opportunities and ramifications for the Greek context. The analysis aims to identify principles associated with high-integrity deliberation and to translate them into actionable policy recommendations calibrated to Greek institutional realities.<\/p>\n<p>Read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Policy-paper-207-Deliberative-Democracy.pdf\">here<\/a> in pdf the Policy Paper by: <strong>Savvas Papadopoulos<\/strong>, Junior Research Fellow, ELIAMEP, PhD(c), Athens University of Economics &amp; Business; <strong>Spyros Blavoukos<\/strong>, Head, EU Institutions &amp; Policies Programme; Senior Research Fellow, ELIAMEP, Professor, Athens University of Economics &amp; Business; <strong>Myrto Xanthopoulou<\/strong>, Project Manager, DemoAct project, ELIAMEP; <strong>Katerina Eirini Lambrinou<\/strong>, Institutional Capacity building lead of the DemoAct project, ELIAMEP<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greece faces a democratic governance challenge with two dimensions: (a) low and declining citizens\u2019 trust in political institutions, and (b) limited citizens participation in policymaking between elections. Institutional data underline the urgency of the matter. Greece faces a dual governance challenge: chronically low trust in political institutions and limited citizen participation. 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