Policy-making goals

Understanding of what is to be legitimized in the EU and how. Acts of government need to be legitimized at their respective level of governance, consequently EU government needs to find its legitimacy sources at the EU level.

Production of usable knowledge for policy-makers, key-actors and the general public. The periodical digests that the project will publish for policy makers and stakeholders, and more broad audiences in general, will help in disseminating the main results and findings and could be a supporting tool during the decision-making process.
Standards of good governance. Existing policy instruments for participatory governance will be applied – such as deliberative polling, citizen juries, consensus conferences – in order to provide empirical evidence on the relationship existing between participatory governance, enhanced policy outcomes, and an overall improvement of the democratic functioning of the EU system.