As policymaking becomes global in scale, new tools are needed in order to include and engage citizens worldwide in the political processes. The challenge is to close a widening democratic gap between policymakers and citizens and thereby increase the citizen’s sense of ownership to decisions made about current global issues.

Unlike traditional opinion polls, the WWViews method offers participating citizens extensive information on a complex subject as well as time for face-to-face deliberation before the questions are answered. Therefore the WWViews method ensures more qualified and well-considered answers from the participants. On this site you will find extensive information about the World Wide Views-concept.

On Saturday September 15th 2012, thousands of people around the world will take part n a global event: "World Wide Views on Biodiversity". The project will engage ordinary citizens in as many countries as possible in the process of making policies to address the decline of biodiversity.

World Wide Views on Global Warming serves as an exceptional example of how to include everyday citizens in future global policymaking, giving them a bigger sense of political ownership and policymakers a better insight in the views of the citizens they represent.

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Thanks to MasterMedia who produced the WWViews Documentary.