# Civic participation

_Programme · The Kurdish Cooperation Organization · https://kurds.global/civic/programmes/participation/_

Taking part in public life where you live, country by country.

## Record

- **Platform**: Civic
- **State**: in-preparation
- **Lede**: Civic participation explains how local and national public life works where Kurds live. It covers voting rules, councils, associations and consultations.
- **Country guides**: Courses for Germany, Sweden, France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Belgium, the United States and Canada.
- **Associations**: How to set up and run a community association lawfully.
- **Consultations**: How to respond to public consultations.
- **Who can vote**: Plain guides to eligibility, sourced to the official rules.
- **Audience**: Citizens and residents abroad, Newcomers, Community associations, Young first-time voters
- **Step 1**: Choose: pick your host country.
- **Step 2**: Learn: take the country course.
- **Step 3**: Act: take part through official channels.
- **Step 4**: Share: tell us where a guide is out of date.

## Provenance

Records updated 2026-11-11. Every value keeps its measure, year, source and label (verified, secondary, to verify); unknown is shown as unknown. Verify, add a source or report this record on its page.

## Formats

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## See also

- [Civic](https://kurds.global/civic/)