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Are citizens' initiatives currently possible at local (municipalities/districts/communes, etc) authority level?
Answers # Countries
% Countries
Country List
total countries/territories: 111
a . Yes, in all municipalities/districts/communes
27 24.3 %
Albania ,
Bosnia and Herzegovina ,
Belgium ,
Colombia ,
Cape Verde ,
Ecuador ,
Eritrea ,
Finland ,
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ,
Ghana ,
Guam ,
Croatia ,
Hungary ,
Japan ,
Liechtenstein ,
Liberia ,
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of ,
Malta ,
Norway ,
Philippines ,
Poland ,
Russian Federation ,
Sweden ,
Taiwan ,
Uganda ,
Uruguay ,
b . Yes, in some municipalities/districts/communes
4 3.6 %
Switzerland ,
Germany ,
Niger ,
United States of America ,
c . No
51 45.9 %
Andorra ,
Anguilla ,
American Samoa ,
Austria ,
Azerbaijan ,
Bulgaria ,
Benin ,
Bahamas ,
Botswana ,
Belarus ,
Belize ,
Canada ,
Cyprus ,
Czech Republic ,
Denmark ,
Dominican Republic ,
Estonia ,
Egypt ,
Spain ,
France ,
Georgia ,
Gambia ,
Greece ,
Ireland ,
Italy ,
Jamaica ,
Cambodia ,
Lesotho ,
Lithuania ,
Latvia ,
Moldova, Republic of ,
Madagascar ,
Malawi ,
Mexico ,
Mozambique ,
Namibia ,
Portugal ,
Romania ,
Solomon Islands ,
Singapore ,
Slovakia ,
Sierra Leone ,
Senegal ,
Swaziland ,
Togo ,
Turkey ,
Trinidad and Tobago ,
Viet Nam ,
South Africa ,
Zambia ,
Zimbabwe ,
d . Not applicable
29 26.1 %
Armenia ,
Argentina ,
Burkina Faso ,
Bahrain ,
Côte d'Ivoire ,
Chile ,
Algeria ,
Western Sahara ,
Israel ,
Iran, Islamic Republic of ,
Kiribati ,
Saint Kitts and Nevis ,
Lebanon ,
Sri Lanka ,
Morocco ,
Mali ,
Malaysia ,
Netherlands ,
Peru ,
Palestine ,
Seychelles ,
Sudan ,
Somalia ,
Tunisia ,
Tonga ,
Uzbekistan ,
Venezuela ,
Vanuatu ,
Yemen ,
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