Kitchen Table Democracy and its university-based partner center at Portland State University, the National Policy Consensus Center, conduct applied research and development on key issues facing states and ways of applying collaborative processes to address and resolve them. KTD and NPCC also produce reports and publications to disseminate best practices and lessons learned.
Current Initiative
Educated in Oregon
Past Initiatives
Poverty Reduction
Listening Sessions: the State of Democracy in the States
NPCC and KTD Reports
- Pilot Testing of the TCAPP Decision Guide and Related Capacity Products: Oregon Metro Greenhouse Gas Planning
- Intregrating Collaborative Activities: Public Deliberation with Stakeholder Processes
- Environmental Enforcement Solutions: How Collaborative SEPs Enhance Community Benefits
- Transportation Collaboration in the States
- Legislators at a Crossroads: Making Choices to Work Differently
- Finding Better Ways to Solve Public Problems: The emerging role of universities as neutral forums for collaborative policymaking
- Transportation Solutions: Collaborative Problem Solving for States and Communities
- Watershed Solutions: Collaborative Problem Solving for States and Communities
Publications for Purchase
- A Practical Guide to Collaborative Governance
- UNCG Guide to Collaborative Competencies - A Joint Publication with the University Network for Collaborative Governance
- A Practical Guide to Consensus
- Trainer's Manual: Getting the Most from a Collaborative Process
- Toolkit for Leaders as Conveners