The Ligue de l’enseignement together with the European Civic Forum and the European Year of Citizens Alliance 2013 (EYCA 2013) have released the European Year of Citizens 2013 magazine recalling the whole Year 2013 with the different projects, initiatives and citizens that have been working towards a citizen-based European project during these past 12 months. To understand the importance of participatory democracy, the magazine focuses on some best practices from civil society organisations that believe the citizen is to be placed firmly at the centre of policymaking and the design of the European project. See also the EYCA 2013 recommendations.