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  • Australia's First Citizens' Parliament (Canberra, Australia)

    Mar 17 '10
    Author: 
    Vickiannelane

    Australia's first Citizens' Parliament (also referred to as Australian Citizens' Parliament and ACP) was a large-scale three-day deliberation that took place in Canberra between randomly-selected citizens of Australia in February 2009. Organized by the new Democracy Foundation, the citizens were asked to address the question of how the Australian government could be strengthened to better serve the people. Their results, 13 proposals, were presented to the Australian Parliament. This event was meticulously recorded and provides an important vault of resources for future research.

  • Board of Technology (Denmark)

    Feb 23 '10
    Author: 
    Sandy Heierbacher

    This case study was written by Sandy Heierbacher, Director of the National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation (NCDD), in 2001 as part of a consultancy with the Center for Disease Control's National Immunization Program.

  • BürgerForum 2011

    Dec 13 '12
    Author: 
    Felix Weigel

    Problems and Purpose

    Under the slogan “Future Needs Solidarity. Diversity Creates Chances.”, the BürgerForum 2011 did not address any specific problem or problems; it rather allowed participating citizens to identify problems as well as solutions they deem most pressing for German society. The purpose behind this approach is three-fold. Firstly, initiators hoped to inspire citizens to be more excited about politics and democracy and instill a sense of community within participants.

  • Democratic Innovations in Germany

    May 14 '10
    Author: 
    Prof. Dr. Brigitte Geissel

     

    Problems and Purpose

    In respect to the question of why participatory innovations are gaining support and what stimulates their development, democratic innovations are usually seen as a response to the general dissatisfaction with representative democracies. Since their main target is to supplement democracy and improve its quality, both citizens and governments in the West tend to be interested in participatory innovations.

  • Developing a National Strategy for Rural Canada

    May 6 '11
    Author: 
    JF Frenette

    Developing a National Strategy for Rural Canada is a project initiated by attendees of the 1st Annual Rural Research Workshop: From Policy to Research and Back Again, held in Ottawa, Ontario on May 5, 2011.

    The Workshop aimed to foster networking among rural researchers and to provide a forum for rural research and policy discourse.[1]

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