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  • A Budget With Your Ideas (Reggio Emilia, Italy)

    Mar 9 '12
    Author: 
    Alli Welton
    Faced with low levels of citizen interest in community affairs, the Municipality of Reggio Emilio decided to experiment with participatory budgeting in District 8. Exactly 256 citizens took part in the process, which took place between September 2007 and February 2008. 17 of the 123 proposals made in meetings with citizens were included in the 2008 budget. These were related to the community's quality of life. Participants felt satisfied with the process, and there is hope that future initiatives will be even more successful.

  • A Deliberative Poll on Education Policy in Northern Ireland

    Dec 31 '11
    Author: 
    nibleys

    Summary

    Before making the education policy adjustments which had become essential due to low pupil turnout, the Department of Education in Northern Ireland sought to pay attention to the views of the parents. The goal was to create the required new rules within an atmosphere of cooperation. To attain this cooperation, a deliberative poll was held in Omagh, Northern Ireland in January 2007. 565 randomly selected parents were polled and then invited to Omagh College for a day of deliberation. 127 participants were given briefing materials on education policy.

  • Agenda para el Desarrollo Social

    Dec 29 '11
    Author: 
    Marcelo Bravo

     

    El Proceso Metodológico para la Elaboración de la Agenda Para el Desarrollo Social de San Pedro Garza García

    Para la elaboración de la Agenda para el Desarrollo Social de San Pedro Garza García, se establecieron tres principios básicos:

     

    1. Incorporar una amplia participación ciudadana.

    2. Promover una participación activa y coordinada de las diferentes dependencias del Ejecutivo Municipal en su construcción.

  • Alternative University Project (Montreal, Canada)

    Jul 17 '12
    Author: 
    Alli Welton

    Problems and Purpose

    The Alternative University Project (AltU) grew out of the frustration felt by a group of McGill and Concordia University students about the growing inaccessibility of the Quebec higher education system. The AltU is a collection of classes taught by professors, students, community members, or through innovative communal formats on subjects which range from “Knitting” and “Programming” to “Introduction to Anarchism” and “New Materials Writing Workshop and Discussion.”

  • ASUW Student Senate

    Jun 4 '10
    Author: 
    sarah round

    Purpose and Problem

    The Student Government at the University of Washington, the Associated Students of the University of Washington, created the Student Senate in 1994. The goal was to have a diverse legislative body to give the Executive body, the Board of Control, advice on issues important to students, prioritize concerns, and offer solutions.

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