"Title","Author","Summary","Body","Date posted","Country","Ongoing","Start Date","End Date","","Staff Type","","","","","","","","","Facilitation?"
"Community-Managed Clinics and Health Watch Committees (Bangladesh)","Gregorydbarrett","In 1998, the Bangladeshi government established two programs to strengthen democratic involvement in the public health system.  One program created ten thousand community-managed health clinics, but all of these clinics failed due to non-transparent processes and biases towards elite membership in the councils which governed each clinic. The other program involved NGOs in the creation and direction of participatory Health Watch Committees, which used a more inclusive and transparent governing process-- although most committees closed to budget cuts in 2004, some still survive today.  The lack of legal accountability and authority hindered the effectiveness of both programs, but the Health Watch Committees have improved community health service awareness and advocated for better service provision.","SummaryIn 1998, the Bangladeshi government established two programs to strengthen democratic involvement in the public health system.  One program created ten thousand community-managed health clinics, but all of these clinics failed due to non-...","Wed, 01/27/2010 - 15:12","Bangladesh","No","","","Health","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","National Government","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers), Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities)","Appointment","Deliberation","National","National Government, Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Community Based Organization, Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit)","National Government, Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Community Based Organization","No"
"Landscape Town Meeting (Tuscany, Italy)","Alli Welton","","Note: this is an English translation of the original Italian case study that was first submitted by Lisa Zanotti on 01/17/2012, and which can be found at http://participedia.net/cases/paesaggio-town-meeting-tuscany-italy.Problems and PurposeAfter having...","Thu, 04/12/2012 - 18:07","Italy","No","","","Environment, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation, Other","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial)","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers)","Open to all with targeted recruitment","Deliberation","Regional (e.g. State, Province, Autonomous Region)","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","No"
"Municipal Health Councils (Brazil)","Gregorydbarrett","Participatory health councils allow the citizens of Brazil to act as watchdogs over their public health system. These councils exist at the municipal, state, and national level, and are supplemented by a national conference on the health system every four years. Citizens are generally very active in these councils, although councils vary in their diversity and their success in impacting the government's decisions.","SummaryParticipatory health councils allow Brazilian citizens to oversee the country's public health system (the Sistema Único de Saúde - Unified Health System or SUS). These councils exist at the municipal, state, and national level, and are...","Wed, 01/27/2010 - 14:56","Brazil","Yes","","","Budgeting, Health, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","National Government","Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities)","Open to all, Election","Deliberation","National","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Yes"
"Portsmouth Listens (Portsmouth, New Hampshire)","Plscully","","As of 2010, Portsmouth, New Hampshire (population 20,000) has sustained the practice of organized, public dialogue and deliberation for over ten years. Since 1999, diverse community groups in Portsmouth have organized at least six rounds of large-scale...","Mon, 01/18/2010 - 17:11","United States","Yes","Thursday, December 31, 1998 - 16:00","Friday, December 30, 2005 - 16:00","Education & Schools, Environment, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","Mostly volunteers w/ some paid","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation, Informal Social Activities","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Philanthropic Organization (i.e. dedicated to making monetary grants or gifts), Individual","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers), Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities), Raise public awareness, Community building (e.g. social capital), Develop individual capacities (e.g. skills, learning)","Open to all with targeted recruitment","Deliberation","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Other","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Other","Yes"
"Redesigning of Onondaga Lake (Syracuse, New York)","Loleary","This case study features public meetings and discussions organized by the New York Department of Environmental Conversation (NYSDEC)  in order to ensure that  citizen input was included in the process of designing plans to clean up the polluted Onondaga Lake.  The process of redesigning the lake began in 1992, but the move to include citizen input began in 2006."," Problems and Purpose Years of industrial pollution dumped into Onondaga Lake near Syracuse, New York, resulted in a serious public health threat to the local community. In the 1990s, the US EPA and the New York State Department of Environmental...","Sat, 12/24/2011 - 21:17","United States","Yes","","","Environment, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","For Profit Business","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers)","Open to all","Deliberation","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit), For Profit Business","No"