"Title","Author","Summary","Body","Date posted","Country","Ongoing","Start Date","End Date","","Staff Type","","","","","","","","","Facilitation?"
"Alternative University Project (Montreal, Canada)","Alli Welton","","Problems and PurposeThe 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...","Tue, 07/17/2012 - 15:46","Canada","Yes","","","Education & Schools, Higher Education & Lifelong Learning","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Academic Institution","Direct delivery of public services (i.e. by entities other than government), Community building (e.g. social capital), Develop individual capacities (e.g. skills, learning)","Open to all","University Student Government","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Individual","Individual","Yes"
"ASUW Student Senate","Sarah round","","Purpose and ProblemThe 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...","Fri, 06/04/2010 - 11:41","United States","Yes","","","Education & Schools","Student employees","","Academic Institution","Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities)","Open to all","University Student Government","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Academic Institution","Academic Institution","Yes"
"Front Porch Forum ","Kaitlin","","Purpose/ProblemThe Front Porch Forum began as a series of focus groups to study rifts in communication between politicians, public and the media, according to Civic Journalism: Six Case Studies by The Poynter Institute. The group started as a combined...","Sat, 05/29/2010 - 17:48","United States","Yes","Saturday, May 21, 1994 - 17:00","","Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","Educators","","Academic Institution, Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit), For Profit Business","Raise public awareness","Open to all","Study Circles","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Other","Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit), Other","Yes"
"Living Voters Guide","KatieKnobloch","The Living Voters Guide is a Website that allows Washington state voters to deliberate about local and state-wide ballot measures. The project is a joint effort of the Center for Civic Engagement and the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington as well as the City Club of Seattle. Visitors to the Living Voters Guide can search for information about current ballot measures and contribute to a conversation about the pros and cons of those measures. The Living Voters Guide is the first project to utilize the ConsiderIt platform, an open-source, web-based platform that fosters online deliberation.","Definition and Use:The Living Voters Guide for Washington State is a web-based platform designed to stimulate a deliberative process concerning local issues affecting Washington State citizens. A team of researchers from the University of Washington...","Fri, 12/02/2011 - 14:12","United States","No","","","Political Institutions (e.g. Constitutions, Legal Systems, Electoral Systems)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Academic Institution, Philanthropic Organization (i.e. dedicated to making monetary grants or gifts)","Other","Open to all","ConsiderIt","Regional (e.g. State, Province, Autonomous Region)","Academic Institution","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","No"
"Philadelphia: Tight Times, Tough Choices","Harrisjsok","","Purpose and ProblemIn 2009 cities all around America were hurting from the economic recession that was happening in the United States of America. In Philadelphia they had to close a deficit of $108 million in the next six months; the shortfall over five...","Tue, 12/15/2009 - 03:14","Vereinigte Staaten","No","Saturday, January 31, 2009 - 16:00","Monday, March 30, 2009 - 17:00","Budgeting","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Academic Institution","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers)","Open to all","21st Century Town Meeting","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Academic Institution, Philanthropic Organization (i.e. dedicated to making monetary grants or gifts)","Academic Institution","Yes"
"Public Engagement in Five Colorado School Communities","Kmcguane","The reforms which have swept through public education during the last two decades have largely been initiated in state legislatures or the United States Congress. The greater part of all these reform efforts have focused on the professional side of public education. These are not reforms initiated by local communities and have not been, for the most part, designed to permit influence and direction from local communities. In other words, school boards, in Colorado the traditional repository of community values and direction for our schools, are being hustled off to the side of the stage. It is the goal of CASB to revitalize the role of locally elected school boards in public schools in the face of comprehensive reform legislation initiated at both the state and federal level in the last three years. The role of local school boards may be revitalized only if boards find ways to meaningfully engage their publics. ","Problems and PurposeThe reforms which have swept through public education during the last two decades have largely been initiated in state legislatures or the United States Congress. The greater part of all these reform efforts have focused on the...","Thu, 08/18/2011 - 13:11","United States","No","","","Education & Schools","","","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Academic Institution, Other","Direct delivery of public services (i.e. by entities other than government), Community building (e.g. social capital), Develop individual capacities (e.g. skills, learning)","Open to all","Citizen Dialogue","Regional (e.g. State, Province, Autonomous Region)","Other","International Organization, Other","No"
"Vecinos por la Defensa del Barrio Yungay","Laurenmo","","Problems and PurposeVecinos por la Defensa del Barrio Yungay (Residents in Defense of Barrio Yungay) is a community-run organization based in the neighborhood Yungay in Santiago, Chile. The organization was formed with the goal of defending the cultural...","Wed, 06/22/2011 - 12:58","Chile","Yes","Wednesday, December 31, 1969 - 16:00","","Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","15 individuals each direct one or more of the organization's projects","Express opinions/preferences only","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Academic Institution, Community Based Organization, Philanthropic Organization (i.e. dedicated to making monetary grants or gifts)","Make public decisions (i.e. exert direct authority)","Open to all","Public Hearing, Representative Town Meeting, Study Circles","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Community Based Organization","Community Based Organization","Yes"
"Philadelphia: Tight Times, Tough Choices","Merete Schultze","Anmerkung: Dies ist die deutsche Übersetzung einer englischen Fallstudie, die von Harris Sokoloff am 15.12.2009 verfasst wurde. "," Anmerkung: Dies ist die deutsche Übersetzung einer englischen Fallstudie, die von Harris Sokoloff am 15.12.2009 verfasst wurde.    Zweck und Problemstellung 2009 litten sämtliche Städte der USA unter der voranschreitenden Wirtschaftskrise. Philadelphia...","Wed, 05/08/2013 - 02:16","Vereinigte Staaten","No","Saturday, January 31, 2009 - 16:00","Monday, March 30, 2009 - 17:00","Budgeting","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Academic Institution","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers)","Open to all","21st Century Town Meeting","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Academic Institution, Philanthropic Organization (i.e. dedicated to making monetary grants or gifts)","Academic Institution","Yes"