"Title","Author","Summary","Body","Date posted","Country","Ongoing","Start Date","End Date","","Staff Type","","","","","","","","","Facilitation?" "2007/2008 New Mexico Citizen Conferences","sxt5105","","SummaryThis case study features the ten 2007/2008 Citizen Conferences, each consisting of 8 to 10 New Mexican Adult Citizens and lasting 9 hours.  This series of deliberative events was convened by the New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) and...","Wed, 12/05/2012 - 15:00","United States","No","","","Budgeting, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","National Government, Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Academic Institution","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers), Raise public awareness, Community building (e.g. social capital)","Random Selection","Citizen Conferences","Regional (e.g. State, Province, Autonomous Region)","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Academic Institution","National Government, Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Academic Institution","Yes" "2012 North Ireland Pensioner's Parliament","sms71092","","Note:  This article is in need of assistance with editing and content.  Please help us complete it.SummaryThis case study features the Northern Ireland Pensioners Parliament (NIPP), a participatory body organized by the Age Sector Platform charity and...","Sun, 12/09/2012 - 20:57","United Kingdom","No","","","Aging, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit)","","Open to all with targeted recruitment","Parliamentary Procedure","Regional (e.g. State, Province, Autonomous Region)","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit)","Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit), Individual","No" "A Deliberative Poll on Education Policy in Northern Ireland","nibleys","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. Parents engaged in small group discussions which were controlled by moderators, while at the same time a panel of experts answered their questions. Following the deliberative process, the parents were polled again to see how their opinions had changed.","SummaryBefore 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...","Sat, 12/31/2011 - 19:24","Ireland","No","","","Education & Schools, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers), Community building (e.g. social capital)","Open to all","Deliberative Polling","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Academic Institution","For Profit Business","Yes" "A square for everybody","Tito","","Note:  This article is in need of assistance with editing and content.  Please help us complete it.SummaryThis case study features a series of workshops, assemblies, and information sessions to promote civic engagement in the renewal of a municipal...","Sun, 10/30/2011 - 19:29","Italy","No","","","Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Express opinions/preferences only","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Make public decisions (i.e. exert direct authority)","Open to all with targeted recruitment","Deliberation","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Yes" "Agenda 21 Locale (Province of Forli-Cesena, Italy)","Paolo Galassi","","NOTE: The English translation of this case can be found at http://participedia.net/cases/local-agenda-21-province-forli-cesena-italy. Problems and PurposeAgenda 21 considera l’interazione tra la dimensione sociale, ambientale ed economica come la chiave...","Sat, 01/07/2012 - 04:27","Italy","No","","","Budgeting, Environment, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers), Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities), Make public decisions (i.e. exert direct authority), Raise public awareness","Open to all, Open to all with targeted recruitment","European Awareness Scenario Workshop (EASW)","Regional (e.g. State, Province, Autonomous Region)","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","International Organization, Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Academic Institution","Yes" "Agenda para el Desarrollo Social","marcelo.bravo","Proceso consultivo para generar la agenda para el desarrollo social del municipio de San Pedro Garza García Nuevo León, México."," El Proceso Metodológico para la Elaboración de la Agenda Para el Desarrollo Social de San Pedro Garza GarcíaPara la elaboración de la Agenda para el Desarrollo Social de San Pedro Garza García, se establecieron tres principios básicos: 1. Incorporar una...","Thu, 12/29/2011 - 14:54","Mexico","No","","","Community Development, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation, Express opinions/preferences only","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Academic Institution","","","Deliberation","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","No" "Auckland, Participatory Urban Planning “The Auckland Plan”","anjiko","The Participatory Urban Planning “The Auckland Plan” was a process organized by the Auckland Council in Auckland, New Zealand that also includes the region's extensive coastal and maritime areas. Citizens were invited to add ideas and views on key social, economic, environmental, cultural and urban growth issues to turn Auckland into the most liveable city in the world. The process started with the celebration of a full-day summit and was followed by a public consultation and public hearings with the self-selection of participants.","Problems and Purpose75 per cent of residential development in Auckland over the next thirty years (to accommodate an extra one million people) will be within the metropolitan urban limits. This is the main reason the Auckland Council decided to start the...","Tue, 01/10/2012 - 03:12","New Zealand","No","","","Economic Development, Community Development, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities), Raise public awareness","Open to all","Collaborative Governance, Public Hearing","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit), Individual, For Profit Business","Yes" "Australia's First Citizens' Parliament (Canberra, Australia)","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...","Wed, 03/17/2010 - 05:18","Australien","No","Thursday, February 5, 2009 - 16:00","Sunday, February 8, 2009 - 16:00","Political Institutions (e.g. Constitutions, Legal Systems, Electoral Systems), Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","Mostly volunteers w/ some paid","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Academic Institution, Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit), Philanthropic Organization (i.e. dedicated to making monetary grants or gifts)","Raise public awareness","Random Selection","The World Cafe","National","Academic Institution","Philanthropic Organization (i.e. dedicated to making monetary grants or gifts)","Yes" "Belo Horizonte Participatory Budgeting","DJ Air Wing","Participatory Budgeting (PB) is a process implemented in the 1990s where residents of certain regions can influence how their governments' annual budgets are allocated. After the collapse of its authoritarian regime in the mid 1980s, Brazilians implemented reforms to bolster their economic and political futures through participatory methods. These new democratic practices drastically improved the lives and social infrastructure of its participants.","Summary Participatory Budgeting (PB) is a process implemented in the 1990s where residents of certain regions can influence how their governments' annual budgets are allocated. After the collapse of its authoritarian regime in the mid 1980s, Brazilians...","Sun, 12/09/2012 - 18:11","Brazil","Yes","","","Budgeting, Economic Development, Political Institutions (e.g. Constitutions, Legal Systems, Electoral Systems), Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","National Government, Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Community Based Organization, Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit)","Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities), Make public decisions (i.e. exert direct authority), Collaborative delivery of services with public authorities, Community building (e.g. social capital)","Open to all","Participatory Budgeting","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Academic Institution","Yes" "Bicycle Activism (Bucharest, Romania)","CatincaD","In the context of the perpetual crisis of urban transportation in Bucharest, there is a growing population of city dwellers fighting for bicycle rights and advocating for a new, bicycle friendly infrastructure in Bucharest. The bicycle fans coagulated since the mid 2000’s into different groups and NGO’s and developed into a new movement and a powerful presence in the urban landscape, adopting several strategies of public participation.","In the context of the perpetual crisis of urban transportation in Bucharest, there is a growing population of city dwellers fighting for bicycle rights and advocating for a new, bicycle friendly infrastructure in Bucharest.  The bicycle fans coagulated...","Sat, 01/28/2012 - 15:56","Romania","Yes","","","Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation, Negotiate & Bargain, Formal Testimony, Informal Social Activities, Organized Demonstrations","International Organization, National Government, Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit), Philanthropic Organization (i.e. dedicated to making monetary grants or gifts), For Profit Business","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers), Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities), Collaborative delivery of services with public authorities, Raise public awareness, Community building (e.g. social capital), Protest","Open to all","Community Organizing","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit)","International Organization, Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit)","No" "Bike Plan Hawaii (Hawaii)","teddygbennett","","Problems and PurposeBike Plan Hawaii 2003 was an effort to improve and enlarge the original Hawaii Bike Plan written in 1997. The Hawaii Department of Transportation wanted to make bicycling a more utilized method of transportation and promote bicycling...","Fri, 01/06/2012 - 13:50","United States","No","","","Community Development, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation, Listen/watch as spectator","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial)","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers)","Open to all","Surveys, Q&A with experts, Deliberation","Regional (e.g. State, Province, Autonomous Region)","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), For Profit Business","For Profit Business","No" "Biobanking in British Columbia","Kcodoher","","Researchers at the W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics, University of British Columbia (UBC), conducted two deliberative forums on the topic of human tissue biobanking: The BC Biobank Deliberation (2007) and the BC Biolibrary Deliberation (2009)....","Thu, 11/26/2009 - 00:58","Canada","No","","","Science & Technology, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","professors","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","National Government, Other","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers)","Random Selection","Deliberation","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Academic Institution","Academic Institution","Yes" "Board of Technology (Denmark)","SandyHeierbacher","","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.Problems and PurposeLike all...","Tue, 02/23/2010 - 16:10","Denmark","Yes","","","Science & Technology, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation, Express opinions/preferences only","National Government","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers)","Open to all","Consensus Conference","National","National Government","National Government","Yes" "Bolivian Democratic Development","Elle.macgeorge","","Purpose and ProblemDemocratic Development and Citizens Participation III is a project designed to strengthen local governance in Bolivia, particularly community-based economic development in selected municipalities and the civil society capacity, and to...","Tue, 12/07/2010 - 10:44","Bolivia","No","","","Economic Development, Community Development, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","","National Government","","Open to all with targeted recruitment, Appointment","Deliberative Polling, Participatory Budgeting","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Community Based Organization","No" "Bounconvento","Enrica.pinca","","MUNICIPALITY OF BUONCONVENTO: LAND USE PLANNING (VARIANTE AL PIANO STRUTTURALE)Problem and PurposeBetween February 2009 and March of the same year, the Municipality of Buonconvento (Tuscany, Italy) carried out the participatory process partecip@progetta....","Wed, 07/13/2011 - 10:36","Italy","No","Saturday, January 31, 2009 - 16:00","Saturday, February 28, 2009 - 16:00","Economic Development, Environment, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","City staff","Express opinions/preferences only, Listen/watch as spectator","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers), Raise public awareness","Open to all with targeted recruitment, Random Selection","Collaborative Governance","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Yes" "Building Community: The Uniontown Story","Kmcguane","Since April 2000, Auburn University’s Economic Development Institute (EDI) has been part of a learning exchange organized by the Kettering Foundation. The research explores practical ways that strengthening the capacity of citizens to engage the concerns of their communities can be made the focus of economic development strategies. The research takes as a premise that economic vitality of a place depends on the capacity of its people to make collective choices and act in concert on shared concerns. EDI is particularly concerned with ways these insights can be used by people in places struggling with persistent poverty. In what follows EDI reports on what it has learned from its ongoing exchange with people in a small town in the economically-distressed region of west Alabama called the “Black Belt.”","Problems and PurposeUniontown, a community of about 3,000, is located in the heart of Alabama’s Black Belt, named for a deposit of dark, fertile soil extending from Mississippi’s border through the heart of Alabama. This region faces declining population...","Mon, 08/22/2011 - 20:04","United States","No","","","Economic Development, Community Development, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Academic Institution","Community building (e.g. social capital)","Open to all with targeted recruitment","Citizen Advisory Board","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Academic Institution","Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit)","No" "Buona Mobilità","Fb78","","IntroductionIn 2010 the Emilia-Romagna Region approved law no. 3/10 regarding citizen participation in decisions of public interest. The Region used this method in the development of a new regional transport plan. The current Regional Integrated...","Sun, 08/28/2011 - 20:43","Italy","No","Friday, February 25, 2011 - 16:00","Friday, February 25, 2011 - 16:00","Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","Facilitators","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial)","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers)","Open to all","Citizen Dialogue","Regional (e.g. State, Province, Autonomous Region)","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), For Profit Business","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Yes" "BürgerForum 2011","fww5007","Initiated by German President Christian Wulff, the BürgerForum (CitizensForum) 2011 was designed to get German citizens from all over the country involved in identifying the most important challenges currently facing German society. The forum is a multi-layered process using multiple forms of discussion and deliberation on different levels of government involving varios stakeholders. The outcome is the ""bundesweite Bürgerprogramm"" or the Federal Citizens-Programm which details the six most important challenges and possible solutions in six different categories facing German society.","Problems and PurposeUnder 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...","Thu, 12/13/2012 - 14:22","Germany","No","","","Political Institutions (e.g. Constitutions, Legal Systems, Electoral Systems), Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","National Government, Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers), Raise public awareness, Develop individual capacities (e.g. skills, learning)","Open to all, Random Selection","Citizen Conferences","National","Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit), Philanthropic Organization (i.e. dedicated to making monetary grants or gifts)","National Government","Yes" "Chicago Participatory Budgeting Project","Jacqui.mount","","As the first ward-based participatory budgeting experiment in the United States, the Participatory Budgeting Initiative in Chicago's 49th Ward began in November of 2009 with the goal of directly allocating a portion of the Alderman’s capital budget for...","Thu, 06/03/2010 - 05:34","United States","Yes","Saturday, October 31, 2009 - 17:00","Tuesday, November 30, 2010 - 16:00","Budgeting, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","Community leaders and representatives","","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Community Based Organization","Make public decisions (i.e. exert direct authority)","Open to all","Participatory Budgeting","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Community Based Organization","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Community Based Organization","Yes" "Cisternino2020","Beatrice.marchi","","CONTENT AND PURPOSESIn January 2008, the Municipality of Livorno decided to experiment an innovative type of decision making process concerning the renewal and the future use of the 'Cisternino', an ancient building historically used for water supply....","Tue, 07/05/2011 - 13:56","Italy","No","","","Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","City staff","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial)","Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities)","Open to all","Deliberation, Collaborative Governance","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Community Based Organization","Yes" "Citizen Budget","elliemarshall","A powerful online tool to involve residents in decision-making processes and demonstrate a municipalitiy’s commmitment to citizen engagement","Problems and Purpose Citizen Budget (citizenbudget.com) is an online tool for conducting public budget consultations. This customizable budget simulator lets citizens modify certain municipal services and submit realistic, balanced budget proposals that...","Thu, 10/11/2012 - 13:23","Canada","No","","","Budgeting, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Express opinions/preferences only","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial)","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers), Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities)","Open to all","Participatory Budgeting","Regional (e.g. State, Province, Autonomous Region)","","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit)","No" "Citizen Councils of Grenoble, France","Paulinecescau","","SummarySince 2002, the city of Grenoble, France, has engaged citizens in public decision-making through participatory committees and town meetings. Residents have been able to express their opinions and make recommendations on city planning, education,...","Tue, 06/14/2011 - 11:47","France","Yes","Thursday, January 31, 2002 - 16:00","","Arts & Culture, Education & Schools, Community Development, Environment, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation, Express opinions/preferences only","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers), Raise public awareness","Open to all","21st Century Town Meeting","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","No" "Citizen Participation in the Revision of the Regulatory Communal Plan of Estación Central","christophersmith","The process of citizen participation that took place in the revision and study of the Regulatory Communal Plan (Plan Regulador Comunal) of the commune of Estación Central in Santiago, Chile will be presented and analyzed in this paper. This case is of high national importance thanks to the combination of the emergent practice of citizen participation with one of the most relevant instruments for urban planning in the city: the Regulatory Communal Plan. ","History and Background Estación Central.Estación Central is a commune in the metropolitan region of Chile, which is located in the downtown area of Santiago. Estación Central bases its name on the city’s Central Railway Station (Estación Central de...","Fri, 04/19/2013 - 04:16","Chile","No","","","Community Development, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","","","","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","","No" "Citizen Participation Plan for Pittsburgh 2010-2014 Consolidated Plan ","VOLCHKOA","This case study focuses mainly on the Citizen Participation Plan used for the 2010-2014 Consolidated Plan for the City of Pittsburgh. The Consolidated Plan is to implement Federal programs for housing, and community and economic development activities within the City of Pittsburgh. This plan covers the specific period of April 1, 2010 through March 31, 2014. The plan was submitted to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on February 15, 2010. It involves citizens in important decisions that will affect the city, and it shows how citizen views are used in order to form the Consolidated Plan. ","Purpose and HistoryPittsburgh’s Citizen Participation Plan (CPP) for the 2010-2014 Five Year Consolidated Plan used a combination of civic and community engagement methods to include citizens and civic society in the planning process.  The overall goal...","Sun, 01/01/2012 - 20:34","United States","No","","","Economic Development, Community Development, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Express opinions/preferences only, Listen/watch as spectator, Formal Testimony","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers)","Open to all","Public Hearing","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Community Based Organization, Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","No" "Citizens' Hall Mongolia","Andy h","","SummaryIn December 2009 the President of Mongolia, Elbegdorj Tsakhia formally opened the Citizens’ Hall (Office of the President of Mongolia, 2010a). This public hearing forum is located in the capital, Ulaanbaatar, and is designed to encourage civil...","Thu, 06/09/2011 - 10:08","Mongolia","Yes","Monday, November 30, 2009 - 16:00","","Political Institutions (e.g. Constitutions, Legal Systems, Electoral Systems), Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","Legislators and drafters","","National Government","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers)","Open to all","Public Hearing","Regional (e.g. State, Province, Autonomous Region)","National Government","National Government","No" "City of Canada Bay Council Citizens' Panel","kimfaubion","In 2012, the Canada Bay Council members decided that the future interests of the people that reside in the city, best lay, not in the hands of politicians, but in the hands of its own citizens. With this in mind, the Canada Bay Council partnered with numerous groups such as Straight Talk and newDemocracy to create a panel of 36 randomly chosen individuals that was responsible for making the best decisions for the society as a whole. 1,500 surveys were created and distributed from the Council to citizens from the electoral roll, which is where the 36 random individuals were chosen. The panel met on 5 different occasions across a 2 ½ month period and was responsible for evaluating city services and creating a new system that included a projected 4-year plan with a $300 million budget. In more detail, the panel reviewed the standard and level of discretionary and mandatory services, as well as funding mechanisms. As a group, the panel was successfully able to identify services that were previously overlooked by the Council, reduced a number of overused services, recognized a shortage in funding for long-term maintenance and most importantly, found some new sources of revenue. All of these results were packaged together in a 45-page summary with further evaluations of the Council’s current operations. This summary was forwarded to the City Council and mayor for further evaluation and hopefully, approval.","In 2012, the City of Canada Bay Council proposed an innovative method of deliberative democracy  to obtain the advice of citizens in making decisions for the range and quality of council services for the period 2014-18. With this in mind, the Canada Bay...","Wed, 11/14/2012 - 09:25","Australia","No","","","Budgeting, Community Development, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit)","Make public decisions (i.e. exert direct authority), Direct delivery of public services (i.e. by entities other than government), Raise public awareness","Random Selection","Deliberation","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Community Based Organization","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit)","Yes" "CIVICUS World Assembly","E schultz55","","PURPOSE AND PROBLEMThe CIVICUS World Assembly is a place for strengthening the rights of people around the world, to “exist, express and engage.” It involves the civil society, government, business and media in the processes it takes to make the steps...","Mon, 12/06/2010 - 06:28","South Africa","Yes","","","Community Development, Human Rights, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","CIVICUS moderators","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Community Based Organization, Philanthropic Organization (i.e. dedicated to making monetary grants or gifts), Individual","Raise public awareness","Open to all","Consensus Conference","International","Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit)","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Community Based Organization, Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit), Philanthropic Organization (i.e. dedicated to making monetary grants or gifts), Individual","Yes" "Community Planning (Scotland)","qmayne","","Purpose and ProblemsCommunity Planning (CP) is a statutory framework in Scotland which seeks to engage citizens and communities in local-level political decision-making processes, while at the same time improving coordination and collaboration between...","Thu, 08/19/2010 - 19:54","United Kingdom","Yes","Wednesday, December 31, 2003 - 16:00","Wednesday, December 31, 1969 - 16:00","Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","facilitators","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","National Government","","Open to all","Collaborative Governance","Regional (e.g. State, Province, Autonomous Region)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","National Government, Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Community Based Organization","Yes" "Community Planning Toolkit ","CommunityPlaces","Introduction of an on-line Community Planning Toolkit for the Community and Voluntary Sector www.communityplanningtoolkit.org","Problems and PurposeThe Community Planning Toolkit www.communityplanningtoolkit.org was developed by Community Places through the support of the BIG Lottery Fund to help the Community and Voluntray Sector in Northern Ireland to prepare for the planned...","Tue, 06/12/2012 - 04:14","United Kingdom","Yes","","","Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","","Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit), Philanthropic Organization (i.e. dedicated to making monetary grants or gifts)","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers), Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities), Make public decisions (i.e. exert direct authority), Direct delivery of public services (i.e. by entities other than government), Collaborative delivery of services with public authorities, Raise public awareness, Community building (e.g. social capital), Develop individual capacities (e.g. skills, learning)","Open to all","Community-based participatory research","Regional (e.g. State, Province, Autonomous Region)","Community Based Organization, Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit)","National Government, Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Community Based Organization","No" "Democratic Innovations in Germany","Geissel",""," Problems and PurposeIn 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...","Fri, 05/14/2010 - 08:40","Germany","Yes","","","Political Institutions (e.g. Constitutions, Legal Systems, Electoral Systems), Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","","","","Open to all","Direct Democracy, Consensus Conference","National","","National Government","No" "Developing a National Strategy for Rural Canada","J2xF","","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...","Fri, 05/06/2011 - 18:41","Canada","Yes","Thursday, May 5, 2011 - 17:00","","Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","","Individual","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers)","Open to all","Study Circles","National","Individual","Individual","No" "Dialogue with the City","Marissaloew","","SummaryDialogue with the City’s aim was to make Perth the “world’s most livable city by 2030.” It was a process of engaging Perth and the grater area’s citizens in developing a planning strategy for the capital of Australia’s growing city. The Government...","Thu, 06/03/2010 - 03:16","Australia","No","Friday, September 12, 2003 - 17:00","Friday, September 12, 2003 - 17:00","Environment, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","Public officials","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), For Profit Business, Other","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers)","Open to all, Random Selection","Citizen Dialogue","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial)","National Government, Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit), For Profit Business","Yes" "ECOCITY (Trinitat Nova, Barcelona, Spain)","shafferh","Renewal of social housing on the outskirts of Barcelona while maintaining a strong ecological component.","Problems and PurposeThe ECOCITY project is a group of ten projects that are funded by the European Commission. This particular case study looks at the process behind the renewal of social housing on the northeastern outskirts of Barcelona. The objective...","Fri, 12/30/2011 - 19:10","Spain","No","","","Community Development, Environment, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation, Listen/watch as spectator","International Organization","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers)","Open to all with targeted recruitment","European Awareness Scenario Workshop (EASW)","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Community Based Organization","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","No" "Electronic Town Meeting Turin- Florence 2009","Schirone","","HistoryIn 2009 the city of Turin with the association Italia 150 promoted the Biennale della democrazia. Inside this cultural event, that lasts almost a week, there are open lessons, seminaires, theatricals performances, music, etc. In this context, a...","Thu, 05/26/2011 - 13:18","Italy","No","","","Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","social","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Philanthropic Organization (i.e. dedicated to making monetary grants or gifts)","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers)","Open to all","Electronic Direct Democracy","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Community Based Organization, Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit)","Community Based Organization, Other","Yes" "Europolis; Participation and citizenship in Europe","Nor272","","EuroPolis was organized in response to the ""democratic deficit"" critique leveled against European politics. Through deliberative polling, it explores how informed debate can improve European democracy.The participants were selected from among more than 4...","Fri, 06/04/2010 - 07:44","","No","Thursday, May 28, 2009 - 17:00","Saturday, May 30, 2009 - 17:00","Political Institutions (e.g. Constitutions, Legal Systems, Electoral Systems), Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","","International Organization","Raise public awareness","Open to all with targeted recruitment, Random Selection","Deliberative Polling","International","Academic Institution, Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit)","International Organization, Academic Institution, Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit)","Yes" "Facciamo i Conti…Insieme","Hlriccomi","","1- Purpose and ProblemThe Administration of San Marcello Pistoiese, a small community with less than 7,000 inhabitants located in the mountains in the North of Tuscany, decided to undertake a participatory budgeting in order to transform the traditional...","Sun, 06/12/2011 - 19:05","Italy","No","Sunday, April 1, 2012 - 02:00","Saturday, October 31, 2009 - 17:00","Budgeting, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Negotiate & Bargain","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities)","Open to all, Open to all with targeted recruitment","Participatory Budgeting","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Yes" "Far North Queensland Citizen's Jury","Frederickdanderson","","1. Problems and Purpose The opportunity to deliberate gives citizens information necessary to understand difficult issues. The Far North Queensland’s Citizen Jury (FNQCJ) provided an opportunity for Australian citizens to deliberate on environmental...","Tue, 06/01/2010 - 18:28","Australia","No","Monday, January 17, 2000 - 16:00","Friday, January 21, 2000 - 16:00","Economic Development, Environment, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","facilitators","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Academic Institution","Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities)","Random Selection","Citizens' Jury","Regional (e.g. State, Province, Autonomous Region)","Community Based Organization","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Academic Institution, Community Based Organization","Yes" "Florence- ""Ciompi Square""","Emanuela.greco","","1. Purpose and Objective“Insieme per la nuova Piazza de’ Ciompi” (“Together for the new Ciompi Square”) is the name of a participatory project that fits in with the process of urban renovation of the Sant’Ambrogio/Ghiberti area in the center of Florence...","Mon, 10/31/2011 - 10:46","Italy","No","Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 16:00","Tuesday, March 31, 2009 - 17:00","Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers)","Open to all with targeted recruitment","Citizen Dialogue","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","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" "Génova, ""Autopista Gronda""","maria ana","El caso de la Autopista “Gronda de Ponente” de Génova que se llevó a cabo entre el 1ro de febrero y el 30 de abril de 2009, fue el primer debate público italiano relativo a una gran obra de infraestructura. La misma, que se encuentra incluida en un proyecto más amplio desarrollado en forma conjunta en los niveles regional, provincial y comunal, consiste en la realización de un nuevo tramo de la autopista de doble mano, para reemplazar la actual A10 en la parte en la cual atraviesa la comuna de Génova. La obra de referencia tiene un fuerte impacto sobre el ambiente, la salud, la vivienda y la actividad productiva. Por dicho motivo, la comuna de Génova y el sujeto proponente, la Sociedad “Autostrade per l’Italia” (ASPI), decidieron conjuntamente, abrir un debate público para discutir sobre su realización. Dicho debate costó cerca de 200.000 euros, de los cuales el 65% estuvo a cargo de la empresa ASPI y el 35% restante a cargo de la comuna de Génova. ","Problems and PurposeEl principal problema es la congestión automovilística. Esta, a su vez,  genera dilemas de funcionalidad y para la calidad de vida de los habitantes de la ciudad, además de ser un obstáculo al desarrollo, y de incompatibilidad...","Wed, 01/18/2012 - 15:38","Italy","No","","","Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), For Profit Business","","Open to all, Open to all with targeted recruitment","Collaborative Governance","","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), For Profit Business","Community Based Organization, Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit)","No" "Hard Times, Hard Choices: Michigan Citizens Deliberate","Arjona","This case study features a case organized by By the People in collaboration with the Center for Deliberative Democracy, allowing 317 Michigan citizens to participate in a deliberative poll in November 2009. The three day event eventually was turned into a NewsHour program broadcasted by PBS throughout Michigan in January 2010."," SummaryThis case was put on by By the People in conjunction with The Center for Deliberative Democracy, where 317 citizens from Michigan state participated in a deliberative poll in November 2009. The three day event was made into a NewsHour program and...","Wed, 06/02/2010 - 04:14","United States","No","Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 16:00","Saturday, November 14, 2009 - 16:00","Education & Schools, Budgeting, Economic Development, Immigration, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","Mostly volunteers w/ some paid","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation, Express opinions/preferences only, Story-Telling","Community Based Organization, Philanthropic Organization (i.e. dedicated to making monetary grants or gifts)","Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities)","Random Selection","Deliberative Polling","Regional (e.g. State, Province, Autonomous Region)","Community Based Organization","Academic Institution, Community Based Organization","Yes" "Icelandic Constitutional Council 2011","AlexEIPP","","The Constitutional Council was a body of 25 appointed Icelandic citizens, which was charged with creating a constitutional draft between 6 April and 29 July 2011. Initially the constitution was meant to be revised by a nationally elected assembly, but...","Wed, 08/31/2011 - 15:20","Iceland","Yes","","","Education & Schools, Budgeting, Economic Development, Environment, Health, Immigration, National & International Security, Political Institutions (e.g. Constitutions, Legal Systems, Electoral Systems), Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","members of the public","Express opinions/preferences only","National Government","Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities)","Open to all, Election","Crowdsourcing","National","National Government, Other","National Government","No" "Idee In Piazza","Fb78","","BackgroundFigline Valdarno is an Italian municipality in the Province of Florence, Tuscany, with a population of about 17,000 inhabitants. In 2008 Figline Valdarno celebrated his 1,000th anniversary from his foundation. This represented an opportunity to...","Thu, 08/11/2011 - 21:14","Italy","No","Tuesday, March 31, 2009 - 17:00","Wednesday, September 30, 2009 - 17:00","Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","Facilitators","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers)","Open to all with targeted recruitment","21st Century Town Meeting","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Yes" "Il Padule Che Vorremmo (Ponte Buggianese, Italy)","Jandroots","","PROBLEM AND PURPOSEIl processo partecipativo che ha preso il nome di “Il Padule che vorremmo” è stato avviato dal Comune di Ponte Buggianese con il sostegno dell'Autorità regionale della partecipazione della Regione Toscana.Il problema in questione,...","Wed, 06/29/2011 - 15:04","Italy","No","Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 17:00","Sunday, January 31, 2010 - 16:00","Environment, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","Professionals","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers)","Open to all","Deliberation","","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Yes" "Imagine Philadelphia: Laying the Foundation (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)","aalburger","In 2007 the Philadelphia City Planning Commission (PCPC) organized roundtable discussions and public meetings called “Imagine Philadelphia: Laying the Foundation.” It consisted of comprehensive planning and examination of citywide land issues to inform the work of the Zoning Code Commission and future citywide planning efforts. It was paid for by grants from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development. "," Problems and Purpose“Imagine Philadelphia” was a project that involved citizens in the process of creating a new city plan for Philadelphia. The role of participatory democracy in the city planning process had had three basic purposes. The first was to...","Wed, 01/11/2012 - 15:41","United States","No","","","Community Development, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers)","Open to all","Deliberation","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","For Profit Business","No" "Insieme sulla Buona Strada (Forte dei Marmi, Italy)","Luca.stigliani","","Abstract""Insieme sulla Buona Strada"" è un progetto partecipativo realizzato dal Comune di Forte dei Marmi in collaborazione con l'associazione ""Amici della Terra, club Versilia"". Scopo del progetto è di coinvolgere i cittadini riguardo alle tematiche...","Tue, 06/21/2011 - 13:37","Italy","No","","","Environment, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","Professionals","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers), Community building (e.g. social capital)","Open to all","The World Cafe, European Awareness Scenario Workshop (EASW)","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Yes" "Japanese consensus conference","rosekwame","","Problems and Purpose HistoryThe consensus conference was held in 2000 and was the first time in the history of Japan that the government has sponsored a deliberative conference. The Japanese government convened the consensus conference. The conference...","Wed, 02/29/2012 - 21:49","Japan","No","","","Science & Technology, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","","National Government","","Open to all with targeted recruitment","Consensus Conference","National","National Government","National Government","No" "Kerala People’s Campaign for Decentralized Planning","Dbruce","","""Kerala is one of India’s 28 states, situated in the south-western tip of the country."" (Justino 3) Kerala was created on November 1, 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganization Act bringing together the areas where Malayalam is the dominant...","Mon, 05/31/2010 - 02:15","India","Yes","Wednesday, April 30, 1997 - 17:00","Monday, May 31, 2010 - 17:00","Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","Government Officials","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial)","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers)","Open to all","Participatory Budgeting, Public Hearing","Regional (e.g. State, Province, Autonomous Region)","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Yes" "Laboratorio Mercato - Bologna","Enrica.pinca","","MUNICIPALITY OF BOLOGNA – NAVILE DISTRICT: LABORATORIO PER LA RIPROGETTAZIONE DELL'AREA EX-MERCATO ORTOFRUTTICOLOProblem and PurposeIn 2005 the participatory process named ""Laboratorio Mercato"" was a sequence of meetings and activities aimed at...","Wed, 07/13/2011 - 10:44","Italy","No","Monday, February 28, 2005 - 16:00","Wednesday, February 28, 2007 - 16:00","Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","City staff","Express opinions/preferences only","International Organization","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers), Raise public awareness","Open to all","Deliberation","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","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" "Leefbaarheidsbudget Participatory Budgeting (Utrecht, Netherlands)","HABORN","","Problems and Purpose ‘Leefbaarheidsbudget’ is the name of a participatory process, launched by the municipality of Utrecht in 1987. Literally translated, it would mean ‘budget of livability’, being ‘livability’ defined by the municipality of Utrecht, as...","Fri, 01/20/2012 - 11:13","Netherlands","Yes","","","Budgeting, Community Development, Political Institutions (e.g. Constitutions, Legal Systems, Electoral Systems), Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Express opinions/preferences only","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers), Collaborative delivery of services with public authorities, Raise public awareness, Community building (e.g. social capital)","Open to all","Participatory Budgeting","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","No" "Les journées de la participation à Angers","Mailyspineau","","Origine de l'évènementComme de nombreux autres pays européens, la France a initié il y a plus de 20 ans un important processus de décentralisation. Une nouvelle conception de la gouvernance a ainsi été mise au jour, impliquant une forte démocratisation...","Tue, 06/21/2011 - 08:47","France","No","Friday, February 18, 2011 - 06:00","Saturday, February 19, 2011 - 16:00","Community Development, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation, Listen/watch as spectator","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers), Raise public awareness","Open to all","Magic Roundtables","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Community Based Organization","Yes" "Listening to the City","Jtosch","","What is Listening to the City?Listening to the City was held in New York City at the Jacob Javits Convention Center, in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11th on the United States of America. The forum involved an open dialogue focused on...","Thu, 12/02/2010 - 04:15","United States","No","Friday, July 19, 2002 - 17:00","Sunday, July 21, 2002 - 17:00","Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","Facilitators","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit)","Raise public awareness","Open to all, Random Selection","21st Century Town Meeting","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Community Based Organization, Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit), Individual, For Profit Business","Yes" "Livorno and the Northern suburbs: an Italian example of neighborhood revitalization","MatteoD","","ForewordThe present work is the outcome of an essay prepared for ""Disclosure Policies and Innovations in Governance"", a core course held by Professor Elena Fagotto at the Second Level Master in International Public Affairs organized by the School of...","Sat, 10/29/2011 - 16:35","Italy","Yes","Wednesday, December 31, 1986 - 16:00","Wednesday, December 31, 1969 - 16:00","Budgeting, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Negotiate & Bargain","National Government, Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities)","Open to all","Collaborative Governance","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Community Based Organization, Individual, Other","No" "Local Agenda 21 (Province of Forli-Cesena, Italy)","Alli Welton","","Note: this is an English translation of the original Italian case study that was first submitted by Paolo Galassi on 01/07/2012, and which can be found at http://participedia.net/cases/agenda-21-locale-province-forli-cesena-italy.Problems and...","Sat, 05/05/2012 - 12:10","Italy","No","","","Budgeting, Environment, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers), Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities), Make public decisions (i.e. exert direct authority), Raise public awareness","Open to all, Open to all with targeted recruitment","European Awareness Scenario Workshop (EASW)","Regional (e.g. State, Province, Autonomous Region)","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","International Organization, Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Academic Institution","Yes" "Maledetti Paduli: a Participatory Landscape Planning Project in Southern Italy","Manuelam","","This participatory process started in August 2003 in a small town of the Salento area, on the Eastern-most tip of Italy. The final objective of this project was to carry out an Integrated Urban Regeneration Project among neighbor towns in order to revive...","Thu, 09/15/2011 - 17:24","Italy","No","Thursday, July 31, 2003 - 17:00","Sunday, November 30, 2008 - 16:00","Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","External consulting agency (Laboratorio Urbano Aperto)","Negotiate & Bargain","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers)","Open to all","Collaborative Governance, Study Circles","Regional (e.g. State, Province, Autonomous Region)","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Yes" "Mayor's Youth and Families Initiative Summit","Gawatson","","The Mayor's Youth Summit was a large deliberative event composed of Seattle-area youth held on April 8th, 2010, at the Seattle City Hall and sponsored by the Seattle Mayor's Office and Office of Education. It was the culminating event of the first phase...","Fri, 05/21/2010 - 18:11","United States","No","Wednesday, April 7, 2010 - 17:00","Wednesday, April 7, 2010 - 17:00","Education & Schools, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","City staff","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers)","Open to all","Citizen Conferences","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Community Based Organization","Yes" "Mazara del Vallo- Strategic Plan","Emanuela.greco","","Note:  This article is in need of assistance with editing and content.  Please help us complete it.SummaryThis case study features the formation of a municipal stragetic plan in Italy through a very participatory process. Several different phases of...","Mon, 10/31/2011 - 11:02","Italy","No","Tuesday, April 1, 2008 - 16:00","Monday, November 30, 2009 - 16:00","Community Development, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Express opinions/preferences only","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers), Raise public awareness","Open to all","Citizen Dialogue, Online Consultations","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","No" "Medellín, Colombia. Planeación Local y Presupuesto Participativo","ibarrios","Medellín (Colombia) es una ciudad ubicada al noroccidente de Colombia, en el centro del Valle de Aburrá, en la Cordillera Central. También es la capital del Departamento de Antioquia. En el plano económico es una urbe con gran dinamismo, destacada como uno de los principales centros financieros, industriales, comerciales y de servicios de Colombia, y por ser la sede de numerosas empresas nacionales e internacionales, principalmente en los sectores textil, confecciones, metalmecánico, eléctrico y electrónico, telecomunicaciones, automotriz, alimentos y salud. Cuenta con una población de 2.300.000 habitantes (aproximadamente según proyecciones basadas en censo 2005). Es considerada como la segunda ciudad más poblada del país. Su distribución política – administrativa es de la siguiente manera: - Comunas (zona urbana): 16 - Corregimientos en zona rural: 5 - Barrios (urbanos oficiales): 249 - Áreas Institucionales: 20 La Alcaldía de Medellín se comprometió con la implementación de un modelo de gestión pública orientada al fortalecimiento de una administración transparente y participativa, permitiendo que la ciudadanía sea partícipe de manera activa y co-responsable en los procesos de la planeación local y en la destinación de los recursos públicos. Las organizaciones sociales, los líderes y lideresas, y la ciudadanía en general, han desarrollado y fortalecido mediante este programa, una nueva metodología para la participación democrática, con la construcción de escenarios deliberativos en los que es posible la formulación de diagnósticos, la priorización de las inversiones y la concertación del desarrollo local. ","Problems and PurposeLa Planeación Local y Presupuesto Participativo es un proceso democrático de participación ciudadana que tiene dos grandes tareas: La construcción y aplicación de los Planes de Desarrollo Local en cada comuna y corregimiento.Y la...","Mon, 01/16/2012 - 15:09","Colombia","No","","","Budgeting, Community Development, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities), Make public decisions (i.e. exert direct authority), Raise public awareness, Community building (e.g. social capital), Develop individual capacities (e.g. skills, learning)","Open to all with targeted recruitment","Participatory Budgeting","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Yes" "Minneapolis Neighborhood Revitalization Program","Annayork",""," The Minneapolis Neighborhood Revitalization Program (NRP) was established jointly by the Minnesota state legislature and the Minneapolis city council in 1990 to revitalize inner city neighborhoods. The NRP represented a procedural innovation, with a...","Thu, 09/17/2009 - 02:02","United States","No","Sunday, December 31, 1989 - 16:00","Thursday, December 31, 2009 - 16:00","Economic Development, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","administrators","Negotiate & Bargain","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities)","Election","Collaborative Governance","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Community Based Organization","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","No" "Mississauga-Halton Citizens' Reference Panel Integrated Health Services Plan","MASS LBP","","In June, MASS LBP completed its largest project to date, a lengthy engagement process to help the Mississauga Halton Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) determine priorities for $1.8 billion in annual health care spending.Over three months, MASS LBP...","Fri, 04/09/2010 - 17:12","Canada","No","","","Budgeting, Health, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial)","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers)","Random Selection","Civic Lottery","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial)","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial)","Yes" "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" "National Assembly (Iceland, 2009)","Lsaylor","","Þjóðfundur - National Assembly (Iceland, 2009) History, Build-up to the assemblyDefinition, assembly creation and historyOriginating Entities and FundingParticipant SelectionDeliberation, Decisions, and Public InteractionInfluence, Outcomes, and...","Tue, 11/30/2010 - 21:59","Iceland","No","Saturday, November 14, 2009 - 08:00","Saturday, November 14, 2009 - 20:00","Education & Schools, Budgeting, Economic Development, Environment, Health, National & International Security, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","Trained Moderators","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","National Government, Community Based Organization, Philanthropic Organization (i.e. dedicated to making monetary grants or gifts), Individual","Raise public awareness","Random Selection, Appointment","Consensus Conference","National","Community Based Organization","Community Based Organization","Yes" "New Hampshire Community Conversations on Expanded Gambling (2010)","kgl5000","This case study features the 2010 New Hampshire Community Conversations on Expanded Gambling. The study involved several hundred New Hampshire citizens from around the state participating in facilitated small-group dialogues on 13 Feb 2010, in 11 cities and towns statewide. The event was lead by faculty of the University of New Hampshire and its findings were presented to the Governor’s Study Commission on Expanded Gaming on 18 May 2010. ","Problems and PurposeNew Hampshire has an established history of legalized gambling, with poker events, bingo nights, Lucky-7 ticket sales, and wagering at the state‘s race tracks bringing in a total of $615 million in 2008.  However, though New Hampshire...","Sat, 12/08/2012 - 17:31","United States","No","Saturday, February 13, 2010 - 08:30","Saturday, February 13, 2010 - 15:30","Budgeting, Economic Development, Community Development, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.), Other","","","","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers), Raise public awareness, Community building (e.g. social capital)","Open to all, Open to all with targeted recruitment","Citizen Dialogue","Regional (e.g. State, Province, Autonomous Region)","","Academic Institution, Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit), Philanthropic Organization (i.e. dedicated to making monetary grants or gifts)","No" "New Mexico Citizen Conferences","Elysa","","Note:  This article is in need of assistance with editing and content.  Please help us complete it.SummaryThis case study features Citizen conferences, each composed of 8-10 New Mexico adult citizens and lasting one day, spearheaded by the New Mexico...","Fri, 06/04/2010 - 13:36","United States","Yes","","","Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial)","Raise public awareness","Random Selection","Citizen Conferences","Regional (e.g. State, Province, Autonomous Region)","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial)","National Government, Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Yes" "No a la Costanera Norte","Mrcayoja",""," Resumen:'La construcción del Sistema Oriente Poniente (Costanera Norte), la primera autopista urbana concesionada en la Región Metropolitana de Chile, fue un proceso dilatado y complejo, en un contexto de instalación de la institucionalidad ambiental,...","Tue, 05/31/2011 - 22:01","Chile","No","Wednesday, December 31, 1969 - 16:00","Wednesday, December 31, 1969 - 16:00","Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","Professionals","Negotiate & Bargain","Community Based Organization","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers)","Open to all with targeted recruitment","Citizen Dialogue","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Community Based Organization","Yes" "No to the Costanera Norte Coalition","christophersmith","The construction of the East West System (Costanera Norte), the first urban highway in the Metropolitan Region of Chile, was a complicated and time consuming process. This transpired during the implementation of environmental institutionalism which coincided additionally with the introduction private actors in the construction of public infrastructure through a concessions scheme. This conflict concerns citizen opposition against this project set under the banner of the coalition “No a la Costanera Norte” or “No to the Costanera Norte”. This organization was put together by a group of affected citizen organizations. After their initial immersion, there were accordingly modifications implemented to the project which partially favored the interests of the citizens organized in the coalition. By the time the conflict was solved and the concession works were materialized, the coalition channeled its social capital and interests toward a sustainable city in through non-governmental organization City Lives (Organización No Gubernamental Ciudad Viva), which was able to establish itself as a respectable and visible citizen group recognized by political authorities, academics, and citizens up until today. This goes to show that through conflicts between citizens and state, legacy is ultimately a lesson for all actors involved, including those who are submitted to new ways of projecting and understanding the city and a state agency which should become responsible for more complicated scenarios concerning both the environment and a new conception of an active and demanding citizenry. ","HistoryThe conflict began in 1996 when neighbors in Bellavista began to find out through a series of rumors that a highway project would cross through their neighborhood. This boiled down to an urban megaproject at a distance of more than 33km. This...","Fri, 04/19/2013 - 04:22","Chile","No","","","Community Development, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","","Community Based Organization, Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit)","","","","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Community Based Organization, Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit)","","No" "North Bethany Subarea Plan (Bethany, Oregon)","nelsonk","The Metro Council voted in 2002 to involve the public in planning an expansion of Bethany, Oregon into the 800-acre North Bethany area. As of December 2011, North Bethany is still in the process of planning the new subarea. The public involvement components for North Bethany subarea Planning includes open houses, work groups, newsletters, informational coffees and public hearings and monthly meetings. ","Problems and PurposeThe community of Bethany conducted concept and comprehensive community planning for three reasons: 1. To meet various applicable state, regional, county and community planning objectives. 
2. To identify necessary urban infrastructure...","Wed, 01/11/2012 - 00:01","United States","Yes","","","Community Development, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation, Listen/watch as spectator, Formal Testimony, Informal Social Activities","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial)","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers), Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities), Make public decisions (i.e. exert direct authority)","Open to all","Public Hearing","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Community Based Organization, Individual, For Profit Business","Yes" "Nueva línea ferroviaria de Alta Velocidad (LGV) París - Lyon ","Jorge Luis Colombo Ansaldi","Esquela para Participedia.net Autor: Ing. Jorge L. COLOMBO ANSALDI Lugar y fecha: Bologna, ITALIA, Diciembre 14 de 2011.- _________________________________________________________________________________ PROYECTO DE LINEA FERROVIARIA DE ALTA VELOCIDAD PARIS – ORLEANS - CLERMONT-FERRAND – LYON FRANCIA 1.- Propósito y problema El propósito es la construcción de una línea ferroviaria de alta velocidad que una las ciudades de París, Orlèans, Clermont-Ferrand y Lyon. El problema consiste en facilitar el transporte y disminuir el tiempo de viaje entre esas ciudades importantes de Francia disminuyendo a un mínimo los impactos ambientales y territoriales. 2.- Historia La voluntad de hacer una línea ferroviaria de alta velocidad a fin de reducir el tiempo de viaje entre París y Lyon y las principales ciudades intermedias, exige atravesar con un nuevo trazado, otras áreas del territorio distintas de las ocupadas por la red ferroviaria existente, a raíz de las condiciones más exigentes de diseño de una línea de alta velocidad, fundamentalmente debido a grandes radios de curvatura y nuevos diseños de las estaciones. También se encuentran problemas de impacto ambiental tanto visual como sonoro, y por todo ello se pone a disposición de las personas afectadas y las autoridades locales (por ejemplo intendentes y las fuerzas vivas), el anteproyecto y las variantes de traza diseñadas por la empresa ferroviaria francesa a fin de que se puedan emitir opiniones y reparos a su construcción. 3.- Entidades originarias y financiamiento La entidad originaria del proyecto es Reséau Ferré de France, y en cuanto a lo concerniente a la participación de los ciudadanos, la institución responsable y financiadora es la Commision Nationale du Débat Publique -CNDP- quien actúa en cada ámbito a través de delegaciones, cada una de ellas denominadas Commision Particulier du Débat Publique – CPDP. 4.- Selección de los participantes La participación de la ciudadanía fue promovida por esta comisión en primer lugar creando un sitio web especial para el debate público (www.lgv-pocl.fr) y paralelamente a través de medios de difusión pública, tales como un newsletter del proyecto (Le Journal du débat publique) y un vehículo con carteles que recorría las ciudades cercanas a la traza informando e invitando a participar. Ello se puede ver en el propio sito web. Por otra parte a fin de garantizar el pluralismo, la participación del público es libre y en el sitio se encuentran los lugares y horarios de reunión accesibles a todos. 4.1- Esquema del proceso participativo 1. El presidente de la Comisión Nacional de Debate Público - CNDP – vista la relevancia e importancia de los bienes que puedan verse afectados por el trazado, decide que el proyecto debe ser sometido a debate público. 2. Con ese motivo designó al presidente de la comisión particular –CPDP- cuya nominación recayó en un ingeniero con el rol fundamental de garantizar la participación y ser neutral. No obstante ello su formación académica permite que aclare ante el público conceptos útiles cuando hacen falta ciertas explicaciones técnicas o traducción de especificaciones a lenguaje comprensible por todos. 3. Con la propuesta de dicho presidente de la Comisión Particular, la Comisión Nacional designó a los seis (6) integrantes de la CPDP. 4. También decidió el plazo en que se desarrollará el debate público: 3 de octubre de 2011 a 31 de enero de 2012. (A la fecha todavía no finalizado). 4.2.- Temas tratados Los temas tratados son:  La conducción del proyecto  La economia del proyecto  El contexto y la situación actual  Los escenarios presentes en el debate  El trazado de la línea LAV Paris-Lyon  El servicio de transporte  La planificación del territorio  La explotación de la ferrovía  Los efectos sobre el ambiente  La articulación con las demás trazas ferroviarias 5.- Deliberaciones, decisiones e interacción pública 5.1.- La fase de aprendizaje Se inauguró el debate público el 3 de octubre de 2011 y la CPDP puso a disposición del público en primer lugar los documentos de diseño de la línea ferroviaria, fundamentalmente su anteproyecto, una síntesis de la obra, el dossier, la cartografía de la zona de vía y estudios del territorio. Asimismo la CPDP presentó las herramientas y normativas para que el público se exprese, los lugares y fechas de las reuniones y el sitio de internet interactivo. 5.2.- La fase de escucha pública En esta fase la CPDP pone a disposición del público hasta la finalización del debate (el 31 de enero de 2012), no sólo los lugares de reunión (con su organización correspondiente) a fin de que los diferentes participantes se escuchen entre sí, con infraestructura y mediante moderadores, sino que también publica sobre el Journal du débat publique ya mencionado, las propuestas del público (a la fecha ya han salido cuatro números del mismo), incluye videos de las intervenciones en el sitio web, las contribuciones escritas y orales y finalmente las preguntas. Una contribución particularmente extensa fue presentada por el Consejo Regional de Auvernia sobre la estrategia de desarrollo y gestión del territorio en la zona de ubicación de la ferrovia. 5.3.- La fase deliberativa El presidente de la CPDP realizará un informe del debate público, en un lapso no superior a los dos meses de finalización del debate público. Asimismo el presidente de la CNDP (de nivel nacional) realizará un balance del proceso y sus resultados. Dicho informe y balance serán girados a la Dirección de Obra, es decir Reséau Ferré de France, la cual en un lapso no mayor de tres meses, debe tomar una decisión sobre lo decidido respecto de modificaciones o no al proyecto, informando de ello a la CNDP y hecho público. 6.- Influencia, resultados y efectos El proceso se encuentra todavía en desarrollo y a la fecha falta un mes y medio para terminar los debates. No obstante es de destacar la intervención de la intendente (Maire) de Roanne que ha subrayado que la reunión de ciudadanos en esa ciudad, ha constituído un punto de referencia importante en diversas facetas: en primer lugar que tuvo en este debate el primero en su tipo en la ciudad, en segundo lugar que ha favorecido el intercambio de ideas y propuestas, en tercero que involucró al público en el proyecto, que acercó la gente entre sí como un valor a destacar en sí mismo y finalmente – y asimismo muy importante - que permite a una generación debatir lo que le van a dejar a las generaciones futuras. 7.- Análisis y críticas La principal crítica que se le puede hacer al proceso descripto es que la CNDP ha decidido designar motu propio tanto al presidente como a los integrantes de la CPDP, sin la participación del público. Las autoridades del debate son muy importantes en cuanto a su capacidad de gestionar la reunión y también en cuanto a ser neutrales. La nominación por parte del estado excluye entonces un proceso meta-participativo para estas nominaciones, que sería deseable -por coherente- con la participación pública que se busca. Por otro lado también fue fijada manu militari por la CNDP tanto la fecha de inicio como de finalización. Se comprende que el lapso de discusión del proyecto no puede ser sine die pero el tiempo instituído (cuatro meses) para discutir un proyecto de la magnitud y las implicancias que éste posee, parece a todas luces escaso, especialmente si se deben estudiar propuestas técnicas, valorarlas en sus diversos aspectos, discutir impactos ambientales complejos y a la vez con todo ello construir un feedback con las razones por las cuáles se elige una y no otra de las soluciones. 8.- Fuentes secundarias Dossier de obra: http://www.debatpublic-lgv-pocl.org/informer/dossier-mo.html Síntesis de la obra: http://www.debatpublic-lgv-pocl.org/informer/synthese- mo.html Forma de uso: http://www.debatpublic-lgv-pocl.org/informer/le-debat-public-mode-d-emploi.html Calendario de sesiones: http://www.debatpublic-lgv-pocl.org/informer/le-calendrier-du-debat-public.html Prensa: http://www.debatpublic-lgv-pocl.org/presse/index.html Normativa: http://www.debatpublic-lgv-pocl.org/mentions.html Contacto: http://www.debatpublic-lgv-pocl.org/contact.html 9.- Links externos Commission Nationale du Debat Publique – CNDP – www.debatpublique.fr Wikipedia Train Paris-Lyon – www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGV_Sud-Est Association TGV Provence – Côte d’Azur - www.lgvazur.net/sp/reuniones.htm 10.- Notas Es de destacar que este caso se encuentra actualmente (Diciembre de 2011) en proceso deliberativo que finaliza el 31 de enero de 2012.- ","Esquela para Participedia.netAutor:   Ing. Jorge L. Colombo AnsaldiLugar y fecha:  Bologna, ITALIA, Diciembre 14 de 2011.-_________________________________________________________________________________ PROYECTO DE LINEA FERROVIARIA DE ALTA...","Wed, 12/21/2011 - 14:24","Italy","No","","","Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Government-Owned Corporation","Collaborative delivery of services with public authorities, Raise public awareness, Community building (e.g. social capital)","Open to all","Deliberation","Regional (e.g. State, Province, Autonomous Region)","","National Government, Other","No" "Obama's Open Government Directive","Jessolivas33","","Problems and PurposeThe Open Government Directive is an effort by the Obama Administration to create an unprecedented level of openness in government. One of President Obama’s main goals since his first day in office has been to increase transparency,...","Thu, 06/03/2010 - 03:12","United States","Yes","","","Education & Schools, Budgeting, Economic Development, Environment, Health, Immigration, National & International Security, Political Institutions (e.g. Constitutions, Legal Systems, Electoral Systems), Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","All governmental agencies","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","National Government","Raise public awareness","Open to all","Citizen Dialogue","International","National Government","National Government","Yes" "Open Government Directive, Obama Administration","Riley431","","Problems and purposeThe Open Government Directive is an effort by the Obama Administration to create an unprecedented level of openness in government. One of President Obama’s main goals since his first day in office has been to increase transparency,...","Tue, 12/07/2010 - 12:31","United States","Yes","Monday, December 7, 2009 - 16:00","","Political Institutions (e.g. Constitutions, Legal Systems, Electoral Systems), Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","All governmental agencies","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","National Government","Raise public awareness","Open to all","Citizen Dialogue","National","National Government","National Government","Yes" "Orçamento Participativo (OP) 2010 - Município de Atibaia","Pamela","Orçamento Participativo (OP) 2010 - Município de Atibaia, BRASIL","Note:  This article is in need of assistance with editing and content. In addtion, this article needs to be translated from Portuguese to English. Please help us improve and complete it...","Tue, 12/20/2011 - 09:19","United States","No","","","Budgeting, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","","","","Open to all","Participatory Budgeting","","","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","No" "Paesaggio Town Meeting (Tuscany, Italy)","lisazanotti","""Bello e possibile""è il primo Town Meeting sul paesaggio in Italia.","Problems and PurposeLa Regione Toscana dopo avere adottato il piano paesaggistico, con tutte le salvaguardie che ne derivano per il territorio, prima della sua approvazione conclusiva intende attivare un dibattito pubblico con i cittadini e la cultura...","Tue, 01/17/2012 - 03:53","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)","","No" "Participación ciudadana en la revisión del PRC de Estación Central","Pmelendez","","Summary/Resumen.In this paper it will be presented and analyzed the process of citizen participation that took place for the revision and study of the Plan Regulador Comunal of the commune of Estación Central in Santiago, Chili. It's a case with a high...","Sun, 05/29/2011 - 22:05","Chile","No","Wednesday, December 31, 1969 - 16:00","Wednesday, December 31, 1969 - 16:00","Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","Expertos y consultores","Listen/watch as spectator","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Raise public awareness","Open to all with targeted recruitment","Collaborative Governance, Citizen Dialogue","","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Academic Institution","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","No" "Participación para el Desarrollo Ambientalmente Sustentable y la Integración Social en el Espacio Público de la Comuna de La Reina","D.alarcon",""," SummaryThis article presents an interesting case of urban planning with citizen participation developed in Santiago de Chile. The case is primarily about the development and implementation of a standard methodology that allows for a real appropriation...","Mon, 06/13/2011 - 17:15","Chile","No","Sunday, December 31, 2006 - 16:00","Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 16:00","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","Public Hearing, Collaborative Governance","","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","National Government","No" "Participated Urban Planning: “The Hospice Area”","Janbo","In the Autumn of 2005, the Municipality of Reggio Emilia in agreement with the 6th district initiated a new period of explorations and dialogues involving the citizens in the discussions and in the planning of a new center for the district including the renovation of the Hospice area. The objective was to initiate and draft a new plan of green public spaces. Dialogues with citizens were structured in work groups on topics of common interest. The process produced an Executive Plan containing shared concepts of the participants.","PURPOSEThe purpose to have the citizens participate in the planning of new green spaces and ther square of the district. More specifically the goals were: • to create a new form of planning involving citizens in order to reach a shared project. • to...","Wed, 06/15/2011 - 17:49","Italy","No","","","Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","Facilitators","Negotiate & Bargain","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers)","Open to all","Citizen Advisory Board","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Yes" "Participation Days in Angers, France (translated)","sietsekierengoffard","In February 2011, municipal government in the city of Angers brought together local associations, elected representatives, and citizens for two days of participatory deliberation. Workshops and roundtable discussions allowed everybody to share ideas, concerns, and suggestions for civic projects. * Note: This article has been translated into English from French. For the original article, please see ""Les journées de la participation à Angers"". ","Note: this is an English translation of the original French case study that was first submitted by Maily Spineau on 06/21/2011, and which can be found at http://participedia.net/cases/les-journ-es-de-la-participation-angersHistoryLike many other European...","Sat, 06/02/2012 - 14:21","France","No","","","Community Development, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation, Listen/watch as spectator","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers), Raise public awareness","Open to all","Magic Roundtables","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Community Based Organization","Yes" "Participation for sustainable environmental development and social integration in public spaces in the commune of la Reina","christophersmith","This article presents an interesting case of urban planning with citizen participation developed in Santiago, Chile. The case is primarily about the development and implementation of a standard methodology that allows for a real appropriation of public space by citizens, developing urban spaces that are sustainable over time. The main feature of the developed methodology is its flexibility which allows it to adapt to multiple projects and contexts. This can be seen from the description of the first four pilot applications of the methodology developed in the district of La Reina and their respective particularities. A macro analysis of the results, strengths, and weaknesses of the methodology as well as its implementation are presented. ","Problems and Purpose The management of public space is frequently completed without incorporating the major stakeholders. This all translates into the non-appropriation of space on the behalf of neighbors. This simultaneously leads to a minimized use and...","Fri, 04/19/2013 - 03:19","Chile","No","","","Environment, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","","","","","","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","","","No" "Participatory Budgeting (New York, New York)","Hrgilman","Participatory Budgeting in New York (PBNYC) represents the largest implementation of Participatory Budgeting in North America. Four council members in New York City signed up to use their discretionary capital funds for participatory budgeting for Fiscal Year 2012-2013. The pilot program ran through August 2011- March 2012. The four council members who signed up to use their discretionary funds were: D8 Melissa Mark-Viverito (Manhattan/Bronx), D32 Eric Ulrich (Queens), D39 Brad Lander (Brooklyn) and D45 Jumaane Williams (Brooklyn). The council members each pledges at least $1.4 million in discretionary capital funds that can be put toward infrastructural projects. For the second year, Fiscal Year 2013-2014, four additional council members have signed up for a total of $15 million in discretionary funds to be allocated through the PB process.","Problems and PurposeNew York City has a historically corrupt and non-transparent budgetting process.  The New York City Council is also known for its extremely non-transparent funding structure whereby the Speaker of the Majority can determine a City...","Sun, 01/08/2012 - 14:51","United States","No","","","Budgeting, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","Council Member's Staffers, Civil Society Organization's staffers dedicated to the project. ","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation, Negotiate & Bargain, Express opinions/preferences only, Listen/watch as spectator","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities), Make public decisions (i.e. exert direct authority), Direct delivery of public services (i.e. by entities other than government), Raise public awareness, Community building (e.g. social capital)","Open to all","Participatory Budgeting","","Academic Institution, Community Based Organization, Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit), Philanthropic Organization (i.e. dedicated to making monetary grants or gifts)","Community Based Organization, Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit), Individual, Faith-Based Organization","Yes" "Participatory Budgeting in Berlin-Lichtenberg","Jshkabatur","","Berlin-Lichtenberg is a borough in Eastern Berlin, comprising of 251,000 residents and 13 districts. In 2005, under Mayor Christina Emmrich, a new participatory budgeting exercise was launched that continues to this day. It involves regular online and...","Thu, 01/07/2010 - 19:28","Germany","Yes","Friday, September 30, 2005 - 17:00","Thursday, December 31, 2009 - 16:00","Budgeting, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","facilitators","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers)","Open to all","Participatory Budgeting","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Yes" "Participatory budgeting of Arezzo : “I count” (Io conto)","Mailyspineau","","Purpose and ProblemsThe purpose of the event which took place in Arezzo was to arouse citizens' interest in the district life and improve the knowledge of local administration, with the global aim of consolidating the link between citizens &...","Tue, 06/21/2011 - 08:37","Italy","No","Saturday, February 28, 2009 - 16:00","Monday, August 31, 2009 - 17:00","Budgeting, Environment, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers), Make public decisions (i.e. exert direct authority), Raise public awareness","Open to all with targeted recruitment","Participatory Budgeting","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","For Profit Business","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), For Profit Business","Yes" "Participatory Budgeting: Porto Alegre","Gsmith","","Participatory Budgeting (PB) was established in Porto Alegre, Brazil in 1989 as a means of involving ordinary citizens in the annual municipal budget decision-making cycle. By the turn of the 21st century, some 20,000 citizens participated in popular...","Sat, 11/28/2009 - 14:03","Brazil","Yes","","","Budgeting, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","Public officials","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation, Negotiate & Bargain","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities)","Open to all","Participatory Budgeting","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Yes" "Participatory Capital Investment Program in Kavaja","Edak87","","Participatory Capital Investment Program in Kavaja (ALBANIA)HistoryKavaja is one of the thirty-six provinces of Albania and is part of Tirana County. It has a population of 82,921 (2010 estimate), and an area of 414 km². Participatory Capital Investment...","Sun, 10/23/2011 - 21:16","Albania","No","","","Budgeting, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Philanthropic Organization (i.e. dedicated to making monetary grants or gifts)","Make public decisions (i.e. exert direct authority)","Open to all","Participatory Budgeting","Regional (e.g. State, Province, Autonomous Region)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Yes" "Participatory Planning in Reggio Emilia","MariaLuciaTomasello","","Progettiamo insieme il Parco delle Acque ChiareSummaryThe participatory process “Progettiamo insieme il Parco delle Acque Chiare” concerned the creation of a public park in the Rosta Nuova neighbourhood in Reggio Emilia, in the North of Italy. The...","Sun, 06/12/2011 - 16:36","Italy","No","Saturday, January 31, 2004 - 16:00","Friday, March 31, 2006 - 16:00","Environment, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","staff_type","","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers)","Open to all, Open to all with targeted recruitment","Deliberation, Collaborative Governance","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Yes" "Participatory planning workshop","Tito","","Note:  This article is in need of assistance with editing and content.  Please help us complete it.SummaryThis case study features a series of participatory planning workshops in Italy to develop new ideas and proposals about public spaces and poly-...","Sun, 10/30/2011 - 20:02","Italy","No","","","Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Make public decisions (i.e. exert direct authority)","Appointment","Study Circles","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Yes" "Participatory Planning Workshop in Zola Predosa","Karlobergine","Zola Predosa is an Italian town of 18,077 inhabitants which is located in the province of Bologna. In 2007, a decision was approved by the Zola Predosa Administration to go through with a construction project that aimed to renew and build housing in an underdeveloped area. Some of the locals of Zola Predosa were baffled at the decision and expressed discontent due to the project’s impact on traffic and the environment. As a response, the Zola Predosa Administration designed a Participatory Planning Workshop (PPA). Through this participatory process, the Zola Predosa Administration sought to increase the awareness of the locals, get their suggestions and ultimately to carry out the construction project with more public support. Despite the presence of willing participants and experts who provided information, the participatory workshop failed to reach its stated goals. The legitimacy of the process fell into question and dissatisfied participants quit the process. Hence, this is an interesting case of failure in participatory activities. This article summarizes the participatory project and elaborates on the reasons why the process has failed. The case study seeks to shed light on the important pre-conditions that must exist for any participation process to succeed."," SummaryZola Predosa is an Italian town of 18,077 inhabitants which is located in the province of Bologna. In 2007, a decision was approved by the Zola Predosa Administration to go through with a construction project that aimed to renew and build housing...","Wed, 07/13/2011 - 10:15","Italy","No","Friday, January 18, 2008 - 16:00","Tuesday, February 5, 2008 - 16:00","Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","Coordinator","Express opinions/preferences only","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Raise public awareness","Open to all","Public Hearing, Citizen Dialogue","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Yes" "Participatory Publics in Brazil","Phillyfree","","PurposeThe participatory publics’ goals are to use political deliberation to overcome social and political exclusion, the promotion of accountability and the implementation of their policy preferences. Participatory institutions were sanctioned in Brazil...","Fri, 06/04/2010 - 07:13","Brazil","No","","","Budgeting, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","National Government, Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","","Open to all","Community Organizing, Participatory Budgeting, Collaborative Governance","National","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","No" "Planning our square together!","Grengoire","","Note:  This article is in need of assistance with editing and content.  Please help us complete it.SummaryThis case study features a citizens' deliberation on the renovation of a public square in Italy. Many meetings and workshops were organized to take...","Thu, 06/23/2011 - 18:02","United States","No","","","Community Development, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","","Open to all","Citizens' Jury","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Community Based Organization, Individual","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Yes" "Porto le Mie Idee","Brio86","","“Porto le Mie Idee” is a participatory project promoted by a group of citizens of Marina di Carrara (a district of the city of Carrara), to make the project of the construction of the new water-front presented by the port authorities of Carrara suitable...","Wed, 05/18/2011 - 18:33","Italy","No","Friday, April 30, 2010 - 17:00","Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 17:00","Community Development, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","Professional","","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial)","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers)","Open to all with targeted recruitment, Random Selection","Deliberation","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial)","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" "POWER2010","Vivacions","","OverviewPOWER2010 is campaign that aims to collect the ideas and opinions of United Kingdom residents from all political persuasion in hopes of reforming democracy in the UK. The campaign was created by The Democratic Reform Company and formed...","Tue, 06/01/2010 - 04:41","United Kingdom","Yes","Friday, January 8, 2010 - 16:00","Saturday, January 9, 2010 - 16:00","Political Institutions (e.g. Constitutions, Legal Systems, Electoral Systems), Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","Organizers","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Philanthropic Organization (i.e. dedicated to making monetary grants or gifts)","Raise public awareness","Random Selection","Deliberative Polling","National","Philanthropic Organization (i.e. dedicated to making monetary grants or gifts)","Academic Institution, Individual","Yes" "Presupuesto Participativo Joven de Rosario","Hlriccomi","","Note:  This article is in need of assistance with editing, content, and English translation. Please help us complete it. Este artículo necesita ayuda en la edición, el contenido y en su traducción al Inglés. Por favor, nos ayuden a completarlo.  ...","Mon, 06/13/2011 - 12:18","Argentina","Yes","Wednesday, December 31, 1969 - 16:00","","Budgeting, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","Public officials","Negotiate & Bargain","","Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities)","Open to all","Participatory Budgeting","","","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Yes" "Presupuesto Participativo: Rosario","Albertoford","Proyecto de presupuesto participativo en la ciudad de Rosario, en Santa Fe, Argentina, elaborado a partir del 2002.","OrígenesEn Rosario, en medio de una de las más grandes crisis argentinas, en mayo de 2002, el poder ejecutivo municipal tomó la decisión de convocar por primera vez al Prespuesto Participativo (PP) , en un contexto normativo no del todo favorable porque...","Fri, 03/05/2010 - 19:45","Argentina","Yes","","","Budgeting, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","Public officials","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation, Negotiate & Bargain","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities)","Open to all","Participatory Budgeting","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Community Based Organization","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Yes" "Progetto ex Mercato Ortofrutticolo (Bologna, Italy)","mjmartinezd","Il Processo partecipativo dell’ex Mercato Ortofrutticolo si è sviluppato a Bologna, Italia. Il progetto urbanistico è iniziato nel 2005 ed è ancora in corso. La progettazione dell’insediamento è stata verificata e affinata nell’ambito di un laboratorio di progettazione partecipativa con associazioni cittadine e cittadini del quartiere. ","Problems and PurposeL’area dell’ex Mercato Ortofrutticolo si estende per oltre 30 ettari a nord della città storica di Bologna ed è stata abbandonata dopo allo spostamento della sua attività al Centro Agroalimentare.Il progetto ha avuto come primo...","Thu, 01/19/2012 - 14:41","Italy","No","","","Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers), Community building (e.g. social capital)","Open to all, Open to all with targeted recruitment","Collaborative Governance, Citizen Dialogue","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","","No" "Programa Quiero Mi Barrio: Población Santa Adriana","Ktartakowsky","","PROGRAMA DE RECUPERACIÓN DE BARRIOS “QUIERO MI BARRIO”Definición y objetivosEl Programa de Recuperación de Barrios “Quiero Mi Barrio” (PQMB) surge en el marco de la gestión presidencial de Michelle Bachelet (2006-2010). El objetivo principal del Programa...","Fri, 06/17/2011 - 04:51","Chile","Yes","Wednesday, December 31, 1969 - 16:00","Wednesday, December 31, 1969 - 16:00","Environment, National & International Security, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","Consejo Vecinal de Desarrollo (CVD)","","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial)","Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities)","Open to all with targeted recruitment, Election","Deliberative Polling","","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Community Based Organization","National Government","Yes" "Project ex-Farmer's Market (Bologna, Italy)","Alli Welton","","Note: this is an English translation of the original Italian case study that was first submitted by Maria Martinez on 01/19/2012, and which can be found at http://participedia.net/cases/progetto-ex-mercato-ortofrutticolo-bologna-italyProblems and...","Thu, 05/10/2012 - 08:27","Italy","No","","","Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers), Community building (e.g. social capital)","Open to all, Open to all with targeted recruitment","Citizen Dialogue, Collaborative Governance","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Community Based Organization, Individual","No" "RAFAELA AGENDA ESTRATEGICA","lbrizio","La Agenda Estratégica Rafaela 2010 - 2016, es un proceso participativo para construir una visión compartida a largo plazo para la ciudad de Rafaela y una serie de recomendaciones para su desarrollo, teniendo como horizonte dos hechos emblemáticos en la historia de la Patria (Argentina), como el bicentenario de la Revolución de Mayo (1810), y la declaración de la independencia nacional (1816). Es un proceso que nace en el año 2008, del seno de la Municipalidad de Rafaela, a través de la Secretaría de Gestión y Participación como órgano técnico, y tiene como órgano ejecutor al Consejo Consultivo Social, que es un órgano integrado por las distintas instituciones de la ciudad. La primera etapa fue la de recolección de información y diagnóstico de las problemáticas presentes y futuras. Con aquella documentación se establecieron 5 ejes de acción, desde los cuales se realizaron diversos talleres ciudadanos, conferencias, mesas de trabajo, entre otras actividades, junto a instituciones de la sociedad civil, funcionarios, facilitadores y ciudadanía en general. Luego de las actividades se realizaron conclusiones que se registran en informes. En cada eje de acción se realizó un informe que permite observar cuáles son las problemáticas presentes a trabajar, los lineamientos a futuro, y una serie de recomendaciones. Desde el año 2010 la Agenda comienza a funcionar y crear outputs a través de diversas actividades, obras y proyectos correspondientes a los ejes y lineamientos trazados durante la etapa de elaboración. "," 1).- OBJETO Y PROBLEMALa Agenda Estratégica Rafaela 2010 - 2016, es un proceso participativo para construir una visión compartida a largo plazo para la ciudad y una serie de recomendaciones para su desarrollo.Es un proceso participativo que pretende...","Tue, 01/03/2012 - 15:37","Argentina","Yes","","","Community Development, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","","International Organization, Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Community building (e.g. social capital), Other","","Consensus, Deliberation, Collaborative Governance","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","International Organization, Academic Institution, Community Based Organization, Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit), Individual, Other","Yes" "Recife Participatory Budgeting","Hrgilman","","In Recife, Brazil, members of the public have been getting involved since 2001 to help determine how their city develops. Out of a population of 1.6 million people, more than 100,000 adults and young people join local forums or make themselves heard via...","Tue, 05/24/2011 - 18:49","Brazil","Yes","Wednesday, December 31, 1969 - 16:00","","Budgeting, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","Paid and Volunteer","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Make public decisions (i.e. exert direct authority)","Open to all","Participatory Budgeting","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","No" "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" "Reggio Emilia: Citizenship Agreement Toschi Street – San Carlo Street","Nicolacos","","      Note:  This article is in need of assistance with editing and content.  Please help us complete it.SummaryThis case study features a program to encourage dialogue between various parties and promote peaceful coexistence in an Italian municipality....","Tue, 11/01/2011 - 18:00","Italy","No","Monday, March 16, 2009 - 02:00","Wednesday, June 3, 2009 - 16:00","Community Development, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","Trained Facilitators","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities)","Open to all","Citizen Dialogue","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Yes" "Representative Town Meeting (Amherst, Massachusetts, USA)","Townsend","Town meeting as a form of local legislature can take several forms. The ""representative"" form is described in this entry. It remains similar to the ""open"" form. Both forms of town meeting are extremely powerful, with citizens retaining local control (within state guidelines) over the fate of their tax dollars, zoning regulations, and laws."," Problems and PurposeA representative town meeting is a local elected legislature that meets regularly to make public governance decisions, including money appropriation, law creation, and land use zoning. Such meetings are widespread across New England...","Wed, 12/21/2011 - 17:08","United States","No","","","Budgeting, Community Development, Political Institutions (e.g. Constitutions, Legal Systems, Electoral Systems), Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation, Express opinions/preferences only","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers), Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities), Community building (e.g. social capital)","Open to all","Representative Town Meeting","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Yes" "Rural Plebiscite Experiment (Indonesia)","Arfung",""," Problems and PurposeThis case is a randomized field experiment, which examines the differences in decision-making and legitimacy in town meeting versus plebiscitary (direct voting) methods of decision. The experimenter - Benjamin Olken - examined this...","Tue, 03/02/2010 - 15:42","Indonesia","No","Wednesday, August 31, 2005 - 17:00","Sunday, January 29, 2006 - 16:00","Budgeting, Economic Development, Political Institutions (e.g. Constitutions, Legal Systems, Electoral Systems), Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","","National Government, Other","Make public decisions (i.e. exert direct authority)","Open to all, Open to all with targeted recruitment","Community-based participatory research","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Individual","National Government, Individual, Other","No" "Saione: a Neighborhood Where People Meet","Manuelam","","This participatory process took place in Italy between January and October 2009 in the Saione neighborhood of the City of Arezzo, Tuscany. The purpose of this project was to address citizens’ complaints and concerns by carrying out an integrated urban...","Thu, 09/15/2011 - 16:43","Italy","No","Wednesday, December 31, 1969 - 16:00","Wednesday, December 31, 1969 - 16:00","Community Development, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","Local Government representatives","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities)","Open to all","Collaborative Governance, Deliberation, Public Hearing","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Community Based Organization","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Community Based Organization","Yes" "San Francisco Urban-Rural Roundtable","Cshann","","The San Francisco Urban-Rural Roundtable was a deliberative event conducted by Roots of Change in San Francisco, California. In September of 2008, Mayor Gavin Newsom of the City of San Francisco invited fifty people from both urban and rural communities...","Tue, 12/07/2010 - 07:48","United States","No","Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 17:00","Sunday, March 29, 2009 - 17:00","Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","Coordinating Team","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Community Based Organization","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers)","Open to all with targeted recruitment","Collaborative Governance, Q&A with experts, Deliberation","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Community Based Organization","Community Based Organization","Yes" "San Mateo Deliberative Poll","Mkji","","The San Mateo Deliberative Poll was a countrywide deliberative event held in San Mateo, California, March 2008. The event was sponsored by Threshold 2008, a coalition of civic groups dedicated to housing problem in the country, and funded by a number of...","Thu, 12/02/2010 - 22:19","United States","No","Friday, March 14, 2008 - 17:00","Saturday, March 15, 2008 - 17:00","Community Development, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","Mediator","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit), Philanthropic Organization (i.e. dedicated to making monetary grants or gifts)","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers)","Random Selection","Deliberative Polling","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Academic Institution","Community Based Organization, Philanthropic Organization (i.e. dedicated to making monetary grants or gifts)","Yes" "Sbertoli Villas & the City","MariaLuciaTomasello","","Sbertoli Villas and the CityOverview“Sbertoli Villas and the City” was a participatory process promoted and organized by the City Council of Pistoia in 2009; it lasted from February until the end of July. The process aimed at reaching three main goals....","Sun, 06/12/2011 - 17:47","Italy","No","","","Economic Development, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","social","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities)","Random Selection","Deliberation, Study Circles","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","For Profit Business","Yes" "Science: you decide","Cobi","","Note:  This article is in need of assistance with editing and content.  Please help us complete it.","Tue, 08/31/2010 - 00:17","Australia","No","Sunday, August 17, 2008 - 17:00","Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - 17:00","Budgeting, Environment, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","university researchers","","Academic Institution","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers)","Open to all with targeted recruitment","","","Academic Institution","Academic Institution","Yes" "Seattle Neighborhood City Council","Msifuen","","The Seattle City Neighborhood Council (CNC) was created in October of 1987 to oversee the successful synchronization of the Neighborhood Matching Fund, Neighborhood Budget Prioritization, and Neighborhood Planning programs. The CNC is composed of...","Thu, 06/03/2010 - 10:02","United States","Yes","Wednesday, October 14, 1987 - 17:00","","Budgeting, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","citizens","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers)","Election","Deliberation, Citizen Advisory Board","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Community Based Organization","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Yes" "Social Consensus Building for Environmentally Friendly Life in Local Communities, Yakushima Island, Kagoshima, Japan","Kanoko Kamata","Yakushima, where a large rich nature exists and is the World Heritage site, has been facing dilemma, how to increase the revenue of town by tourism and how to protect precious nature. Residents, government and tourism industry got together and discuss how they can balance these two points."," *This article was coauthored with Dr. Shigeo Nishikizawa, Associate Professor of Tokyo Institute of Technology.About Yakushima IslandYakushima Island, Kagoshima was registered as World Heritage Nature Site in 1993 because of rich nature such as 7200-...","Mon, 01/21/2013 - 07:24","Japan","No","","","Community Development, Environment, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","","National Government","","Open to all with targeted recruitment","Consensus, Citizen Dialogue, Deliberation, Collaborative Governance","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Academic Institution","National Government, Individual","No" "South East Local Health Integration Network Clinical Services Roadmap Community Engagement Project","sfulton","As required by the government of Ontario to involve residents in the decision making process concerning their health care systems after the passing of the Local Health System Integration Act in 2006, the South East Local Health Integration Network (SE LHIN) launched the community engagement phase of their Clinical Services Roadmap project in March of 2011. The project was initiated to gain community feedback and strengthen the health care system in South East Ontario. Residents submitted their opinions concerning seven central focus areas of clinical services in the form on a workbook over an eight week period. The results from the project were incorporated in to the South East LHIN decisions involving services and allocations.","BackgroundThe South East Local Health Integration Network (SE LHIN) is one of the fourteen networks established across the province of Ontario.  The networks serve to plan, manage, and fund the health care systems at their local and regional level.  The...","Sun, 12/02/2012 - 20:00","Canada","No","","","Budgeting, Health, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","No interaction among participants","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial)","Collaborative delivery of services with public authorities, Raise public awareness, Community building (e.g. social capital)","Open to all","Citizen Dialogue","Regional (e.g. State, Province, Autonomous Region)","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), For Profit Business","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial)","Yes" "South East Ontario Citizens' Reference Panel Integrated Health Services Plan","MASS LBP","The case is about a successful Citizens' Reference Panel held in Southeast Ontario. The panel included the residents of the South East Ontario region within the decision making processes for delivering healthcare. Many of the consensus based recommendations were implemented by the government.","Overview“The South East Local Health Integration Network – from here onwards referred to as SE LHIN – is one of 14 networks established by the Ontario province to plan, manage, and fund the health care system at the local and regional levels in Ontario....","Fri, 04/09/2010 - 17:25","Canada","No","","","Budgeting, Health, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial)","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers), Raise public awareness","Random Selection","Civic Lottery","Regional (e.g. State, Province, Autonomous Region)","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial)","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial)","Yes" "Space of the Future (Casamassima, Italy) ","Alli Welton","","Note: this is an English translation of the original Italian case study that was first submitted by Luca Stigliani on 06/21/2011, and which can be found at http://participedia.net/cases/la-bottega-del-futuro-casamassima-italy.AbstractThe project “The...","Fri, 04/06/2012 - 05:37","Italy","No","","","Community Development, Environment, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","Professionals","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","International Organization, National Government, Other","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers)","Open to all","Citizen Dialogue, Deliberation","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","National Government","Yes" "Strong Starts for Children (Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA)","haningtm","This case study features a citizens' deliberation using the Dialogue Cirlces method to address inequities in the educational system derived from racism and poverty. This deliberation produced action ideas for various community groups, the successfully-enacted Early Childhood Care and Education Act, and efforts to pass amendment to the New Mexico constitution that would increase state funding for early childhood education."," This case study features a citizens' deliberation using the Dialogue Circles method to address inequities in the educational system derived from racism and poverty. This deliberation produced action ideas for various community groups, the successfully-...","Fri, 12/23/2011 - 10:14","United States","No","","","Children & Youth, Education & Schools, Budgeting, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Academic Institution, Philanthropic Organization (i.e. dedicated to making monetary grants or gifts)","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers), Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities), Direct delivery of public services (i.e. by entities other than government), Collaborative delivery of services 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","Study Circles, Choicework Dialogue","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit)","Academic Institution, Community Based Organization, Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit)","Yes" "The ""Lange Wapper"" Project in Antwerp, Belgium","Paul Nollen","","AbstractThis case study features a referendum on a controversial viaduct in Antwerp, Belgium. The construction of this viaduct was highly troubled and costly from the beginning, attracting heavy criticism from multiple groups. A referendum ultimately...","Mon, 09/19/2011 - 06:07","Belgium","No","","","Budgeting, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","Professionals","No interaction among participants","National Government, Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), For Profit Business","Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities), Raise public awareness","Open to all","Direct Democracy","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","National Government, Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Community Based Organization","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial)","No" "The Burning Man Festival: Art, Participation, and Collective Organization","sietsekierengoffard","The Burning Man festival takes place annually in a Nevada desert. It is meant to celebrate free creative expression and has developed highly participatory structures that involve all 50,000 of its attendees. ","IntroductionBurning Man is an annual artistic festival which is held in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert and whose central premise involves extensive community participation. Far from being a standard art festival, Burning Man embraces the idea of radical...","Wed, 06/20/2012 - 00:36","United States","Yes","","","Arts & Culture, Community Development, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","Paid","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation, Informal Social Activities, Organized Demonstrations, Other","Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit)","Make public decisions (i.e. exert direct authority), Other","Open to all, Random Selection","Consensus","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit)","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Community Based Organization","Yes" "The District of Columbia Neighbourhood Action Initiative","Sam hall","","The District of Columbia Neighbourhood Action Initiative, more commonly referred to as the D.C. Citizen Summits, is “the longest running large-scale town meeting in United States history”(America Speaks, 2011). Incorporating input form 13,000...","Sun, 07/10/2011 - 15:13","United States","No","Sunday, October 31, 1999 - 16:00","Monday, October 31, 2005 - 16:00","Community Development, Political Institutions (e.g. Constitutions, Legal Systems, Electoral Systems), Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","Civil Servants","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Raise public awareness","Open to all with targeted recruitment","21st Century Town Meeting","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Yes" "The Inner Belt Crisis: “Unpaving the Way” with Diversity and Professional Expertise (Boston, Massachusetts)","epan","The Inner Belt was an eight-lane section of the Interstate Highway 695 first proposed in 1948 by the Massachusetts Department of Public Works (DPW) that was to encircle the city of Boston, at the expense of intersecting fourteen adjacent communities, most notably Cambridge. The highway raised concerns among residents over its potential effects on housing, businesses, and open space, leading to a two-decade long protest movement that was ultimately successful, under the leadership of strategists, lawyers, and academics uniting polarized groups of agitators.","Problems and PurposeContrary to popular perception, the Inner Belt opposition movement was far from unified. While opponents to the highway were united in their objectives, their motivations and strategies were as varied as the group itself. Even...","Thu, 07/05/2012 - 07:11","United States","No","","","Community Development, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation, Negotiate & Bargain, Informal Social Activities, Organized Demonstrations","Not Applicable","","","Community Organizing","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Community Based Organization, Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Individual","Yes" "The New Hampshire Public Conversations on Outdoor Recreation","glanciano62392","The New Hampshire Public Conversations on Outdoor Recreation are facilitated, small group discussions that will serve the 2013 Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP), designed to improve the quality of outdoor recreation and parks. ","Problems and Purpose         One of the primary purposes of the New Hampshire Public Conversations on Outdoor Recreation was to involve a diversity of people so that the renewal of outdoor recreation within the state would reflect and benefit all people...","Mon, 12/10/2012 - 08:21","United States","No","Wednesday, October 5, 2011 - 14:30","Wednesday, October 5, 2011 - 17:30","Community Development, Environment, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial)","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers), Raise public awareness, Community building (e.g. social capital)","Open to all","","Regional (e.g. State, Province, Autonomous Region)","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Yes" "The Use of Machizukuri After the 1995 Earthquake (Kobe, Japan)","JoyousTerra","In January of 1995, greater Kobe, Japan experienced a high intensity earthquake called the Great Hanshin Awaji Earthquake. In March of 1995, the City of Kobe local government issued plans for “Designation of Land Readjustment and Redevelopment Areas.” These plans created controversy between the residents and the local government because the government made their decisions for rehabilitation without negotiating or consulting with the residents that the plans would impact. Machizukuri citizen groups were used as part of the Kobe rehabilitation process, such as in Rokko, Japan in the North District. Machizukuri has existed in Japan since the 1960s and was used to engage residents in bettering their own communities, and to engage in dialogue with the local government in order to create accountability. The Japanese term Machizukuri translates to mean ""town or community building process."" The essential pillars of Machizukuri were to bond, bridge, and link social capital; in other words, to create community unity, a multi- social sector network, and to get involved in government decision-making. Within this structure, the concept of a town meeting, deliberation, consensus building, negotiation, information and opinion sharing, and local leadership are also fundamental aspects of the best functioning citizen participation examples. This case study discusses how the North District (Rokko) used Machizukuri to impact the local government’s community plans and establish their own initiative in the 1990s. ","Background:In January of 1995, greater Kobe, Japan experienced a high intensity earthquake called the Great Hanshin Awaji Earthquake.  The damage extended into Kyoto, Osaka, and Hyogo.  Just in Hyogo alone, over 240,000 homes burned or collapsed as a...","Mon, 01/02/2012 - 12:23","Japan","No","","","Community Development, Environment, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation, Negotiate & Bargain, Express opinions/preferences only","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial)","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers), Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities), Collaborative delivery of services with public authorities, Raise public awareness, Community building (e.g. social capital)","Other","Deliberation","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Community Based Organization, Individual","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Community Based Organization, Individual","No" "The Wetland We Want (Ponte Buggianese, Italy)","Alli Welton","","Note: this is an English translation of the original Italian case study that was first submitted by Alessandro Masala on 06/29/2011, and which can be found at http://participedia.net/cases/il-padule-che-vorremmo-ponte-buggianese-italy.SummaryIl Padule...","Fri, 03/02/2012 - 12:37","Italy","No","","","Environment, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers)","Open to all","Deliberation, Citizen Dialogue","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Yes" "Tillamook Bay National Estuaries Project","Alberdelli","","Problems and PurposeSixty miles west of Portland, carved into the northern coastline of Oregon, lies Tillamook Bay. It is fed by five main tributary streams that drain from a watershed basin of approximately 540 square miles, and linked to the open ocean...","Fri, 06/04/2010 - 15:31","United States","Yes","Monday, May 31, 2010 - 17:00","","Environment, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","Paid Staff","","National Government","Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities)","Open to all, Open to all with targeted recruitment","Collaborative Governance, 21st Century Town Meeting, Study Circles","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","National Government, Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial)","Yes" "Together Down the Good Road (Forte dei Marmi, Italy)","Alli Welton","","AbstractNote: this is an English translation of the original Italian case study that was first submitted by Luca Stigliani on 06/21/2011, and which can be found at http://participedia.net/cases/insieme-sulla-buona-strada-forte-dei-marmi-italy.“Together...","Fri, 04/06/2012 - 06:18","Italy","No","","","Environment, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","Professionals","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers), Community building (e.g. social capital)","Open to all","The World Cafe, European Awareness Scenario Workshop (EASW)","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Yes" "Town Center (North Brunswick, New Jersey)","chibbark","","Problems and PurposeIn 2004, the large pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson relocated its large manufacturing and research plant located in North Brunswick, New Jersey. After the company left, the township wanted to obtain the desires of the...","Thu, 12/22/2011 - 15:42","United States","No","","","Economic Development, Community Development, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), For Profit Business","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers)","Open to all","Deliberative Polling","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), For Profit Business","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), For Profit Business","Yes" "Traffic Congestion (Washington, DC, USA)","brittany.ford","By Zach Cooper","Problems and Purpose    Washington D.C. ranks at the top for worst traffic congestion amongst other cities in the United States of America.  However, it's not just the city Washington D.C. itself, it is the D.C., Maryland, and Virginia area. This area is...","Mon, 01/09/2012 - 13:24","United States","No","","","Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers)","Open to all","21st Century Town Meeting","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit), Individual","No" "Transportation Priorities Project","Waltsearch","The Transportation Priorities Project (TPP) was conducted as a progressive series of community meetings, forums, and a summit to advance understanding and determine transportation system development and funding priorities for the Clark County region. In August through November 2002, just under 500 individuals participated in TPP’s keypad polling system which was meant to engage, inform and record the opinions, preferences , and concerns of participants at 40 culturally, economically, and geographically diverse meetings. ","SummaryInterACT’s Transportation Priorities Project Dream It, Fund It, Build It InterACT, a subsidiary of Identity Clark County (a private, non-profit organization focused on community and economic development), recognized an impending implosion of voter...","Tue, 12/08/2009 - 03:55","United States","No","Friday, July 31, 2009 - 17:00","Thursday, November 19, 2009 - 16:00","Economic Development, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit)","Raise public awareness, Community building (e.g. social capital)","Open to all","Community-based participatory research","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit), Other","Other","No" "Unified New Orleans Plan","Tammy324","","Problems and PurposeThe repercussions of Hurricane Katrina threatened preexisting divisions of affected communities. These divisions are drawn by tense relationships between individuals of different race, socioeconomic status, and beliefs. While the...","Fri, 05/21/2010 - 17:12","United States","No","Wednesday, October 25, 2006 - 17:00","Friday, January 19, 2007 - 16:00","Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","Trained Facilitators and Elected Officials","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Philanthropic Organization (i.e. dedicated to making monetary grants or gifts)","Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities)","Open to all with targeted recruitment","21st Century Town Meeting","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","","Community Based Organization, Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit)","Yes" "Unified New Orleans Plan","Afbucci","","Purpose and ProblemThe Unified New Orleans Plan (UNOP) was organized to create a comprehensive plan for the city of New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The highly detailed plan addresses the specific actions necessary to facilitate the...","Tue, 12/07/2010 - 20:03","United States","No","Monday, July 31, 2006 - 17:00","","Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","facilitators","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Philanthropic Organization (i.e. dedicated to making monetary grants or gifts)","Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities)","Open to all, Open to all with targeted recruitment","21st Century Town Meeting","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit)","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Community Based Organization","Yes" "Uzzano - ""Una scuola per tutti""","Edak87","","UZZANO: “A school for all”General Context and HistoryThe Municipality of Uzzano registered significant population growth in recent years, with a increase from 4,016 inhabitants (1991) to 5,182 in (Istat 2007). From the social point of view Uzzano...","Sun, 10/23/2011 - 20:53","Italy","No","Sunday, November 30, 2008 - 16:00","Saturday, February 28, 2009 - 16:00","Education & Schools, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","","Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities)","Open to all, Open to all with targeted recruitment, Random Selection","Citizen Dialogue, Deliberation","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Individual","Yes" "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" "Warwick Junction Urban Renewal Project","Brad",""," 1 Purpose and ProblemThe Warwick Junction Urban Renewal Project was organized in response to inefficient, unsafe, and unsanitary conditions that developed at a primary transport node located in the South African city of Durban. The impetus for the...","Mon, 12/13/2010 - 05:58","South Africa","Yes","Wednesday, December 31, 1969 - 16:00","Wednesday, December 31, 1969 - 16:00","Economic Development, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","City staff","","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial)","","Open to all","Collaborative Governance","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Academic Institution, Community Based Organization","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial)","Yes" "YOUTH PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING IN COLLE DI VAL D’ELSA","Beppe88","","As the first participatory budgeting experiment ever carried out in Colle di Val d’Elsa, this PB process began in November 2009, with the goal of directly entrusting part of the municipal budget to young residents – ranging from 16 to 25 years of age....","Wed, 07/13/2011 - 09:58","Italy","No","Sunday, November 1, 2009 - 17:00","Monday, February 1, 2010 - 16:00","Children & Youth, Budgeting, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","City staff","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities)","Open to all with targeted recruitment, Random Selection","Participatory Budgeting","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Yes" "2007/2008 Buergerkonferenzen New Mexico","r.willers","Anmerkung: Dies ist die deutsche Übersetzung einer englischen Fallstudie, die Stylianos Tsinaroglou am 05.12.2012 verfasst wurde. Die Originalversion ist abrufbar unter http://participedia.net/en/cases/20072008-new-mexico-citizen-conferences-0. Diese Fallstudie behandelt zehn Buergerkonferenzen der Jahre 2007/2008, die aus jeweils acht bis zehn erwachsenen Buergern bestanden und eine Laenge von neun Stunden hatten. Diese Serie deliberativer Veranstaltungen wurde vom New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) und dem Institute for Public Policy (IPP) der Universitaet New Mexico veranstaltet um das Feedback der Oeffentlichkeit einzuholen, um es so dem Staat zu ermoeglichen die Beduerfnisse der Buerger in Bezug auf geeignete Transportmittel bestmoeglich zu erfuellen. ","Anmerkung: Dies ist die deutsche Übersetzung einer englischen Fallstudie, die  Stylianos Tsinaroglou am 05.12.2012 verfasst wurde. Die Originalversion ist abrufbar unter http://participedia.net/en/cases/20072008-new-mexico-citizen-conferences-0. ...","Mon, 02/18/2013 - 01:01","United States","No","","","Budgeting, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","National Government, Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Academic Institution","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers), Raise public awareness, Community building (e.g. social capital)","Random Selection","Citizen Conferences","Regional (e.g. State, Province, Autonomous Region)","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Academic Institution","National Government, Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Academic Institution","Yes" "Australiens erstes Bürgerparlament (Canberra, Australien)","r.willers","Australiens erstes Bürgerparlament (auch Australiens Bürgerparlament oder ACP genannt) ist eine groß angelegte dreitägige Deliberation, die in Canberra zwischen willkürlich ausgewählten australischen Bürgern im Februar 2009 stattfand und von der newDemocracy Foundation organisiert wurde. Die Bürger wurden gebeten, sich der Frage zu stellen, wie die australische Regierung verbessert werden könnte um den Bürgern besser dienen zu können. Ihre Ergebnisse, 13 Vorschläge, wurden dem australischen Parlament präsentiert. Die Veranstaltung wurde minutiös aufgenommen und bietet eine wichtige Quelle für zukünftige Forschung. ","Australiens erstes Bürgerparlament (Canberra, Australien)Anmerkung: Dies ist die deutsche Übersetzung einer englischen Fallstudie, die von Vickiannelane am 17.03.2010 verfasst wurde. Die Originalversion ist abrufbar unter http://www.participedia.net/en/...","Wed, 04/03/2013 - 01:12","Vereinigte Staaten","No","Thursday, February 5, 2009 - 16:00","Sunday, February 8, 2009 - 16:00","Political Institutions (e.g. Constitutions, Legal Systems, Electoral Systems), Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","Mostly volunteers w/ some paid","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Academic Institution, Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit), Philanthropic Organization (i.e. dedicated to making monetary grants or gifts)","Raise public awareness","Random Selection","The World Cafe","National","Academic Institution","Philanthropic Organization (i.e. dedicated to making monetary grants or gifts)","Yes" "Bürgerhaushalt in Berlin-Lichtenberg","danielm","Ein Bürgerhaushalt bedeutet, Bürger in Haushaltsentscheidungen mit einzubeziehen. Der Berliner Bezirk Lichtenberg verspricht sich damit eine faire und effiziente Regelung seines Haushalts, größere Transparenz in Budgetentscheidungen und nicht zuletzt ein wenig Bürgererziehung in finanziellen Dingen. Der Fall beschreibt Gründung, Verlauf und Kritik an dem noch fortlaufenden Projekt Bürgerhaushalt in Berlin-Lichtenberg.","Bürgerhaushalt in Berlin-LichtenbergAutorin Jennifer Shkabatur (Übersetzung ins Deutsche D. Marwecki) Berlin-Lichtenberg ist ein Bezirk Berlins mit 251,000 Einwohnern. Er umfasst 13 Stadtteile.1. Der Bürgerhaushalt: Zu welchem Zweck?Ein Bürgerhaushalt...","Wed, 01/30/2013 - 02:39","Germany","Yes","Friday, September 30, 2005 - 17:00","Thursday, December 31, 2009 - 16:00","Budgeting, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","facilitators","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers)","Open to all","Participatory Budgeting","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Yes" "Bürgerhaushalt Monheim","ps151","Bei der Online-Beteiligung zum Monheimer Haushalt 2013 konnten die Bürgerinnen und Bürger ihre Meinung zu Investitionsplänen der Stadt äußern. Zudem konnten sie ihre eigenen Ideen zu einer Vielzahl steuerbarer Leistungen der Kommune einbringen. Rat und Verwaltung setzten sich mit den Beteiligungsergebnissen vor dem Haushaltsbeschluss auseinander und gaben Rückmeldung über den Fortgang der Vorschläge. "," AblaufDas Monheimer Beteiligungsverfahren orientiert sich an der bewährten Einteilung des Bürgerhaushaltes in eine Vorbereitungs- bzw. Informationsphase, eine Konsultationsphase sowie eine Rechenschaftsphase. Die Bürger konnten in einer dreiwöchigen...","Thu, 02/07/2013 - 05:46","Germany","Yes","","","Children & Youth, Arts & Culture, Education & Schools, Budgeting, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers)","","Participatory Budgeting","","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), For Profit Business","","No" "Listening to the City","danielm","Listening to the City ist der Name für ein Dialogforum für die Bürger New Yorks, in dem es darum ging, wie man die Gegend um das bei den Terrorattentaten des 11. September zerstörten World Trade Centers wiederaufbauen sollte.","Listening to the CityÜbersetzer: Daniel MarweckiAnmerkung: Dies ist die deutsche Übersetzung einer englischen Fallstudie, die von James Tosch am 12.02.2010 verfasst wurde. Was ist Listening to the City?Listening to the City ist der Name für ein...","Sat, 02/16/2013 - 05:06","United States","No","Friday, July 19, 2002 - 17:00","Sunday, July 21, 2002 - 17:00","Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","Facilitators","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit)","Raise public awareness","Open to all, Random Selection","21st Century Town Meeting","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Community Based Organization, Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit), Individual, For Profit Business","Yes" "Ländliches Volksentscheids-Experiment (Indonesien) ","Tupai","","Problemstellung und AbsichtDieser Fall ist ein randomisierter Feldversuch, welcher die Unterschiede bezüglich Entscheidungsfindung und Legitimität zwischen Bürgerversammlung und plebiszitären Entscheidungsfindungsmethoden (des direkten Wählens)...","Mon, 03/25/2013 - 06:02","Indonesia","No","Wednesday, August 31, 2005 - 17:00","Sunday, January 29, 2006 - 16:00","Budgeting, Economic Development, Political Institutions (e.g. Constitutions, Legal Systems, Electoral Systems), Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","","National Government, Other","Make public decisions (i.e. exert direct authority)","Open to all, Open to all with targeted recruitment","Community-based participatory research","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Individual","National Government, Individual, Other","No" "Minneapolis Neighborhood Revitalization Program","Merete Schultze","Anmerkung: Dies ist die deutsche Übersetzung einer englischen Fallstudie, die von Anna York am 17.09.2009 verfasst wurde. ","Anmerkung: Dies ist die deutsche Übersetzung einer englischen Fallstudie, die von Anna York am 17.09.2009 verfasst wurde. Das Minneapolis Neighborhood Revitalization Program (NRP, deutsche Übersetzung in etwa: Minneapolis Nachbarschafts-...","Sun, 01/20/2013 - 05:38","United States","No","Sunday, December 31, 1989 - 16:00","Thursday, December 31, 2009 - 16:00","Economic Development, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","administrators","Negotiate & Bargain","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities)","Election","Collaborative Governance","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Community Based Organization","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","No" "Participatory Budgeting (New York, New York) - Bürgerhaushalt New York","Merete Schultze","Anmerkung: Dies ist die deutsche Übersetzung einer englischen Fallstudie, die von Hollie Russon Gilman am 08.01.2012 verfasst wurde. ","Anmerkung: Dies ist die deutsche Übersetzung einer englischen Fallstudie, die von Hollie Russon Gilman am 08.01.2012 verfasst wurde.Zweck und ProblemstellungDie Aufstellung des Budgets von New York City ist von jeher, historisch gesehen, ein korrupter...","Sat, 01/19/2013 - 04:20","United States","No","","","Budgeting, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","Council Member's Staffers, Civil Society Organization's staffers dedicated to the project. ","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation, Negotiate & Bargain, Express opinions/preferences only, Listen/watch as spectator","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities), Make public decisions (i.e. exert direct authority), Direct delivery of public services (i.e. by entities other than government), Raise public awareness, Community building (e.g. social capital)","Open to all","Participatory Budgeting","","Academic Institution, Community Based Organization, Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit), Philanthropic Organization (i.e. dedicated to making monetary grants or gifts)","Community Based Organization, Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit), Individual, Faith-Based Organization","Yes" "Partizipativer Haushalt: Porto Alegre","admin","","Anmerkung: Dies ist die deutsche Übersetzung einer englischen Fallstudie, die von Graham Smith am 28.11.2009 verfasst wurde. Die Originalversion ist abrufbar unter  http://participedia.net/cases/participatory-budgeting-porto-alegre. In der...","Wed, 11/28/2012 - 14:51","Brazil","Yes","","","Budgeting, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","Public officials","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation, Negotiate & Bargain","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities)","Open to all","Participatory Budgeting","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Yes"