"Title","Author","Summary","Body","Date posted","Country","Ongoing","Start Date","End Date","","Staff Type","","","","","","","","","Facilitation?"
"Artworks Creative Communities' 'Get Your Pen Out' Homelessness Project","ArtworksCreativeCommunities","","Project NameGet Your Pen OutIssueHomelessnessFunderBradford and Airedale NHS and West Yorkshire Learning ConsortiumOrganisational AimOne of Artworks' aims is to support hard to reach communities through the delivery of creative projects.Project AimsThe...","Tue, 02/22/2011 - 15:56","United Kingdom","Yes","Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 17:00","Tuesday, January 26, 2010 - 16:00","Arts & Culture, Community Development, Human Rights, Identity & Diversity, Other","Paid Staff","","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Other","Raise public awareness","Open to all with targeted recruitment","Community Organizing","","Community Based Organization","Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit), Individual","Yes"
"Canadian House of Commons Sub-Committee on Persons with Disabilities Public Consultations","Sot5063","This case study features the first online consultation of any parliamentary committee in Canada and among the few carried out by any legislature in the world. Launched on December 3, 2002, this 13 week consultation revolving the Canada Pension Plan Disability program (CPP(D)) was designed to foster public awareness and involvement in the work of the Canadian Parliament. Through the e-consultation, the Subcommittee on Persons with disabilities was able to conduct issue polling, storytelling and even allow participants to offer solutions to a wide range of issues revolving the CPP(D). ","DefinitionAn online consultation or e-consultation is the use of electronic computing and communication technologies in consultation processes. Online consultations can be effective tools in encouraging participation and gathering responses to...","Sat, 12/08/2012 - 17:00","Canada","No","","","Health, Human Rights, Other","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation, Story-Telling, Other","National Government","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers), Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities), Raise public awareness, Develop individual capacities (e.g. skills, learning)","Open to all with targeted recruitment","Online Consultations","National","National Government, Other","National Government","Yes"
"Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Presupuesto participativo","sebas","Durante el 2002, el Gobierno de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires puso en marcha el Presupuesto Participativo (PP), un proceso de democracia participativa, voluntaria y universal que sirve para el debate, elaboración, control y seguimiento del Presupuesto Anual, del Programa General de Gobierno y del Plan de Inversiones.
","Problems and PurposeDurante el 2002, el Gobierno de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires puso en marcha el Presupuesto Participativo (PP), un proceso de democracia participativa, voluntaria y universal que sirve para el debate, elaboración, control y...","Wed, 01/18/2012 - 15:47","Argentina","No","","","Political Institutions (e.g. Constitutions, Legal Systems, Electoral Systems), Other","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","","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","Participatory Budgeting","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","No"
"CommonGround: The First Five Years: A Dialogue on Early Childhood in New Mexico","richards1000","CommonGround: The First Five Years: A Dialogue on Early Childhood in New Mexico, was a project organized by Viewpoint Learning to hold public deliberations -- on the topic of early childhood development and education -- among leaders and citizens of the U.S. state of New Mexico. The deliberations were intended to demonstrate a new mode of policy communication between citizens and civic leaders, and to create guidelines that could inform changes to early childhood development and education policy in New Mexico, changes intended to foster improved social outcomes for New Mexico's children. The deliberations used the methods of Strategic Dialogue, Choice-Dialogue, and Stakeholder Dialogue. The project was funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation through its ""Our Voices, Our Children"" initiative.","Problems and PurposeThe purposes of the CommonGround public deliberations in the U.S. state of New Mexico were to demonstrate a new mode of policy communication between New Mexico's citizens and civic leaders, and to create policy guidelines that could...","Tue, 06/12/2012 - 21:19","United States","No","","","Children & Youth, Education & Schools, Health, Other","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Philanthropic Organization (i.e. dedicated to making monetary grants or gifts)","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers), Raise public awareness","Random Selection, Other","Choicework Dialogue","Regional (e.g. State, Province, Autonomous Region)","For Profit Business","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Community Based Organization, Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit), Other","Yes"
"Countywide Community Forums (of King County)","Jspady","","The Countywide Community Forum’s mission states its three main reasons for creating themselves: engage, educate, and inform public officials. For the engagement mission, King County officials want to know the main issues that citizens of the King County...","Tue, 12/08/2009 - 22:00","United States","Yes","Thursday, September 6, 2007 - 17:00","","Other","primarily public volunteers but one paid government employee is highly recommended","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Philanthropic Organization (i.e. dedicated to making monetary grants or gifts), Individual","Raise public awareness","Open to all","Deliberation","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial)","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial)","No"
"Deliberative Poll on Energy and Environmental Policy Options","Sadie Buckallew","In the summer of 2012, Japan's central government conducted a national deliberative poll in order to gauge public opinion about using nuclear energy as a source of the country's power. The results of the poll - 46.7% support for the zero-nuclear option - influenced the government to pledge zero nuclear dependency after 2030.","Problems and PurposeIn light of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, the Japanese government looked to a representative sample - a ""scientific microcosm"" of citizens - in order to better understand and reflect public opinion in its nuclear power...","Sat, 12/01/2012 - 18:41","Japan","No","","","Environment, Other","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","National Government","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers), Raise public awareness, Other","Other","Deliberative Polling","National","National Government","National Government, Academic Institution","Yes"
"European Citizens' Initiative","Gsmith","The European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) will become active from April 2012 at which point a citizens committee (compromising at least 7 members from different Member States) will be able to launch an initiative. If the committee is able to collect 1 million signatures with minimum numbers from across at least 7 member states in support of its proposition, then they will be able to meet formally with the European Commission, hold a formal hearing in the European Parliament and expect a formal response from the Commission. ","SummaryThis case study features a new initiative that aims to promote a whole new form of participatory democracy across the European Union (EU). Citizen initiatives that garner 1 million signatures across a wide range of Member States will be considered...","Wed, 11/30/2011 - 09:16","Belgium","Yes","","","Political Institutions (e.g. Constitutions, Legal Systems, Electoral Systems), Other","","Express opinions/preferences only","","Raise public awareness, Other","Open to all","Petition, Initiative Process","International","International Organization","International Organization","No"
"Food for Health - Building a Healthy Food System in NYC","Plscully","In October of 2010, the Food, Faith, and Health Disparities Summit brought together 150 faith leaders and community members from all five boroughs of New York City to discuss problems and solutions to food access. Six food justice working groups were formed at the summit to address the key strategies identified and remain active. Learn more on the New York Faith and Justice blog.","Note:  This article is a stub and is in need of assistance with editing and content, especially with the inclusion material relevant to participatory-democratic processes. Please help us complete it...","Thu, 12/08/2011 - 11:01","United States","Yes","","","Community Development, Health, Gender & Racial Equality, Other","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation, Informal Social Activities","","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers), Collaborative delivery of services with public authorities, Raise public awareness, Community building (e.g. social capital), Develop individual capacities (e.g. skills, learning)","","Study Circles","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Other","","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 South Wales Public Deliberation on Electricity Generation","Xion Salamander","The New South Wales Public Deliberative process was a citizens' policy jury tasked with deciding appropriate forms of energy generation in New South Wales. Funded by the newDemocracy foundation, the citizens policy jury convened in two locations of 45 participants: one was located in Sydney and the other in Tamworth.","Problems and PurposeThe objective of the Citizens' Jury on Energy Economics and Security for New South Wales for the Public Accounts Committee of the NSW Parliament was  to agree on an order of preference, barriers to adoption (including financial...","Tue, 12/11/2012 - 20:21","Australia","No","","","Budgeting, Science & Technology, Other","","","Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit), Other","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers)","Random Selection","","Regional (e.g. State, Province, Autonomous Region)","","Individual","Yes"
"Onlineantrag of SPD","Jordan1976","","Note:  This article is in need of assistance with editing and content.  Please help us complete it.SummaryThis case study features a German party's initiative to encourage citizen feedback and participation. Through the Internet, it allowed anyone from...","Fri, 08/05/2011 - 13:32","Germany","Yes","Wednesday, August 3, 2011 - 17:00","Monday, September 19, 2011 - 17:00","Other","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation, Other","Other","Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities)","Open to all","","National","Other","Other","No"
"Use of Delphi Method to Develop a Horse Control Strategy","brydon","The rural area surrounding Penticton, British Columbia, Canada is invaded each winter by herds of roaming horses.  Some of the horses belong to members of the neighboring Penticton Indian Band; however, ownership, jurisdiction, a responsibility for the problem has been disputed for decades. This report describes the use of a Delphi-based approach to engage the public in the search for a solution.  Two distinct Delphi surveys were deployed: The first was directed at eliciting fundamental objectives for the overall decision process.  It was not clear at the outset, for example, whether residents were concerned about the horses themselves or whether they would be willing to incur costs to address the problem.  The second Delphi survey was conducted to elicit possible solutions consistent with the fundamental objectives identified in the first Delphi.  Roaming horses is a novel problem with no well established government responses.  Accordingly, the second Delphi was meant to elicit creative ideas from a range of residents with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

The experiment shows that (a) web-based survey techniques can be used to conduct relatively large-scale Delphi surveys and (b) some learning within the Delphi panel did occur during the multiple rounds of the survey.  This learning is evidenced by reduction in variance around means and some reduction in bi-modality.","Problems and Purpose The purpose of this document is to summarize the results of an exercise in small-scale, intensive public consultation regarding the problem of roaming horses on the West side of Okanagan Lake above Penticton.  A Delphi approach using...","Tue, 03/12/2013 - 10:02","Canada","No","","","Other","academic researcher/politician","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation, Express opinions/preferences only, Other","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Academic Institution","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers), Raise public awareness, Community building (e.g. social capital), Develop individual capacities (e.g. skills, learning)","Open to all with targeted recruitment","Delphi Method","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Academic Institution","Yes"
"Year of Civil Discourse on Israel - Bay Area, California","erg5uw","The Year of Civil Discourse on Israel was a year long initiative organized by the Jewish Community Relations Council of San Francisco, The Peninsula, Marin, Sonoma, Alameda, and Contra Costa Counties. The Initiative was designed to foster discussion and community building among the Bay Area Jewish Community over disagreements regarding the Israel-Palestine conflict. From December 2010 to December 2011 a number of events were held to help tackle this issue, such as facilitator training sessions and book and movie reviews. Following the Initiative, the community was once again able to institute Israel themed programs throughout the community and have meaningful, respectful discussions. Organizers and participants of the Year of Civil Discourse are now influencing and trying to find more ways to get involved with the national discussion of the Israeli-Palestinian issue.","The Year of Civil Discourse on Israel was a year long initiative organized by the Jewish Community Relations Council of San Francisco, The Peninsula, Marin, Sonoma, Alameda, and Contra Costa Counties. The Initiative was designed to foster discussion and...","Fri, 03/02/2012 - 10:54","United States","No","","","Aging, Children & Youth, Community Development, National & International Security, International Aid & Development, Other","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation, Story-Telling","Community Based Organization, Faith-Based Organization","Community building (e.g. social capital), Develop individual capacities (e.g. skills, learning)","Open to all with targeted recruitment","Deliberation, Citizen Dialogue","Regional (e.g. State, Province, Autonomous Region)","","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Individual, Faith-Based Organization","Yes"