"Title","Author","Summary","Body","Date posted","Country","Ongoing","Start Date","End Date","","Staff Type","","","","","","","","","Facilitation?"
"Alternative University Project (Montreal, Canada)","Alli Welton","","Problems and PurposeThe Alternative University Project (AltU) grew out of the frustration felt by a group of McGill and Concordia University students about the growing inaccessibility of the Quebec higher education system. The AltU is a collection of...","Tue, 07/17/2012 - 15:46","Canada","Yes","","","Education & Schools, Higher Education & Lifelong Learning","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Academic Institution","Direct delivery of public services (i.e. by entities other than government), Community building (e.g. social capital), Develop individual capacities (e.g. skills, learning)","Open to all","University Student Government","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Individual","Individual","Yes"
"Living Voters Guide","KatieKnobloch","The Living Voters Guide is a Website that allows Washington state voters to deliberate about local and state-wide ballot measures. The project is a joint effort of the Center for Civic Engagement and the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington as well as the City Club of Seattle. Visitors to the Living Voters Guide can search for information about current ballot measures and contribute to a conversation about the pros and cons of those measures. The Living Voters Guide is the first project to utilize the ConsiderIt platform, an open-source, web-based platform that fosters online deliberation.","Definition and Use:The Living Voters Guide for Washington State is a web-based platform designed to stimulate a deliberative process concerning local issues affecting Washington State citizens. A team of researchers from the University of Washington...","Fri, 12/02/2011 - 14:12","United States","No","","","Political Institutions (e.g. Constitutions, Legal Systems, Electoral Systems)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Academic Institution, Philanthropic Organization (i.e. dedicated to making monetary grants or gifts)","Other","Open to all","ConsiderIt","Regional (e.g. State, Province, Autonomous Region)","Academic Institution","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","No"
"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"
"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"
"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"