"Title","Author","Summary","Body","Date posted","Country","Ongoing","Start Date","End Date","","Staff Type","","","","","","","","","Facilitation?"
"Direct Democracy SA (""Never again vote for a 5 year dictator"")","Jim Powell","To educate the voters that there is an alternative to the current system","Note:  This article is in need of assistance with content and editing.  Please help us compete it.SummaryDirect Democracy SA is an attempt to reform the South African electoral system by using citizen advocacy to convince currently elected politicans to...","Wed, 12/28/2011 - 09:21","United States","No","","","Political Institutions (e.g. Constitutions, Legal Systems, Electoral Systems)","","","","","","","","","","No"
"Edmonton Citizen Panel 2008","Madria","","Problems and purposeThe Edmonton Citizen Panel 2008 was organized collaboratively by the City of Edmonton and the University of Alberta, bringing together women and men of diverse ages, incomes, cultural backgrounds, and experience to learn about and...","Fri, 07/23/2010 - 01:56","Canada","No","Sunday, August 31, 2008 - 17:00","Wednesday, December 30, 2009 - 16:00","Budgeting","professors","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Academic Institution","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers)","Random Selection","Citizen Dialogue, Participatory Budgeting","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Academic Institution","Yes"
"Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy 2010","Paul Nollen","","Note:  This article is in need of assistance with editing and content.  Please help us complete it.The conference attracted more than 400 direct democracy professionals, activists, critics and scholars and produced the San Francisco Declaration on Modern...","Fri, 08/27/2010 - 18:17","United States","No","Thursday, July 29, 2010 - 17:00","Tuesday, August 3, 2010 - 17:00","Political Institutions (e.g. Constitutions, Legal Systems, Electoral Systems)","","","International Organization, Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Academic Institution, Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit)","","","Citizen Conferences","International","","Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit)","No"
"History of citizenship in the United States","Thomas Wright Sulcer","An essay exploring the relationship of citizenship from the 1700s to the present

This is a brief history not of a people or nation or place but of a relationship -- the relation of citizenship -- between a person and the state and how it changed from colonial times to the present. In the 1700s, citizenship meant active political participation in local government, showing up at meetings, debating, volunteering in local government. Over time, however, political participation declined to the point where Americans are essentially apolitical beings divorced from politics. Citizenship has narrowed to signify only a legal marker meaning membership in America. How did this change? And what does it mean? While students of history and politics as well as political activists may find this thinking particularly helpful, free people can benefit. This essay examines the transformation, and argues that declining political participation has drawbacks, but that impressive advances for humanity in general have overshadowed the citizenship decline.","History of citizenship in the United StatesAn essay exploring the relationship of citizenship from the 1700s to the presentThis is a brief history not of a people or nation or place but of a relationship -- the relation of citizenship -- between a person...","Sat, 04/28/2012 - 19:53","United States","No","","","Economic Development, Human Rights, Gender & Racial Equality, Immigration, Political Institutions (e.g. Constitutions, Legal Systems, Electoral Systems)","","","","","","Representative Town Meeting, Deliberative Democracy","","","","No"
"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"
"October 15 movement","shens2","October 15, aka the 15o, is a global demonstration movement intertwined with the Spanish May 15 movement and Occupy movement.","Written by Hoonmee Chung and Samuel Shen DefinitionThe October 15 protests were a series of protests inspired mainly by the Arab Spring, the Spanish/Portuguese “Indignants” aka the May 15 movement, the Greek Protests and the Occupy movement. All these...","Tue, 02/28/2012 - 15:58","United States","No","","","Economic Development, Political Institutions (e.g. Constitutions, Legal Systems, Electoral Systems)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation, Express opinions/preferences only","","Raise public awareness, Develop individual capacities (e.g. skills, learning), Protest","Open to all","Community Organizing","International","Individual","Individual","No"
"Participatory Budgeting with SMS (Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic) ","Hrgilman","January 13th - 20th 2011, a pilot program using Short Message Service
(SMS) for communication and participation with Participatory Budgeting (PB) took 
place in Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic administered by the World Bank Institute ICT4Gov division.  SMS, approved by the Jarabacoa Municipal 
Council, conveyed information regarding dates, times, and locations for meetings as 
well as a platform for citizens to vote directly for projects via SMS. A total of 4,223 
SMS were sent to 726 unique contacts.  World Bank Institute survey results show that SMS is a 
uniquely effective two-way communication and participation tool for enhancing PB. 
","Problems, Purpose, History Originating in Puerto Alegre in 1989, Participatory Budgeting (PB) has been implemented throughout the world.  Jarabacoa is not a place known for its strength of civil society or citizen engagement.  This pilot program of PB...","Wed, 10/03/2012 - 13:25","Dominican Republic","No","","","Budgeting","","Express opinions/preferences only","International Organization","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), Develop individual capacities (e.g. skills, learning)","","Participatory Budgeting","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","","International Organization, Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","No"