"Title","Author","Summary","Body","Date posted","Country","Ongoing","Start Date","End Date","","Staff Type","","","","","","","","","Facilitation?"
"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"
"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"
"High School Participatory Budget (Poitou-Charentes, France)","Marion Ben Hammo","","The Poitou-Charentes Region is located in the West of France. It has a population of 1.600.000 inhabitants, which makes it one of the most rural regions in France. In 2005, the executive of the Region Poitou-Charentes implemented the first participatory...","Thu, 03/04/2010 - 15:47","France","Yes","Tuesday, January 4, 2005 - 16:00","","Education & Schools, Budgeting","Regional staff","Negotiate & Bargain","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial)","Make public decisions (i.e. exert direct authority)","Open to all","Participatory Budgeting","Regional (e.g. State, Province, Autonomous Region)","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial)","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial)","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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"Tomorrow's Europe","Ychoi6","","SummaryTomorrow’s Europe, categorized as Europe’s first transnational deliberative poll, was a part of the European Commission’s Plan D for Democracy, Dialogue and Debate. With an aim to stimulate democratic participation and establish a European Union...","Tue, 12/07/2010 - 06:39","United Kingdom","No","Thursday, October 11, 2007 - 17:00","Saturday, October 13, 2007 - 17:00","Education & Schools, Economic Development","Trained Moderators","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","National Government, Philanthropic Organization (i.e. dedicated to making monetary grants or gifts)","Raise public awareness","Random Selection","Deliberative Polling","International","National Government","International Organization, National Government","Yes"