"Title","Author","Summary","Body","Date posted","Country","Ongoing","Start Date","End Date","","Staff Type","","","","","","","","","Facilitation?"
"Bridgeport (Connecticut) Community Conversations","Peter Levine","","Problems and Purpose History Originating Entities and Funding Participant Selection Deliberation, Decisions, and Public Interaction Influence, Outcomes, and Effects Analysis and Criticism Secondary Sources External Links Notes ","Fri, 05/17/2013 - 17:09","United States","No","","","","","","","","","","","","","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"
"Geraldton 2029 and beyond: Developing civic deliberation and collaborative governance to co-create a sustainable future","Janette Hartz-Karp","Democratic governments need to increase their capacity for effective problem solving to address sustainability, the greatest challenge of our time, in a way that brings the people with them. Scientists have suggested we will be unable to effectively address our uncertain future without a ’new technology of cooperation’. This project utilises innovative techniques in civic deliberation and social media to strengthen democratic capacity in pursuit of resilience and sustainability (File 1). It mobilises citizens, government and industry in the Greater Geraldton City Region, to collaboratively develop and implement sustainability plans. Through a series of deliberations, some organised by decision-makers, others by community, ordinary citizens have opportunities to engage with scientific data, differing viewpoints and each other to develop local sustainability solutions. Focussed recruitment strategies ensure inclusion of marginalised groups, while random sampling ensures representation of diverse community views. The project purposefully creates opportunities for communities to deliberate and to develop a coherent voice, and to link that voice with decision-making processes so it is influential. The mutually reinforcing deliberative community and collaborative governance processes create a virtuous cycle’ that strengthens democratic behaviour by developing the awareness, capacity and willingness of both the community and government to work together towards common goals. ","Problems and Purpose History Originating Entities and Funding Participant Selection Deliberation, Decisions, and Public Interaction Influence, Outcomes, and Effects Analysis and Criticism Secondary Sources External Links Notes ","Fri, 05/17/2013 - 00:59","United States","No","","","","","","","","","","","","","No"
"Hampton, VA deliberative governance","Peter Levine","","Problems and Purpose History Originating Entities and Funding Participant Selection Deliberation, Decisions, and Public Interaction Influence, Outcomes, and Effects Analysis and Criticism Secondary Sources External Links Notes ","Thu, 05/16/2013 - 13:34","United States","No","","","","","","","","","","","","","No"
"Medellín, Colombia. Local Planning and Participatory Budgeting","christophersmith","","Problems and Purpose Local planning and participatory budgeting is a participatory citizen democratic process which has two tasks:1. The construction and implementation of the local development plans in each community and jurisdiction2. and the...","Fri, 04/19/2013 - 03:15","Colombia","No","","","Budgeting","","","","","","Participatory Budgeting","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","","","No"
"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"
"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 in Brazil: A Close Look at the Maringá Social Observatory","srcharles","In 2010, the shock of a corruption scandal in Maringá, Brazil led to the creation of the Maringá Social Observatory to prevent the misappropriation of funds and misuse of public resources in Maringá, through methods of social control. ","Problems and Purpose History Originating Entities and Funding Participant Selection Deliberation, Decisions, and Public Interaction Influence, Outcomes, and Effects Analysis and Criticism Secondary Sources External Links Notes ","Wed, 04/10/2013 - 12:57","Brazil","No","","","","","","","","","","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","","","No"