"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"
"ASUW Student Senate","Sarah round","","Purpose and ProblemThe Student Government at the University of Washington, the Associated Students of the University of Washington, created the Student Senate in 1994. The goal was to have a diverse legislative body to give the Executive body, the Board...","Fri, 06/04/2010 - 11:41","United States","Yes","","","Education & Schools","Student employees","","Academic Institution","Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities)","Open to all","University Student Government","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Academic Institution","Academic Institution","Yes"
"Citizens' Manifesto for European Democracy","European Alternatives","The Citizens Manifesto is the result of three years of citizens' deliberations gathering a shared set of demands for change in EU decision-making formulated by citizens, civil society organisations and local authorities from all over Europe, on topics ranging from employment and welfare, to civil rights and economic and political reforms.","Problems and PurposeThe financial and economic crisis, of which we have heard so much discussion since 2007-8, is only one aspect of a whole series of underlying political trends which have been apparent for much longer: a crisis of (in)equality and of...","Fri, 03/15/2013 - 08:42","","Yes","","","Human Rights, Gender & Racial Equality, Identity & Diversity, Immigration, Political Institutions (e.g. Constitutions, Legal Systems, Electoral Systems)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","International Organization","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers), Raise public awareness, Develop individual capacities (e.g. skills, learning), Protest","Open to all","The World Cafe","International","Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit)","","Yes"
"Community Planning Toolkit ","CommunityPlaces","Introduction of an on-line Community Planning Toolkit for the Community and Voluntary Sector www.communityplanningtoolkit.org","Problems and PurposeThe Community Planning Toolkit www.communityplanningtoolkit.org was developed by Community Places through the support of the BIG Lottery Fund to help the Community and Voluntray Sector in Northern Ireland to prepare for the planned...","Tue, 06/12/2012 - 04:14","United Kingdom","Yes","","","Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","","Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit), 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), Make public decisions (i.e. exert direct authority), 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","Community-based participatory research","Regional (e.g. State, Province, Autonomous Region)","Community Based Organization, Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit)","National Government, Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Community Based Organization","No"
"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"
"Kentucky School Councils","Kreyes07","","Purpose and ProblemThe purpose of the Kentucky School Councils, which are more commonly known as school-based decision making councils, is to decentralize school authority to three main groups of stakeholders at each school. This stems from the belief...","Fri, 03/04/2011 - 16:16","United States","Yes","Wednesday, December 31, 1969 - 16:00","","Education & Schools","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities)","Open to all with targeted recruitment, Election","Collaborative Governance","Regional (e.g. State, Province, Autonomous Region)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial)","No"
"Recife Participatory Budgeting","Hrgilman","","In Recife, Brazil, members of the public have been getting involved since 2001 to help determine how their city develops. Out of a population of 1.6 million people, more than 100,000 adults and young people join local forums or make themselves heard via...","Tue, 05/24/2011 - 18:49","Brazil","Yes","Wednesday, December 31, 1969 - 16:00","","Budgeting, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","Paid and Volunteer","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Make public decisions (i.e. exert direct authority)","Open to all","Participatory Budgeting","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","No"
"Shimer College Assembly","Visviva","","Purpose and ProblemThe purpose of the Assembly of Shimer College is to guide the internal governance of this small, independent Great Books college in Chicago, Illinois, in the United States, and to provide a central forum for deliberating on matters...","Tue, 11/30/2010 - 01:52","United States","Yes","Saturday, December 31, 1977 - 16:00","","Education & Schools","Elected volunteers","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Academic Institution","Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities)","Open to all with targeted recruitment","University Student Government, Parliamentary Procedure, Collaborative Governance","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Academic Institution","Academic Institution","Yes"