"Title","Author","Summary","Body","Date posted","Country","Ongoing","Start Date","End Date","","Staff Type","","","","","","","","","Facilitation?"
"Advancing the Future for Adults with Autism: National Town Hall Meeting (United States)","marysullivan","AFFA is an organization that works closely with America Speaks concerning bettering the lives of adults with autism. This organization has held town hall meetings, and think tanks in hopes of creating a national agenda that will be introduced to Congress in the future. AFFA has come up with several ideas on how to make adults with autism have a better future and have the same resources and opportunities that other adults have.","Problems and Purpose- Advancing the Future for Adults with Autism (AFFA) is a national coalition of organizations in the United States working to improve the lives of adults with autism. AFFA worked with AmericaSpeaks to hold 21st Century National Town...","Sat, 12/31/2011 - 09:00","United States","No","","","Aging","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","International Organization, Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Community Based Organization","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers), Raise public awareness, Other","Open to all with targeted recruitment","21st Century Town Meeting","National","Not Applicable","International Organization, Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Academic Institution","Yes"
"Community-Managed Clinics and Health Watch Committees (Bangladesh)","Gregorydbarrett","In 1998, the Bangladeshi government established two programs to strengthen democratic involvement in the public health system.  One program created ten thousand community-managed health clinics, but all of these clinics failed due to non-transparent processes and biases towards elite membership in the councils which governed each clinic. The other program involved NGOs in the creation and direction of participatory Health Watch Committees, which used a more inclusive and transparent governing process-- although most committees closed to budget cuts in 2004, some still survive today.  The lack of legal accountability and authority hindered the effectiveness of both programs, but the Health Watch Committees have improved community health service awareness and advocated for better service provision.","SummaryIn 1998, the Bangladeshi government established two programs to strengthen democratic involvement in the public health system.  One program created ten thousand community-managed health clinics, but all of these clinics failed due to non-...","Wed, 01/27/2010 - 15:12","Bangladesh","No","","","Health","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","National Government","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers), Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities)","Appointment","Deliberation","National","National Government, Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Community Based Organization, Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit)","National Government, Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Community Based Organization","No"
"Deliberative Poll on Energy and Environmental Policy Options","Sadie Buckallew","In the summer of 2012, Japan's central government conducted a national deliberative poll in order to gauge public opinion about using nuclear energy as a source of the country's power. The results of the poll - 46.7% support for the zero-nuclear option - influenced the government to pledge zero nuclear dependency after 2030.","Problems and PurposeIn light of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, the Japanese government looked to a representative sample - a ""scientific microcosm"" of citizens - in order to better understand and reflect public opinion in its nuclear power...","Sat, 12/01/2012 - 18:41","Japan","No","","","Environment, Other","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","National Government","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers), Raise public awareness, Other","Other","Deliberative Polling","National","National Government","National Government, Academic Institution","Yes"
"Ireland Constitutional Convention (2012)","pablojhr","The Convention on the Constitutional is a forum to recommend amendments to the Irish Constitution and is comprised of 100 citizens, of which 66 are representative of Irish society, 33 are parliamentarians from the island of Ireland, and one is an independent chairman.","Problems and PurposeThe Irish Constitutional Convention of 2013 is “a new venture in participative democracy in Ireland tasked with considering certain aspects of the Constitution to ensure that it is fully equipped for the 21st Century”. HistoryThe...","Wed, 04/10/2013 - 12:59","Ireland","No","","","Human Rights, Gender & Racial Equality, Political Institutions (e.g. Constitutions, Legal Systems, Electoral Systems)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","National Government","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers), Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities), Community building (e.g. social capital)","Random Selection, Appointment","","National","National Government","National Government, Academic Institution","Yes"
"National Citizens' Technology Forum (USA)","kel12811","","Problems and PurposeThe 2008 National Citizens’ Technology Forum was a series of online and face-to-face meetings across the United States with the goal of obtaining citizen recommendations on how to deal with the new technologies such as nanotechnology...","Tue, 12/27/2011 - 16:43","United States","No","","","Science & Technology","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation, Listen/watch as spectator","Academic Institution","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers)","Open to all with targeted recruitment","Online Consultations, Citizen Dialogue","National","Academic Institution","Academic Institution","No"