"Title","Author","Summary","Body","Date posted","Country","Ongoing","Start Date","End Date","","Staff Type","","","","","","","","","Facilitation?"
"Agenda para el Desarrollo Social","marcelo.bravo","Proceso consultivo para generar la agenda para el desarrollo social del municipio de San Pedro Garza García Nuevo León, México."," El Proceso Metodológico para la Elaboración de la Agenda Para el Desarrollo Social de San Pedro Garza GarcíaPara la elaboración de la Agenda para el Desarrollo Social de San Pedro Garza García, se establecieron tres principios básicos: 1. Incorporar una...","Thu, 12/29/2011 - 14:54","Mexico","No","","","Community Development, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation, Express opinions/preferences only","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Academic Institution","","","Deliberation","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","No"
"Indonesia Direct Democracy Experiment","Tvelamoor","","Purpose and ProblemThe purpose of the Indonesia Direct Democracy Experiment was to discover and assess the virtues of direct democracy. Stemming from the Kecamatan Development Project, the experiment aimed to discover and explore the concept that direct...","Tue, 12/07/2010 - 11:14","Indonesien","No","Wednesday, August 31, 2005 - 17:00","Saturday, December 31, 2005 - 16:00","Political Institutions (e.g. Constitutions, Legal Systems, Electoral Systems)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation, Express opinions/preferences only","International Organization, Academic Institution","Make public decisions (i.e. exert direct authority)","Random Selection, Appointment","Direct Democracy","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","National Government, Other","No"
"Medellín, Colombia.  Planeación Local y Presupuesto Participativo","ibarrios","Medellín (Colombia) es una ciudad ubicada al noroccidente de Colombia, en el centro del Valle de Aburrá, en la Cordillera Central.  También es la capital del Departamento de Antioquia.

En el plano económico es una urbe con gran dinamismo, destacada como uno de los principales centros financieros, industriales, comerciales y de servicios de Colombia, y por ser la sede de numerosas empresas nacionales e internacionales, principalmente en los sectores textil, confecciones, metalmecánico, eléctrico y electrónico, telecomunicaciones, automotriz, alimentos y salud.  Cuenta con una población de 2.300.000 habitantes (aproximadamente según proyecciones basadas en censo 2005).   Es considerada como la segunda ciudad más poblada del país.

Su distribución política – administrativa es de la siguiente manera:
-	Comunas (zona urbana): 16
-	Corregimientos en zona rural:  5
-	Barrios (urbanos oficiales):  249
-	Áreas Institucionales:  20

La Alcaldía de Medellín se comprometió con la implementación de un modelo de gestión pública orientada al fortalecimiento de una administración transparente y participativa, permitiendo que la ciudadanía sea partícipe de manera activa y co-responsable en los procesos de la planeación local y en la destinación de los recursos públicos.

Las organizaciones sociales, los líderes y lideresas, y la ciudadanía en general, han desarrollado y fortalecido mediante este programa, una nueva metodología para la participación democrática, con la construcción de escenarios deliberativos en los que es posible la formulación de diagnósticos, la priorización de las inversiones y la concertación del desarrollo local.
","Problems and PurposeLa Planeación Local y Presupuesto Participativo es un proceso democrático de participación ciudadana que tiene dos grandes tareas: La construcción y aplicación de los Planes de Desarrollo Local en cada comuna y corregimiento.Y la...","Mon, 01/16/2012 - 15:09","Colombia","No","","","Budgeting, Community Development, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities), Make public decisions (i.e. exert direct authority), Raise public awareness, Community building (e.g. social capital), Develop individual capacities (e.g. skills, learning)","Open to all with targeted recruitment","Participatory Budgeting","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Yes"
"Rural Plebiscite Experiment (Indonesia)","Arfung",""," Problems and PurposeThis case is a randomized field experiment, which examines the differences in decision-making and legitimacy in town meeting versus plebiscitary (direct voting) methods of decision. The experimenter - Benjamin Olken - examined this...","Tue, 03/02/2010 - 15:42","Indonesia","No","Wednesday, August 31, 2005 - 17:00","Sunday, January 29, 2006 - 16:00","Budgeting, Economic Development, Political Institutions (e.g. Constitutions, Legal Systems, Electoral Systems), Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","","National Government, Other","Make public decisions (i.e. exert direct authority)","Open to all, Open to all with targeted recruitment","Community-based participatory research","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Individual","National Government, Individual, Other","No"
"The Occupation of the Vancouver Art Gallery: October 15 - November 21, 2011","Jesi Carson","The development of the General Assembly of Occupy Vancouver during the occupation of the Vancouver Art Gallery is a recent case of consensus-based decision making and implementation. ","Problems and PurposeOccupy Vancouver, during the occupation of the Vancouver Art Gallery last fall, needed to implement a consensus-based decision making process in order for the encampment to function in a fair and inclusive manner. The General Assembly...","Thu, 02/02/2012 - 14:50","Canada","No","","","Arts & Culture, Community Development, Identity & Diversity, Political Institutions (e.g. Constitutions, Legal Systems, Electoral Systems)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation, Story-Telling, Informal Social Activities","","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), Raise public awareness, Community building (e.g. social capital), Develop individual capacities (e.g. skills, learning), Protest","Open to all","Consensus, Community Organizing","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","","Community Based Organization, Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit), Individual, Union","Yes"
"Town Center (North Brunswick, New Jersey)","chibbark","","Problems and PurposeIn 2004, the large pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson relocated its large manufacturing and research plant located in North Brunswick, New Jersey. After the company left, the township wanted to obtain the desires of the...","Thu, 12/22/2011 - 15:42","United States","No","","","Economic Development, Community Development, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), For Profit Business","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers)","Open to all","Deliberative Polling","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), For Profit Business","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), For Profit Business","Yes"
"Indonesiens Direktdemokratie Experiment","Tupai","","Zweck und ProblemstellungDer Zweck des Indonesischen Direktdemokratie Experiments war es die Vorteile einer direkten Demokratie zu erschließen und zu ermessen. Das Experiment ist dem Kecamatan Development Project (KDP) entsprungen und zielte darauf ab,...","Mon, 05/06/2013 - 05:45","Vereinigte Staaten","No","Wednesday, August 31, 2005 - 17:00","Saturday, December 31, 2005 - 16:00","Political Institutions (e.g. Constitutions, Legal Systems, Electoral Systems)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation, Express opinions/preferences only","International Organization, Academic Institution","Make public decisions (i.e. exert direct authority)","Random Selection, Appointment","Direct Democracy","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","National Government, Other","No"
"Ländliches Volksentscheids-Experiment (Indonesien) ","Tupai","","Problemstellung und AbsichtDieser Fall ist ein randomisierter Feldversuch, welcher die Unterschiede bezüglich Entscheidungsfindung und Legitimität zwischen Bürgerversammlung und plebiszitären Entscheidungsfindungsmethoden (des direkten Wählens)...","Mon, 03/25/2013 - 06:02","Indonesia","No","Wednesday, August 31, 2005 - 17:00","Sunday, January 29, 2006 - 16:00","Budgeting, Economic Development, Political Institutions (e.g. Constitutions, Legal Systems, Electoral Systems), Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","","National Government, Other","Make public decisions (i.e. exert direct authority)","Open to all, Open to all with targeted recruitment","Community-based participatory research","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Individual","National Government, Individual, Other","No"