"Title","Author","Summary","Body","Date posted","Country","Ongoing","Start Date","End Date","","Staff Type","","","","","","","","","Facilitation?"
"City of Canada Bay Council Citizens' Panel","kimfaubion","In 2012, the Canada Bay Council members decided that the future interests of the people that reside in the city, best lay, not in the hands of politicians, but in the hands of its own citizens. With this in mind, the Canada Bay Council partnered with numerous groups such as Straight Talk and newDemocracy to create a panel of 36 randomly chosen individuals that was responsible for making the best decisions for the society as a whole. 1,500 surveys were created and distributed from the Council to citizens from the electoral roll, which is where the 36 random individuals were chosen. The panel met on 5 different occasions across a 2 ½ month period and was responsible for evaluating city services and creating a new system that included a projected 4-year plan with a $300 million budget. In more detail, the panel reviewed the standard and level of discretionary and mandatory services, as well as funding mechanisms. As a group, the panel was successfully able to identify services that were previously overlooked by the Council, reduced a number of overused services, recognized a shortage in funding for long-term maintenance and most importantly, found some new sources of revenue. All of these results were packaged together in a 45-page summary with further evaluations of the Council’s current operations. This summary was forwarded to the City Council and mayor for further evaluation and hopefully, approval.","In 2012, the City of Canada Bay Council proposed an innovative method of deliberative democracy  to obtain the advice of citizens in making decisions for the range and quality of council services for the period 2014-18. With this in mind, the Canada Bay...","Wed, 11/14/2012 - 09:25","Australia","No","","","Budgeting, Community Development, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit)","Make public decisions (i.e. exert direct authority), Direct delivery of public services (i.e. by entities other than government), Raise public awareness","Random Selection","Deliberation","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Community Based Organization","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit)","Yes"
"Participatory Budgeting (New York, New York)","Hrgilman","Participatory Budgeting in New York (PBNYC) represents the largest implementation of Participatory Budgeting in North America. Four council members in New York City signed up to use their discretionary capital funds for participatory budgeting for Fiscal Year 2012-2013.  The pilot program ran through August 2011- March 2012. The four council members who signed up to use their discretionary funds were: D8 Melissa Mark-Viverito (Manhattan/Bronx), D32 Eric Ulrich (Queens), D39 Brad Lander (Brooklyn) and D45 Jumaane Williams (Brooklyn).  The council members each pledges at least $1.4 million in discretionary capital funds that can be put toward infrastructural projects. For the second year, Fiscal Year 2013-2014, four additional council members have signed up for a total of $15 million in discretionary funds to be allocated through the PB process.","Problems and PurposeNew York City has a historically corrupt and non-transparent budgetting process.  The New York City Council is also known for its extremely non-transparent funding structure whereby the Speaker of the Majority can determine a City...","Sun, 01/08/2012 - 14:51","United States","No","","","Budgeting, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","Council Member's Staffers, Civil Society Organization's staffers dedicated to the project. ","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation, Negotiate & Bargain, Express opinions/preferences only, Listen/watch as spectator","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), Direct delivery of public services (i.e. by entities other than government), Raise public awareness, Community building (e.g. social capital)","Open to all","Participatory Budgeting","","Academic Institution, Community Based Organization, Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit), Philanthropic Organization (i.e. dedicated to making monetary grants or gifts)","Community Based Organization, Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit), Individual, Faith-Based Organization","Yes"
"Participatory Budgeting (New York, New York) - Bürgerhaushalt New York","Merete Schultze","Anmerkung: Dies ist die deutsche Übersetzung einer englischen Fallstudie, die von Hollie Russon Gilman am 08.01.2012 verfasst wurde. ","Anmerkung: Dies ist die deutsche Übersetzung einer englischen Fallstudie, die von Hollie Russon Gilman am 08.01.2012 verfasst wurde.Zweck und ProblemstellungDie Aufstellung des Budgets von New York City ist von jeher, historisch gesehen, ein korrupter...","Sat, 01/19/2013 - 04:20","United States","No","","","Budgeting, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","Council Member's Staffers, Civil Society Organization's staffers dedicated to the project. ","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation, Negotiate & Bargain, Express opinions/preferences only, Listen/watch as spectator","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), Direct delivery of public services (i.e. by entities other than government), Raise public awareness, Community building (e.g. social capital)","Open to all","Participatory Budgeting","","Academic Institution, Community Based Organization, Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit), Philanthropic Organization (i.e. dedicated to making monetary grants or gifts)","Community Based Organization, Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit), Individual, Faith-Based Organization","Yes"