"Title","Author","Summary","Body","Date posted","Country","Ongoing","Start Date","End Date","","Staff Type","","","","","","","","","Facilitation?"
"Hampton, VA deliberative governance","Peter Levine","The problem included downward trends in many social indicators, especially for youth. The solution has been to maximize citizens' involvement in several government functions, from policing to schooling to the rewriting of the city charter. Citizens' skills are deliberately built. E.g., Hampton has a whole system for educating youth for civic work, which includes community service projects, advisory councils in each school, advisory panels for the mayor and police chief, a budget for grants allocated by youth, and paid positions for urban planners who are teenagers. To assist adult citizens in working across lines of race, the city has a series of courses called ""Diversity College.""","The original version of this case study first appeared on Vitalizing Democracy in 2010 and was a finalist for the 2011 Reinhard Mohn Prize. It was originally submitted by Peter Levine.The problem included downward trends in many social indicators,...","Thu, 05/16/2013 - 13:34","United States","Yes","","","Children & Youth, Community Development, Political Institutions (e.g. Constitutions, Legal Systems, Electoral Systems)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","National Government, Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers), 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, Open to all with targeted recruitment","","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit)","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 Public Policy Conferences (Brazil)","Thamypog",""," PurposeThe national public policy conferences (conferências nacionais de políticas públicas), are arguably the largest and most innovative participatory experience currently being held in Brazil. The national conferences consist of spheres of...","Wed, 09/29/2010 - 15:35","Brazil","Yes","","","Political Institutions (e.g. Constitutions, Legal Systems, Electoral Systems)","","","National Government","Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities)","Open to all","","National","National Government","National Government","No"