"Title","Author","Summary","Body","Date posted","Country","Ongoing","Start Date","End Date","","Staff Type","","","","","","","","","Facilitation?"
"Legislative e-Democracia","Cristiano Ferri Faria","Legislative e-Democracia is driven by a belief that the lawmaking process can benefit from the convergence of political representation and citizen participation, in a virtuous cycle where one model strengthens the other. People in contemporary societies have very diverse interests, experiences, expertise and values. The great challenge in making social participation feasible is to find out how to take advantage of such diversity and incorporate it into the policy-making system. The engine behind e-Democracia is a ‘multiple participatory mechanism,’ a kind of electronic, permeable sponge that enables people to share their professional experience and expertise, express their personal and collective interests and values, and foster creative ideas in different forms and intensity, in all phases of the policy-making cycle. That participation may consider any contribution that citizens want to deliver, or are technically able to present. Some persons would be interested in merely discussing ideas (solutions) in public forums, whereas others can be engaged in drafting, simply uploading useful information to describe the problem or presenting arguments to support ideas. One could even help to merely rank better ideas. Besides participants, there will be many other citizens who are satisfied with simply monitoring the legislative discussion. ","The original version of this case study first appeared on Vitalizing Democracy in 2010 and was a contestant for the 2011 Reinhard Mohn Prize. It was originally submitted by Cristiano Ferri S. Faria.Legislative e-Democracia is driven by a belief that the...","Tue, 05/21/2013 - 12:10","Brazil","No","","","Identity & Diversity, Political Institutions (e.g. Constitutions, Legal Systems, Electoral Systems), Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","National Government","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers), 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","Online Consultations, e-Deliberation™, Crowdsourcing","National","National Government","","Yes"
"National Conversation on Public Health and Chemical Exposures","jenny.van skiver","Public engagement was at the center of the National Conversation on Public Health and Chemical Exposures, a pioneering effort supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) and informed by the White House Open Government Initiative. The National Conversation vision was that chemicals are used and managed in ways that are safe and healthy for all people. The project’s goal was to develop collaboratively an action agenda with clear, achievable recommendations that can help government agencies and other organizations strengthen their efforts to protect the public from harmful chemical exposures. To realize this goal, CDC/ATSDR engaged thousands of people across the nation through the use of web dialogues, community conversations, work groups, and social media platforms. The National Conversation Leadership Council used the results of this public input to author the action agenda.","The original version of this case study first appeared on Vitalizing Democracy in 2010 and was a contestant for the 2011 Reinhard Mohn Prize. It was originally submitted by Jenny van Skiver.Public engagement was at the center of the National Conversation...","Thu, 05/23/2013 - 14:16","United States","No","","","Environment, Health, Political Institutions (e.g. Constitutions, Legal Systems, Electoral Systems), Science & Technology","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","National Government","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers)","Open to all, Open to all with targeted recruitment, Appointment","Stakeholder Group Process","National","National Government, Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit), Government-Owned Corporation","Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit)","Yes"
"Policy Council of Kentucky Center for Public Issues (Kentucky, USA)","SandyHeierbacher","","This case study was written by Sandy Heierbacher, Director of the National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation (NCDD), in 2001 as part of a consultancy for the Center for Disease Control's National Immunization Program.Problems and PurposeThe...","Tue, 02/23/2010 - 16:53","United States","Yes","","","Political Institutions (e.g. Constitutions, Legal Systems, Electoral Systems)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation, Listen/watch as spectator","Philanthropic Organization (i.e. dedicated to making monetary grants or gifts)","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers), Raise public awareness","Open to all with targeted recruitment","Citizen Dialogue, Deliberation, New England Town Meetings","Regional (e.g. State, Province, Autonomous Region)","Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit)","Academic Institution, Community Based Organization","No"