"Title","Author","Summary","Body","Date posted","Country","Ongoing","Start Date","End Date","","Staff Type","","","","","","","","","Facilitation?"
"Five-year Plan to Increase Community Involvement in Portland, Oregon","Paul Leistner","In 2005, the City of Portland engaged community members in a comprehensive review and assessment of Portland’s 35-year-old neighborhood and community involvement system. The result was a unique, comprehensive and strategic “Five-year Plan to Increase Community Involvement in Portland.” The ongoing implementation of this plan by the City of Portland and its community partners is dramatically increasing the scope and quality of public involvement and participatory democracy in Portland. The review—known as Community Connect—assessed the system’s strengths and weaknesses and sought ways to “strengthen involvement in Portland’s communities, create a welcoming environment for public participation, and reinvigorate the partnership between community and government.” This effort focused especially on how to involve groups in the community that traditionally had not been involved, particularly people of color and members of Portland’s growing immigrant and refugee community. Implementation of the Five-Year Plan, by the City of Portland Office of Neighborhood Involvement, in partnership with neighborhood associations, other new community-based organization partners, and city leaders and agencies has begun to dramatically improve public involvement and participatory democracy in Portland.","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 Paul Leistner.In 2005, the City of Portland engaged community members in a...","Tue, 06/18/2013 - 09:40","United States","Yes","","","Community Development, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation, Express opinions/preferences only","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers), Make public decisions (i.e. exert direct authority), Collaborative delivery of services with public authorities, Raise public awareness, Community building (e.g. social capital)","Open to all, Open to all with targeted recruitment","Collaborative Governance, Community-based participatory research","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Yes"
"Citizens' Manifesto for European Democracy","European Alternatives","The Citizens Manifesto is the result of three years of citizens' deliberations gathering a shared set of demands for change in EU decision-making formulated by citizens, civil society organisations and local authorities from all over Europe, on topics ranging from employment and welfare, to civil rights and economic and political reforms.","Problems and PurposeThe financial and economic crisis, of which we have heard so much discussion since 2007-8, is only one aspect of a whole series of underlying political trends which have been apparent for much longer: a crisis of (in)equality and of...","Fri, 03/15/2013 - 08:42","","Yes","","","Human Rights, Gender & Racial Equality, Identity & Diversity, Immigration, Political Institutions (e.g. Constitutions, Legal Systems, Electoral Systems)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","International Organization","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers), Raise public awareness, Develop individual capacities (e.g. skills, learning), Protest","Open to all","The World Cafe","International","Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit)","","Yes"
"Social Consensus Building for Environmentally Friendly Life in Local Communities, Yakushima Island, Kagoshima, Japan","Kanoko Kamata","Yakushima, where a large rich nature exists and is the World Heritage site, has been facing dilemma, how to increase the revenue of town by tourism and how to protect precious nature. Residents, government and tourism industry got together and discuss how they can balance these two points."," *This article was coauthored with Dr. Shigeo Nishikizawa, Associate Professor of Tokyo Institute of Technology.About Yakushima IslandYakushima Island, Kagoshima was registered as World Heritage Nature Site in 1993 because of rich nature such as 7200-...","Mon, 01/21/2013 - 07:24","Japan","No","","","Community Development, Environment, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","","National Government","","Open to all with targeted recruitment","Consensus, Citizen Dialogue, Deliberation, Collaborative Governance","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Academic Institution","National Government, Individual","No"
"Canadian House of Commons Sub-Committee on Persons with Disabilities Public Consultations","Sot5063","This case study features the first online consultation of any parliamentary committee in Canada and among the few carried out by any legislature in the world. Launched on December 3, 2002, this 13 week consultation revolving the Canada Pension Plan Disability program (CPP(D)) was designed to foster public awareness and involvement in the work of the Canadian Parliament. Through the e-consultation, the Subcommittee on Persons with disabilities was able to conduct issue polling, storytelling and even allow participants to offer solutions to a wide range of issues revolving the CPP(D). ","DefinitionAn online consultation or e-consultation is the use of electronic computing and communication technologies in consultation processes. Online consultations can be effective tools in encouraging participation and gathering responses to...","Sat, 12/08/2012 - 17:00","Canada","No","","","Health, Human Rights, Other","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation, Story-Telling, Other","National Government","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers), Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities), Raise public awareness, Develop individual capacities (e.g. skills, learning)","Open to all with targeted recruitment","Online Consultations","National","National Government, Other","National Government","Yes"
"CommonGround: The First Five Years: A Dialogue on Early Childhood in New Mexico","richards1000","CommonGround: The First Five Years: A Dialogue on Early Childhood in New Mexico, was a project organized by Viewpoint Learning to hold public deliberations -- on the topic of early childhood development and education -- among leaders and citizens of the U.S. state of New Mexico. The deliberations were intended to demonstrate a new mode of policy communication between citizens and civic leaders, and to create guidelines that could inform changes to early childhood development and education policy in New Mexico, changes intended to foster improved social outcomes for New Mexico's children. The deliberations used the methods of Strategic Dialogue, Choice-Dialogue, and Stakeholder Dialogue. The project was funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation through its ""Our Voices, Our Children"" initiative.","Problems and PurposeThe purposes of the CommonGround public deliberations in the U.S. state of New Mexico were to demonstrate a new mode of policy communication between New Mexico's citizens and civic leaders, and to create policy guidelines that could...","Tue, 06/12/2012 - 21:19","United States","No","","","Children & Youth, Education & Schools, Health, Other","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Philanthropic Organization (i.e. dedicated to making monetary grants or gifts)","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers), Raise public awareness","Random Selection, Other","Choicework Dialogue","Regional (e.g. State, Province, Autonomous Region)","For Profit Business","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Community Based Organization, Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit), Other","Yes"
"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"
"Shaping America's Youth (United States)","hristovm","","Problems and PurposeObesity is still a prevailing problem in the United States. It is also the second leading cause of preventable death. Statistics show that about 33.8% of American adults are obese. The percentage of children who are considered...","Tue, 12/27/2011 - 17:37","United States","No","","","Children & Youth, Health","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit), For Profit Business","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers), Direct delivery of public services (i.e. by entities other than government), Collaborative delivery of services with public authorities, Raise public awareness","Open to all with targeted recruitment","21st Century Town Meeting","National","Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit)","Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit), Individual, For Profit Business","Yes"
"Amiata Grossetano: Sustainable Lifestyle","Nicolacos","","Note:  This article is in need of assistance with editing and content.  Please help us complete it.SummaryThis case study features a town's series of discussions and deliberations oriented towards encouraging more sustainable habits and lifestyles. With...","Tue, 11/08/2011 - 16:28","Italy","No","Saturday, June 27, 2009 - 17:00","Sunday, December 27, 2009 - 16:00","Environment","Trained Facilitators","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial)","Raise public awareness","Open to all with targeted recruitment","Deliberation","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Community Based Organization","Yes"
"High School Participatory Budget (Poitou-Charentes, France)","Marion Ben Hammo","","The Poitou-Charentes Region is located in the West of France. It has a population of 1.600.000 inhabitants, which makes it one of the most rural regions in France. In 2005, the executive of the Region Poitou-Charentes implemented the first participatory...","Thu, 03/04/2010 - 15:47","France","Yes","Tuesday, January 4, 2005 - 16:00","","Education & Schools, Budgeting","Regional staff","Negotiate & Bargain","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial)","Make public decisions (i.e. exert direct authority)","Open to all","Participatory Budgeting","Regional (e.g. State, Province, Autonomous Region)","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial)","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial)","Yes"