"Title","Author","Summary","Body","Date posted","Country","Ongoing","Start Date","End Date","","Staff Type","","","","","","","","","Facilitation?"
"Belo Horizonte Participatory Budgeting","DJ Air Wing","Participatory Budgeting (PB) is a process implemented in the 1990s where residents of certain regions can influence how their governments' annual budgets are allocated.

After the collapse of its authoritarian regime in the mid 1980s, Brazilians implemented reforms to bolster their economic and political futures through participatory methods. These new democratic practices drastically improved the lives and social infrastructure of its participants.","Summary Participatory Budgeting (PB) is a process implemented in the 1990s where residents of certain regions can influence how their governments' annual budgets are allocated. After the collapse of its authoritarian regime in the mid 1980s, Brazilians...","Sun, 12/09/2012 - 18:11","Brazil","Yes","","","Budgeting, Economic Development, Political Institutions (e.g. Constitutions, Legal Systems, Electoral Systems), Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","National Government, Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Community Based Organization, Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit)","Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities), Make public decisions (i.e. exert direct authority), Collaborative delivery of services with public authorities, Community building (e.g. social capital)","Open to all","Participatory Budgeting","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Academic Institution","Yes"
"Bolivian Democratic Development","Elle.macgeorge","","Purpose and ProblemDemocratic Development and Citizens Participation III is a project designed to strengthen local governance in Bolivia, particularly community-based economic development in selected municipalities and the civil society capacity, and to...","Tue, 12/07/2010 - 10:44","Bolivia","No","","","Economic Development, Community Development, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","","","National Government","","Open to all with targeted recruitment, Appointment","Deliberative Polling, Participatory Budgeting","Local (e.g. Neighbourhood, City/Town, Metropolitan Area)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Community Based Organization","No"
"Citizens' Dialogue on Sharing Funds for a Better Canada","barrister2bgw","Citizens' Dialogue on Sharing Funds for a Better Canada was an initiative of Advisory Panel on fiscal imbalance established by the Council of the Federation led by Canada's Primers to get Canadian citizens involved in the sharing of funds for Canada.  ","Problems and PurposeThe Citizen’s dialogue on sharing public funds for a better Canada occurred in December 2005 to January 2006. ""It was an initiative of the advisory panel on fiscal imbalance established by the council of the federation led by Canada’s...","Sat, 12/08/2012 - 11:57","Canada","No","","","Budgeting, Economic Development","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","National Government, Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial)","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers)","Random Selection","Citizen Dialogue","National","National Government, Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit)","National Government, Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial)","Yes"
"Citizens’ Dialogue on Canada’s Future:  A 21st Century Social Contract","Kevin T Wright","","Problems and PurposeVarious federal departments and agencies of Canada funded the ChoiceWork Dialogue to learn more about their citizens’ expectations of governments, the private sector, and their communities. The goals that Canadian societies seek to...","Tue, 12/11/2012 - 15:57","Canada","No","","","Economic Development, Community Development, Poverty Reduction, Environment, Health, International Trade & Global Economy, International Aid & Development","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","National Government","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers), Develop individual capacities (e.g. skills, learning)","Random Selection","Choicework Dialogue","National","International Organization, Government-Owned Corporation","Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit)","Yes"
"Icelandic Constitutional Council 2011","AlexEIPP","","The Constitutional Council was a body of 25 appointed Icelandic citizens, which was charged with creating a constitutional draft between 6 April and 29 July 2011. Initially the constitution was meant to be revised by a nationally elected assembly, but...","Wed, 08/31/2011 - 15:20","Iceland","Yes","","","Education & Schools, Budgeting, Economic Development, Environment, Health, Immigration, National & International Security, Political Institutions (e.g. Constitutions, Legal Systems, Electoral Systems), Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","members of the public","Express opinions/preferences only","National Government","Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities)","Open to all, Election","Crowdsourcing","National","National Government, Other","National Government","No"
"National Assembly (Iceland, 2009)","Lsaylor","","Þjóðfundur - National Assembly (Iceland, 2009) History, Build-up to the assemblyDefinition, assembly creation and historyOriginating Entities and FundingParticipant SelectionDeliberation, Decisions, and Public InteractionInfluence, Outcomes, and...","Tue, 11/30/2010 - 21:59","Iceland","No","Saturday, November 14, 2009 - 08:00","Saturday, November 14, 2009 - 20:00","Education & Schools, Budgeting, Economic Development, Environment, Health, National & International Security, Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","Trained Moderators","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","National Government, Community Based Organization, Philanthropic Organization (i.e. dedicated to making monetary grants or gifts), Individual","Raise public awareness","Random Selection, Appointment","Consensus Conference","National","Community Based Organization","Community Based Organization","Yes"
"Obama's Open Government Directive","Jessolivas33","","Problems and PurposeThe Open Government Directive is an effort by the Obama Administration to create an unprecedented level of openness in government. One of President Obama’s main goals since his first day in office has been to increase transparency,...","Thu, 06/03/2010 - 03:12","United States","Yes","","","Education & Schools, Budgeting, Economic Development, Environment, Health, Immigration, National & International Security, Political Institutions (e.g. Constitutions, Legal Systems, Electoral Systems), Planning (e.g. Urban planning, Transportation, etc.)","All governmental agencies","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","National Government","Raise public awareness","Open to all","Citizen Dialogue","International","National Government","National Government","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"
"Tomorrow's Europe","Ychoi6","","SummaryTomorrow’s Europe, categorized as Europe’s first transnational deliberative poll, was a part of the European Commission’s Plan D for Democracy, Dialogue and Debate. With an aim to stimulate democratic participation and establish a European Union...","Tue, 12/07/2010 - 06:39","United Kingdom","No","Thursday, October 11, 2007 - 17:00","Saturday, October 13, 2007 - 17:00","Education & Schools, Economic Development","Trained Moderators","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","National Government, Philanthropic Organization (i.e. dedicated to making monetary grants or gifts)","Raise public awareness","Random Selection","Deliberative Polling","International","National Government","International Organization, National Government","Yes"
"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"