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Project ex-Farmer's Market (Bologna, Italy)

May 10 '12
Author: 
Alli Welton

Problems and Purpose

The area of the old Farmer’s Market extends for more than 30 hectares to the north of the historical city of Bologna, and was abandoned after its activities moved to the Food Center.   

Together Down the Good Road (Forte dei Marmi, Italy)

Apr 6 '12
Author: 
Alli Welton

Abstract

This is an English translation of a case that was originally submitted in Italian. You can view the original Italian-language version of the case here.

"La Bottega del Futuro"/"The Shop of the Future" (English)

Apr 6 '12
Author: 
Alli Welton

Abstract

The project “The Shop of the Future” was designed to create a public debate with citizens through participatory processes and dialogue.  The objective was to harvest ideas and proposals for improving quality of life, involving people from all social backgrounds. Thus the project was designed for citizens, city officials, and businesspeople. It took place in the municipality of Casamassima, a small city with 18,000 inhabitants in the province of Bari in Puglia. 

Un Bilancio Con Le Tue Idee/A Budget With Your Ideas (English)

Mar 9 '12
Author: 
Alli Welton
Faced with low levels of citizen interest in community affairs, the Municipality of Reggio Emilio decided to experiment with participatory budgeting in District 8. 256 people took part in the process, which took place between September 2007 and February 2008. Of the 123 proposals which emerged from the neighborhood meetings with citizens, 17 were included in the 2008 budget. These proposals related to the general livability of the community. Participants felt satisfied with the process, and there is hope that future initiatives will be even more successful.

Il Padule Che Vorremmo/"The Wetland We Want" (English)

Mar 2 '12
Author: 
Alli Welton
Il Padule Che Vorremmo ("The Wetland We Want") was a participatory process that occurred over six months between 2009-2010 in the municipality of Ponte Buggianese in Tuscany, Italy. The process used field research, the expertise of technical experts, and conflict mediation techniques to facilitate citizen input through working groups. Through this process the various stakeholders were able to come to an agreement about the restructuring of the local sewage treatment system and its impact on the Fucecchio Wetland.

Scenario Workshop

Feb 26 '12
Author: 
Samantha Smith

Definition

 

VoterMedia

Feb 12 '12
Author: 
Mark Latham

Definition

VoterMedia is an incentive structure for encouraging public interest media to develop, to flourish and to cover issues that matter to a voter community. A typical first-step implementation is a blog competition in a small democracy such as a student union or a municipality. Voters allocate a limited budget of community funds among various competing blogs. This can be seen as a variant of Participatory Budgeting.

The Occupation of the Vancouver Art Gallery: October 15 - November 21, 2011

Feb 2 '12
Author: 
Jesi Carson

Problems and Purpose

Occupy Vancouver, during the occupation of the Vancouver Art Gallery last fall, needed to implement a consensus-based decision making process in order for the encampment to function in a fair and inclusive manner. The General Assembly and it's processes were developed by consensus for this pourpose.

Bicycle Activism (Bucharest, Romania)

Jan 28 '12
Author: 
Ecaterina Dobrescu

In the context of the perpetual crisis of urban transportation in Bucharest, there is a growing population of city dwellers fighting for bicycle rights and advocating for a new, bicycle friendly infrastructure in Bucharest.  The bicycle fans coagulated since the mid 2000’s into different groups and NGO’s and developed into a new movement and a powerful presence in the urban landscape, adopting several strategies of public participation.

History

1. Background

Leefbaarheidsbudget Participatory Budgeting (Utrecht, Netherlands)

Jan 20 '12
Author: 
H.A. Born

Problems and Purpose

 ‘Leefbaarheidsbudget’ is the name of a participatory process, launched by the municipality of Utrecht in 1987. Literally translated, it would mean ‘budget of livability’, being ‘livability’ defined by the municipality of Utrecht, as ‘the quality of the residential and living environment’. By ‘residential and living environment’ the municipality understands the following:

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