The Tempelhof-Schöneberg district has instated a total of seven citizens' councils based on the Vorarlberg model with state funding of 150,000 euros. The first council, assembled by lot, met on 9 and 10 August 2019 and presented its results four days later at a "Bürgercafe".
CASE
Tempelhol-Schöneberg Citizen Councils, Berlin
June 4, 2020 | Jaskiran Gakhal, Participedia Team |
October 29, 2019 | Scott Fletcher Bowlsby |
- General Issues
- Governance & Political Institutions
- Specific Topics
- Public Participation
- Scope of Influence
- City/Town
- Start Date
- End Date
- Ongoing
- Yes
- Time Limited or Repeated?
- Repeated over time
- Purpose/Goal
- Develop the civic capacities of individuals, communities, and/or civil society organizations
- Make, influence, or challenge decisions of government and public bodies
- Spectrum of Public Participation
- Consult
- Open to All or Limited to Some?
- Mixed
- Recruitment Method for Limited Subset of Population
- Stratified Random Sample
- General Types of Methods
- Deliberative and dialogic process
- Public meetings
- General Types of Tools/Techniques
- Facilitate dialogue, discussion, and/or deliberation
- Inform, educate and/or raise awareness
- Specific Methods, Tools & Techniques
- The Vorarlberg Bürgerrat model, aka Citizens' Councils
- Sortition
- Dynamic Facilitation
- Deliberation
- Legality
- Yes
- Facilitators
- Yes
- Facilitator Training
- Professional Facilitators
- Face-to-Face, Online, or Both
- Face-to-Face
- Types of Interaction Among Participants
- Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation
- Ask & Answer Questions
- Information & Learning Resources
- Expert Presentations
- Decision Methods
- General Agreement/Consensus
- Communication of Insights & Outcomes
- Public Hearings/Meetings
- Public Report
- Type of Organizer/Manager
- Local Government
- Type of Funder
- Local Government