An innovative process using a deliberative mini-public to ensure the allocation of borough funds benefited the whole community. Participants selected through sortition met several times to deliberate, evaluate, and select winning grant proposals.
CASE
Participatory Grantmaking in Barking and Dagenham
June 3, 2020 | Jaskiran Gakhal, Participedia Team |
November 1, 2019 | Scott Fletcher Bowlsby |
- General Issues
- Economics
- Social Welfare
- Specific Topics
- Budget - Local
- Economic Development
- Funding
- Collections
- Participedia Team
- Scope of Influence
- Neighbourhood
- Start Date
- End Date
- Ongoing
- No
- Time Limited or Repeated?
- A single, defined period of time
- Purpose/Goal
- Make, influence, or challenge decisions of government and public bodies
- Develop the civic capacities of individuals, communities, and/or civil society organizations
- Approach
- Co-governance
- Spectrum of Public Participation
- Collaborate
- Open to All or Limited to Some?
- Limited to Only Some Groups or Individuals
- Recruitment Method for Limited Subset of Population
- Stratified Random Sample
- General Types of Methods
- Deliberative and dialogic process
- Public budgeting
- Participant-led meetings
- General Types of Tools/Techniques
- Facilitate dialogue, discussion, and/or deliberation
- Recruit or select participants
- Inform, educate and/or raise awareness
- Specific Methods, Tools & Techniques
- Deliberation
- Sortition
- Participatory Grantmaking
- Citizens' Reference Panel
- Multi-criteria Decision Analysis
- Legality
- Yes
- Facilitators
- Yes
- Face-to-Face, Online, or Both
- Face-to-Face
- Types of Interaction Among Participants
- Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation
- Information & Learning Resources
- Written Briefing Materials
- Expert Presentations
- Decision Methods
- General Agreement/Consensus
- Voting
- If Voting
- Preferential Voting
- Type of Organizer/Manager
- Local Government
- Type of Funder
- Local Government