Data

General Issues
Planning & Development
Environment
Specific Topics
Infrastructure
Collections
OECD Project on Representative Deliberative Processes
Location
Komae
Tokyo
Japan
Scope of Influence
City/Town
Links
OECD Project Page for Innovative Citizen Participation
Journal Article - Clarifying relationships between participatory approaches, issues, processes, and results, through crosscutting case analysis in Japan’s environmental, energy, and food policy areas
Japan Minipublic Research Forum - Citizen Deliberation Meetings (Shimin Tougikai)
Official report of the citizen deliberation meetings on the utilization of the Tama River riverbed in 2009 [Japanese]
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
Consultation
Spectrum of Public Participation
Involve
Total Number of Participants
47
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
Planning
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
Legality
Yes
Face-to-Face, Online, or Both
Face-to-Face
Types of Interaction Among Participants
Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation
Express Opinions/Preferences Only
Negotiation & Bargaining
Decision Methods
General Agreement/Consensus
Communication of Insights & Outcomes
Independent Media
Type of Organizer/Manager
Local Government
Funder
Budgets of Junior Chamber International Komae and City of Komae
Type of Funder
Community Based Organization
Local Government
Evidence of Impact
Yes
Types of Change
Changes in public policy
Changes in people’s knowledge, attitudes, and behavior
Implementers of Change
Elected Public Officials

CASE

Citizen Deliberation Meeting on the Utilization of the Tama River Riverbed

Citizen deliberation meetings on the utilization of the Tama River riverbed in 2009
Tama River near the city of Ōme in western Tokyo
August 3, 2020 Joyce Chen
July 21, 2020 Jaskiran Gakhal, Participedia Team
July 20, 2020 Jaskiran Gakhal, Participedia Team
July 19, 2020 Joyce Chen
General Issues
Planning & Development
Environment
Specific Topics
Infrastructure
Collections
OECD Project on Representative Deliberative Processes
Location
Komae
Tokyo
Japan
Scope of Influence
City/Town
Links
OECD Project Page for Innovative Citizen Participation
Journal Article - Clarifying relationships between participatory approaches, issues, processes, and results, through crosscutting case analysis in Japan’s environmental, energy, and food policy areas
Japan Minipublic Research Forum - Citizen Deliberation Meetings (Shimin Tougikai)
Official report of the citizen deliberation meetings on the utilization of the Tama River riverbed in 2009 [Japanese]
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
Consultation
Spectrum of Public Participation
Involve
Total Number of Participants
47
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
Planning
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
Legality
Yes
Face-to-Face, Online, or Both
Face-to-Face
Types of Interaction Among Participants
Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation
Express Opinions/Preferences Only
Negotiation & Bargaining
Decision Methods
General Agreement/Consensus
Communication of Insights & Outcomes
Independent Media
Type of Organizer/Manager
Local Government
Funder
Budgets of Junior Chamber International Komae and City of Komae
Type of Funder
Community Based Organization
Local Government
Evidence of Impact
Yes
Types of Change
Changes in public policy
Changes in people’s knowledge, attitudes, and behavior
Implementers of Change
Elected Public Officials
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In 2009, the 47 members of the Citizen Deliberation Meeting on the Utilization of the Tama River riverbed convened to discuss restrictions on recreational activities and ways to ameliorate garbage problems in the Tama River riverbed.

Problems and Purpose

Background History and Context

Organizing, Supporting, and Funding Entities

Participant Recruitment and Selection

Methods and Tools Used

What Went On: Process, Interaction, and Participation

Influence, Outcomes, and Effects

Analysis and Lessons Learned

See Also

CDM on the Second Municipal Implementation Plan, Shinjuku City

References

External Links

Notes

Data was sourced from OECD (2020), Innovative Citizen Participation and New Democratic Institutions: Catching the Deliberative Wave, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/339306da-en. 

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